exploring nature’s infinite connections
The evening of October 10, 2024 ( a KP index of 9!) brought another spectacular solar storm our way, triggering displays of the Aurora Borealis across Michigan and elsewhere. The Aurora Borealis appears more frequently at lower latitudes because we are likely...
A task that fell off my radar long ago was to create a bird photography gallery for various backyard, songbirds, grassland birds, blackbirds, etc, that didn't quite fit into the other segmented categories I had. But I didn't know what to call this new gallery because...
For a while now, I have been using a plugin called Subscribe to Comments that allows people to receive email notifications of replies they receive to the comments they leave here. This post is a mea culpa to those folks expecting them. As an administrator, I don't...
Autumn colors are coming to a peak (edit: now past) here in Southeast Michigan, about right on time this year. They dissipated a bit faster than I would have liked. I took an opportunity to visit a nearby 90-acre nature preserve. Places like this are far and few...
Viva Magenta is unveiled as the Color of the Year for 2023 by Pantone®. For me, it certainly isn't a hue I think of when I think "magenta" - but I am influenced by the pinkish variety that is consumed voraciously by inkjet printers I've owned over the years than the...
Over the past few months, I have been migrating my cloud backup service which triggered more than a few headaches. I've been using CrashPlan for the longest time, resisting change because of the time it would take to upload to a different service. When I started with...
Back in March, I posted about how the era of my Mac Pro desktop came to an end with the purchase of a Mac Studio and Studio Display. With a good 3 months of use under my belt, I thought I'd collect some of what I've experienced in an update post. However, I am quite...
My old Mac Pro finally has a replacement. Over the years, people may have noticed my remarks about my system getting up there in years. Apple's recent product announcements happened to fall at a time that felt right for me. As such, I purchased a new Mac Studio (M1max...
September started with a cool nip in the air this morning, and a cooler nip is forecasted for tomorrow morning. Down to a nice 54°F/12°C. A change that I've been craving...badly. The other day I asked my wife "what temperature do we need to get rid of these...