Master Blog Archives

September 2024

• Disha Hot mini review (comments: 0)
  In which I share opinion of Taco Bell’s limited time sauce, Omar Apollo’s Disha Hot hot sauce.

April 2024

• I Dreamed a Dream (comments: 0)
  A third installment of describing a dream of which I distinctly recall the details.

February 2024

• I Dreamed a Dream (comments: 0)
  In which I describe the first dream in 13 years where I remember all the details.

November 2023

• Extirpation (comments: 0)
  I just learned a new word today, and I absolutely love it.

March 2023

• Long live Texas Instruments (comments: 0)
  In which I explain why I have never in my life needed to purchase a calculator.
• So Long, and Thanks for All the Chips (and salsa) (comments: 0)
  In which I describe what I expect to be my very last experience at Moe's restaurant.

February 2023

• A titillating tale of tech troubleshooting (comments: 0)
  In which I recount the tale of PDFs that come from Canva.com (no other source) not giving customers a proper preview when submitting their job for print.

March 2022

• Subway subscription silliness (comments: 0)
  Careful. Here comes my train of thought on restaurant subscription programs. Don't get stuck on the tracks!

February 2022

• She called me her Mercedes Man (comments: 1)
  In which I attempt to wax eloquent about a dear woman who fell asleep on 2/2/22.

October 2021

• Content conundrum (comments: 0)
  There are some communication venues where certain kinds of information patently do not belong.

December 2020

• 2020---your absence is required (comments: 0)
  In which I choose to not let an entire calendar year pass without a single post.

June 2019

• Thoughts on the 2019 Mac Pro pricing (comments: 0)
  What you think about the 2019 Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR pricing is probably dead wrong.

January 2019

• Isn't It Ironic? (comments: 0)
  In which I add my two cents to the nebulous discussion on the actual definition of "irony."

April 2018

• ALBj.net is 10 years old today (comments: 0)
  In celebration of ALBj.net's 10th anniversary, I summarize my 20-year history of maintaining various personal web sites.

January 2018

• Star Trek II 35th Anniversary Movie Experience (comments: 0)
  The story written, but never used, for the Big Fat Geek Podcast about my experience with participating in a 35th anniversary viewing of Star Trek II, transformed into this blog post.

September 2017

• The next adventure (comments: 4)
  In which I tell the tale of moving to a new job after 25 years.

March 2017

• I suppose you could say ALBj.net is now at v2.5 (comments: 0)
  

September 2016

• Help me choose a case color (comments: 1)
  

August 2016

• Thoughts on pronouncing GIF and JPEG (comments: 1)
  

April 2016

• Anniversary with a side of redesign (comments: 0)
  

January 2016

• Blog anniversary post (comments: 0)
  

October 2015

• Mophie Juice Pack Plus seeks home (comments: 0)
  

August 2015

• I ate an olive (comments: 0)
  

June 2015

• Freebies you didn't know you already had (comments: 0)
  

May 2015

• Instaflash before and after (comments: 0)
  

March 2015

• Safari best practices: shortcut your bookmark favorites (comments: 1)
  

July 2014

• Forty-four (comments: 0)
  
• The number game (comments: 0)
  

September 2013

• Current thoughts on photography (comments: 0)
  

May 2013

• Hard or soft? (comments: 0)
  
• Blogging = typing (comments: 0)
  

September 2012

• How to permanently solve privacy issues on Facebook et al (comments: 0)
  
• My position on new Apple hardware (comments: 0)
  

July 2012

• Twenty years (comments: 0)
  

January 2012

• Printed QR codes vs. digital QR codes (comments: 0)
  
• Knowing when to quit (comments: 0)
  

September 2011

• Meg has me pegged (comments: 0)
  
• Why you need to stop complaining about Facebook's redesign (hint: it's a big improvement) (comments: 0)
  

June 2011

• The forecast: mostly cloudy (comments: 0)
  

May 2011

• Constant conundrums (comments: 0)
  
• Not all iPhone autocorrect stories are embarrassing (comments: 0)
  
• Companion Language (comments: 0)
  

March 2011

• Is Lee going to buy an iPad 2? (comments: 2)
  

February 2011

• Tyche is really far out (comments: 0)
  
• I Dreamed a Dream (comments: 0)
  

January 2011

• Bright House needs to reverse one of the HD viewing modes (comments: 0)
  

October 2010

• Stuff I'm Selling (comments: 0)
  
• How to convert Stroke masks to transparency in Adobe Illustrator (comments: 5)
  

September 2010

• Fade to/from black on iMovie for iPhone (comments: 0)
  
• Gift card tomfoolery (comments: 0)
  
• BOGO (comments: 0)
  

August 2010

• Understanding Ingredients (comments: 2)
  

July 2010

• Monotony (comments: 0)
  
• Et tu, Blog? (comments: 0)
  
• The Agency (comments: 1)
  

May 2010

• Lens repair saga (comments: 0)
  

April 2010

• Two years (comments: 0)
  
• AppZapper seems devious to me (comments: 7)
  

March 2010

• Hey Subway---wanna make more money? (comments: 2)
  

January 2010

• Seven-year blogging anniversary (comments: 2)
  

September 2009

• Eight years ago... (comments: 1)
  
• Six letters (comments: 1)
  
• User registrations (comments: 1)
  

August 2009

• Apple, please stop removing pre-existing functionality (comments: 3)
  

June 2009

• WordPress 2.8 (comments: 0)
  

May 2009

• Iconfactory missed the point (comments: 5)
  
• A soapbox moment about HTML (rich text) formatted e-mail (comments: 2)
  

April 2009

• Gallery upgrade (comments: 0)
  

March 2009

• WordPress 2.7.1 (comments: 0)
  

February 2009

• A soapbox moment about text messaging (comments: 3)
  
• A cool idea to help with Australia bushfire relief (comments: 1)
  
• Finally got the iPhone WordPress app working (comments: 4)
  

January 2009

• Dealing with negative people (comments: 0)
  
• Celebrating six years of blogging (comments: 1)
  
• ZÜCA Pro mini review (comments: 1)
  
• I'm at Macworld 2009! (comments: 0)
  
• Did we really need a full press release on this? (comments: 0)
  

November 2008

• Want some floppy disks? (comments: 0)
  

October 2008

• Bright House essentially removed features---not added (comments: 4)
  

September 2008

• Grammar quandary (your response welcome) (comments: 4)
  
• How will you use your spoon? (comments: 0)
  

July 2008

• Why are logic board replacements always a source of grief? (comments: 0)
  
• Delicious Library improvements forthcoming (comments: 0)
  

June 2008

• Feelin' like some Chicago (comments: 0)
  

May 2008

• This is only a test (comments: 0)
  

April 2008

• Are you here yet? (comments: 8)
  
• Checking out Twitpress (comments: 0)
  
• Why the switch? (comments: 4)
  
• ALBj.net's First Entry (comments: 1)