Attention Span.

I know plenty of folk that enjoy the Tik-tok. It’s a great outlet for creative types and those that want snippets of entertainment. I get the appeal, but it’s not my thing. I’m very concerned about the security around the app and the company, and the quick hits tamper with the way my brain works. I just prefer longer videos. As much as I don’t trust Google, I pay for the ad free version of YouTube. I know paying for the service doesn’t exempt me from the privacy invasion but at least I don’t have to watch ads.

I’ve noticed many other social media services have been trying to do the Tik-tok thing; Instagram now favors short videos instead of photos in my stream. This agitates me to the point of avoiding Instagram for days at a time now. This week I noticed YouTube is now putting a decent helping of “YouTube Shorts” in my search results and suggested videos streams.

WHY?

With social media reducing communication down to 280 characters, I know society is losing it’s ability to read anything longer than a paragraph. But just as a paragraph can’t tell the whole story, I feel like a 30 second video can’t tell a whole story either.

Back in the early days of “The Web” I never imagined a world where things would become so erratic and mind boggling. And don’t even get me started on the deception and dishonesty with too many nuggets of information on the Internet.

I guess my vision of the future was short sighted.

22 July 2022 by Why. 1

Patterns.

Last night’s flight in the Cessna 172. In case you’re wondering, you’re looking at one takeoff on Runway 33, followed by three instrument approaches to runway 6R, with a circle to land to a “full stop” on runway 24L. It was windy but I didn’t break anything.

21 July 2022 by Pilot. 0

Golden Hour.

On the way back from the airport this evening, my husband and I stopped at a local restaurant for a bite to eat. This is part of our typical Wednesday night, because Wednesday is the night I fly.

The sky was beautiful after supper. We call it the “Golden Hour”.

20 July 2022 by Fun and Games Dept 0

Update.

My work computer was forced to update to the latest corporate sanctioned version of Windows 10 last night. I have a love-hate relationship with my work computer; it’s alright for the most part but Windows 10 gets in my way a lot when I’m trying to be productive under pressure. In some ways it’s amazing to me that Windows 10 is the mandatory operating system at work, because of the “big three” (Mac, Windows, Linux), I found Windows to be the least productive environment to work in. There’s too much friction in accomplishing tasks and too much attention paid to keeping paradigms established 40 years ago. The whole “shuffle things around on a desktop” is so outdated.

And in their whimsical ways, Windows 10 now let’s you know it’s updating through a modified “blue screen of death”.

It’s a hoot and a half.

19 July 2022 by Geek 0

Early Morning.

In the desert it often gets too hot or stormy in the afternoon at this time of year for any sort of productive general aviation in a Cessna 172 or a Piper Cherokee. I like checking in to FlightRadar from time to time to see what I’m missing out on as I do my day job. All the smaller airplanes flying in the area at 6:00 AM (when I started my first meeting at work) are likely students getting their flights in before the desert heat makes things too bumpy.

18 July 2022 by Pilot. 0

FTL.

I am always impressed with the quality of short sci-fi films put out on the Dust YouTube channel. There’s still plenty of fresh ideas and incredibly talented people out there in the Sci-Fi world.

17 July 2022 by Geek 1

Mincing.

Who knew Endora’s spell to make Darrin extremely vain would turn him into such a queen? This episode of “Bewitched” has always been one of my favorite of the series. From season five, it’s episode #146 “Mirror, Mirror On The Wall”.

16 July 2022 by Gayish. 0

Extra Extra.

I am always fascinated by extra on television shows. If I’ve had a couple of drinks and start watching old sitcoms, I’ll see an extra doing their thing in the background and start to wonder about who they are. How did the end up as an extra? Did they get their big break and end up front and center on the stage? Are they a friend of the casting director or the producer or something?

The handsome gentlemen seen in this screen capture appears in the fifth season episode of “Designing Women” called “Miss Trial”. He’s one of the jurors being abused by Julia who has been sequestered with the other jurors on a trial after being reported by Charlene to the judge for not doing what she was suppose to do as a juror.

Admittedly, the guy garnered my attention because he’s quite attractive, even by my standards back in 1990.

I searched IMDB but didn’t find out a thing about him. He’s not listed in the “all cast and crew” section so I don’t know who he is. But as a favor to this unknown background extra I posted his photo on IMDB. Maybe someone will provide a name someday.

I think part of my interest in these background extras comes from my days in high school theatre when I would end up in the chorus or one of Mame’s random party guests while singing “It’s Today” or something. Light the candles, fill the punchbowl, throw confetti, it’s today!

15 July 2022 by Ponderings and Musings 0

Pure Pop.

For some reason this track crossed my mind today and it’s been my ear worm for much of this Friday. Enjoy this song from 2006. It’s Jessica Simpson with “A Public Affair”.

The video is cute. It’s hard to believe this song is 15 years old.

15 July 2022 by Gayish. 0

About J.P.

Just a guy with a husband. We’ve been together 28 years and he still makes me see fireworks on a daily basis. Hiker. Storm Chaser. Private Pilot. Tech Guy. Hackerish.

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