Jerry Stratton's Blog, page 48

Barbarism and the Global Village

If we don’t protect our borders, we don’t protect our civilization. When Rome let the barbarians in, they became barbarians.

Tandy Assembly 2018

Tandy Assembly was earlier this November, and I have never seen so many Radio Shack computers in one spot. Also, my love affair with daisy wheels is rekindled.

Flashcards for iPad using Pythonista

Build a simple flashcard app for foreign phrases or whatever using photo albums and Pythonista.

Has Trump forced the media into a Kobayashi Maru?

The Kobayashi Maru is that the media wants to be able to continue lying and be believed. People don’t distrust them because of Trump. People distrust them because they keep lying. It is a self-caused problem.

Abraham Lincoln’s conservative principles

Reading Lincoln, it seems that both conservative thought and anti-conservative thought really hasn’t changed much in a century and a half. Though less racist for his time, he was still racist. But his adherence to conservative principles enabled him to overcome his prejudices while his contemporaries who were not conservative sank deeper into racism.

National Sandwich Day: Do-it-yourself bread slice guide

If you have a table saw or chop saw, making a bread slice guide is a snap.

Was table-top gaming inevitable?

Gods & Monsters rolls an 18 for age today, pioneer game writer Greg Stafford died two weeks ago, and stories about the early days of gaming has me wondering, was the discovery of table-top gaming a perfect storm, or was it inevitable?

Sydney, Nova Scotia: Ed’s Books and More

Ed’s is a great used bookstore in Sydney, very close to the water.

Innovation in a state of fear: the unintended? consequences of political correctness

Is political correctness poised to literally kill minorities as it may already have killed women, because scientists avoid critical research in order to avoid social media mobs?

The Southern Living Cookbook Library

One of the best magazine-related cookbook series is also the one of the hardest to find. The Southern Living Cookbook Library appears to be under the radar of food writers online, but it either had a very low print run or few people want to get rid of their copies.