The “Hollywood Moon” Revisited: Two Examples
The oversized Moon has been used frequently in film and television. Here I show two recent examples of artistic Lunar photography, one good and one bad, from shows on MGM+.
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Computer Looking Up
Astronomy, and Computer Technology
Life & Leisure
Beyond the worlds of technology and astronomy, this category is where you’ll find a wide array of content that reflects the author’s diverse interests. From engaging in debates on AI to sharing personal hobbies like gaming and sports, this is the place for commentary, reviews, and stories that don’t fit neatly into other categories.
The True Reason of Advent, and Christmas
In our modern materialistic Western culture, which has so diluted the essence of Christian preparation for the coming of Jesus, we should take notice of how John The Baptist reacted to and challenged those in authority who came to question and doubt him as the herald of Christ’s coming.
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Updating Steam Across Multiple PCs Is Easy
If you have multiple computers in your home running Valve’s Steam, you only need to download game updates to one, and the Steam clients can take care of updating themselves locally across your home network. In this article I explain my observations and compare Steam’s local updates to the similar Xbox process.
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Why Does the American President Need Access to My Phone?
When I think of the “presidential alert system,” I always ask myself, why? Under what circumstance would Free Men in a Free Constitutional Republic endure the service of interruption by one select branch of the federal government?
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How Overwatch’s 5v5 is Mathematically Inferior to the Old 6v6
In this article I discuss Overwatch’s 5v5 team makeup problem and how the current situation is inferior to the prior 6v6 scheme in the first incarnation of the game.
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Refurbished Steelcase Leap v2 Chair from btod.com, after Several Months of Use
I bought a refurbished Steelcase Leap v2 chair from btod.com. This is my review after three months using the chair every day in my home office.
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Avoid This Disastrous Redirect “301” Problem for SEO
When I changed the URL for my website, I made a mistake with the redirect that nearly cost all of my SEO rankings with Google. In this article, I explain the problem and how I fixed it in time.
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The Greatest Lesson of History
They say those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it. But is that really true? No matter how much history I know, there isn’t much I can do about it. There is a more pertinent lesson.
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How Time Travel Can Save Star Wars
An epic explanation for how to fix the ridiculousness of everyone’s favorite space franchise.
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Crumbled Foundation: Thoughts After Viewing Season 1 of the Apple TV+ Series
There are good reasons why Asimov’s Foundation series is rarely transcribed to screen. Apple TV+ affirms the dilemmas.
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