Steve Jobs is dead. He’s passed the mortal world and there is sadness. As many mourn, I find myself wondering what Steve’s next move would be. Thought not a personal contact, I believe I have some idea. Steve pursued his vision. Passion drove him. Yet he wasn’t cold. It seems he went for joy along…
Tag Archive: history
Guinness: Celebrating 250 Remarkable Years Review
Purchased via Amazon. What I expected was a short book dedicated to the history of the brewery, brand, and beer. Guinness has a legacy in the beer community. This book takes the reader back to the beginning. We find out who the original Guinness was and are told a story of why it was a…
Dropping Facebook?
Facebook was scary before; see the cartoon above. Facebook is a whole new scary these days. So they claim. Facebook still captures all the same information. That picture of you drunk and stumbling didn’t suddenly appear; it’s been there. Your friend didn’t suddenly tag you in it; you were already there. Not a thing changed…
An Absence So Great by Jane Kirkpatrick – Review
An Absence So Great is Jane Kirkpatrick’s second in this series. It’s a fictionalized biography of Jessie Gaebele, one of Jane’s ancestors. Jessie is a young woman setting out to become an independent studio photographer. She’s not shy about this being her dream but none around her except an estranged fellow photographer support this dream….
From submariner to blogger and a few things in-between – Pt 1
Once upon a time, there was this young guy that joined the Navy. The itch for something different wasn’t quite scratched by that though, so he became a Nuclear Machinist Mate. Satisfaction wasn’t going to be had just yet, so of course he volunteered to go submarines. Um, yeah? Well, that’s…
