Kathy Griffin – You’re Life on the F-List Roland Hughes, June 1, 2017November 9, 2017 As long as the F is for Fired. I must admit, I watched you quite a bit in your early years. Only an episode or two of your “D-List” show but you seemed to pop up in many other things. Many years ago I even attended one of your shows… Continue Reading
Experience First Look at RCA Viking Pro 10 Roland Hughes, May 29, 2017November 9, 2017 Working in the embedded systems world usually means needing new toys. Well, it doesn’t always mean it, but it sure is a nice excuse! This time it left handedly meant it. Current client wants me to get more involved in configuring development environments for employment and debugging. For those who… Continue Reading
Time to Prosecute the New York Times as Both a Russian and ISIS Agent Roland Hughes, May 28, 2017November 8, 2017 I know, we try not to write anything overtly political on this blog because it is our thoughts about writing and life itself. Sadly this is about writing. It is also about all of those posts both past and scheduled where I warn you about the pitfalls writers face. Somewhere… Continue Reading
The 100,000 Mile Thrill is Gone Roland Hughes, May 28, 2017November 8, 2017 In its never ending attempt to jamb more technology in a vehicle inflating the price exponentially automakers have shot themselves in the foot then watched the bullet ricochet off the pavement going through both tush cheeks. It’s a rather impressive feat of managerial ineptitude. When tech first started appearing in… Continue Reading
Why Don’t I Get Any Writing Done? Roland Hughes, May 28, 2017November 8, 2017 Some of you will consider this an extension of my April 16, 2017 post “For the Love of a Keyboard” and to some extent you would be correct, but only a very limited extent. There are two things I hear repeatedly from writers and want to be authors. I don’t… Continue Reading
Experience The Scents Which Define Us Roland Hughes, May 21, 2017November 8, 2017 I guess one has to be a bit older to have scents define your person or “take you home again.” Presumably you would have to be old enough to have left home in the first place. We have a bit of a timey-whimey thing going on with this post as… Continue Reading
Experience All Because of Vermin Roland Hughes, May 20, 2017November 6, 2017 It’s amazing the amount of pain we humans go through because of vermin. No, I mean it. Sometimes the vermin is Jamie Dimon, CEO of a financial institution which engaged in mortgage fraud and bribery without a single care about the lives ruined or any resulting suicides. Other times the… Continue Reading