Job hunting is hard, and a lot harder once you hit 50. It’s important to keep your head up and stay focused on your value, but only hiring companies can actually do […]
Happy freaking birthday, geezer: job hunting and ageism
winterSmith
You can't shine a light if you don't have a light.
Festival de la lumière, partie deux: #ArtSunday
Abstract macro light bulbs… For Christmas, my girlfriend got me a portable StudioPro lighting rig – easily one the best presents in history. Until now I’ve shot all natural light, which is […]
WTF is up with the Weather Channel app?
Why doesn’t the Weather Channel at least agree with itself? Like many (most? all?) iPhone owners I have the Weather Channel app. (It comes installed on the phone and it’s easy enough […]
Trump’s Wall vs the Berlin Wall: how much would it really cost? (Hint: more than you think)
[UPDATED] All the estimates you’re seeing on the cost of Das Trumpenwand are leaving something out. Something important. And really, really expensive. NOTE: I figured out the flaw in my math and […]
Beer & Burritos #1: ghosting, recruiters, IPAs and chicken tastes like cardboard
In the pilot episode of Beer & Burritos, Brian, Sam and Andrew talk about the “ghosting” phenomenon companies are dealing with and discuss how much sympathy we have for recruiters. And other […]
Keep your head up
No matter how hard the world tries to make you look down, the view is better with your head up. – I don’t do inspirational, but this was a little too relevant […]
Fête des lumières
From an ongoing macro study of filaments…
wintersmith’s Best Albums of 2018
I found lots of music to like in 2018. Here’s a brief overview, plus a link so you can sample it all yourself. Earlier in the year I did a 2018 so […]
Review: MeWe is superior to Facebook in virtually every way
More on MeWe, a new social network: let’s do this Last week I wrote briefly about a new social network called MeWe. In that quick overview I noted its no advertising/in-app purchases […]
Winter Solstice 2018
Happy Solstice from the staff of Scholars & Rogues.
