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Crumbled Foundation: Thoughts After Viewing Season 1 of the Apple TV+ Series

April 30, 2023 Paul 1866 Views 0 Comments Reviews, Sci-Fi and Fantasy

There are good reasons why Asimov’s Foundation series is rarely transcribed to screen. Apple TV+ affirms the dilemmas.

Technology

I Love Everything About My Honda Ridgeline Except for This One Problem

April 16, 2023 Paul 6374 Views 2 Comments Automotive, Commentary

Everything about my 2022 Honda Ridgeline is great, except for one issue explained in today’s article.

Photography

Almost Full Moon (99%) April 2023

April 7, 2023 Paul 1021 Views 0 Comments Moon

Very clear skies this early morning offered a prime opportunity to observe and photograph a nearly Full Moon.

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Picking Rahm for The Masters

April 6, 2023 Paul 939 Views 0 Comments How To

As the past several years have seen one of the top three from Day 1 be the winner, I like Jon Rahm as my Thursday pick. Plus other thoughts on Day 1 of The Masters in today’s brief.

Photography

Waxing Gibbous Moon 88%, April 2023

April 2, 2023 Paul 1012 Views 0 Comments Moon

Despite the colder temperatures and increasing wind, I used my homemade Dobsonian telescope tonight to photograph the Moon approaching Full.

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Hulu’s DVR is Still Awful

March 31, 2023 Paul 1117 Views 0 Comments Home Network

Hulu’s Live TV would be hands-down the best streaming service if it wasn’t for its atrocious DVR. Hulu has a great library of on demand content, and coupled with the Disney Bundle including ESPN+, is the best live TV streaming value right now, in my opinion. But man, the DVR is beyond terrible.

Photography

Venus on March 27th, 2023

March 29, 2023 Paul 1148 Views 0 Comments Venus

It was finally time to photograph Venus once again, close up. Over the past several years I have posted Venus “cameos” where the planet was a dot in the sky, maybe next to the Moon, for example. But here, finally, I used my Mak-Cass to pinpoint on Venus and nothing else.