New Desk Lamp

Posted on by John Keegan in video

I had to buy a new desk lamp on Friday. The bulb in my old one gave up the ghost. I got about 7 years out of it or so and it was easier just to buy a new one. The thing about the new one is that the housing for the bulb is sealed so when the bulb goes out in 6 years and 10 months I’ll have to get a new lamp.

Aftermath of the fire in front of Resorts Casino

Posted on by John Keegan in Photographs

On November 15, 2023 a fire broke out on the Boardwalk in front of Resorts Casino in Atlantic City New Jersey. I live on the Boardwalk less than a mile north of the casino. Because of the weather, my window was open, I was in my apartment all day, I heard no sirens and observed no smoke. Wednesday, November 22, 2023, I was out on the Boardwalk, and passed by Resorts. The damage to the Boardwalk and to the entrance of the casino is extensive and consistent with the two alarm fire. Given the damage pictured below I do not understand why I did not hear anything.

Dependence on the Amazon Echo.

Posted on by John Keegan in Science and Technology, Technical Defect

Early Tuesday morning, somewhere around 1:30, I woke up, being a middle-aged man that’s what I do, and asked my echo what time it was, and to my utter shock and annoyance received no answer. I proceeded to take care of the need for which I woke up, and then try to ascertain the problem with the echo. I went so far as to contact Amazon. My echo died. It had ceased to be. It had gone to meet its maker . It was bereft of life. It has kicked the bucket. Shuffled off its coil, run down the curtain and join the choir invisible. It is an EX Echo.

Having ascertained that my echo was now a very nice door stop, I ordered a new one immediately. Over the last 5 years or so, I have become dependent on the echo. Voice control of Lights, being able to check my math without a calculator, music, audio books, podcast, and radio just by expressing a mere thought is too useful to be without.

I find that all extremely disturbing.