Author dshendler Posted on February 6, 2022February 6, 2022Categories Uncategorized   Leave a comment on What We Don’t Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Bruno

What We Don’t Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Bruno

I saw recently that the song “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from Encanto is a big hit, getting airplay on radio and moving up the Billboard chart. It’s an odd song as a stand-alone, and, to my mind, much inferior to the best song of the movie, “Surface Pressure,” which is beautiful and complex and universal.¹ Without knowing the story of the movie, or reliving it during the song, as a stand-alone vehicle, for me, it feels taste-less (not “tasteless”). … Continue reading “What We Don’t Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Bruno”

Author dshendler Posted on February 2, 2022February 16, 2022Categories TechnologyTags   Leave a comment on The Most Powerful Unknown Search on the Web – Tech Tuesday

The Most Powerful Unknown Search on the Web – Tech Tuesday

File under: Tech Tuesday (Wednesday edition) “What’s the name of that movie with those two guys in it? You know the one I mean.” Searching for a movie by one actor’s credits is a losing proposition. And a lot of times I–or a friend–will know one other actor in a movie we’re thinking about. Or we see a few seconds of a movie, two actors, and wonder what the heck movie is that? That’s just happened as I was watching … Continue reading “The Most Powerful Unknown Search on the Web – Tech Tuesday”

Author dshendler Posted on February 1, 2022February 1, 2022Categories Uncategorized   Leave a comment on Mortality & the Failing Hard Disc

Mortality & the Failing Hard Disc

I knew my computer was dying. The couple of shut-down crashes plus an actual BSOD¹ or two in the past few months let me know things were not going well. Apple famously projects a two-year lifespan for their products. After that, they are out-dated and on their way to becoming obsolete. My banger, which once once been a Vista machine, had been rebirthed as Win7, and had watched 8, 8.1, 10, and now 11 go by. It had been 12 … Continue reading “Mortality & the Failing Hard Disc”