Category Archives: Technology

Candid Comments

Posted on December 7, 2017 by vanbytheriver

Blog posts are planned, considered, edited. Comments are not, they are spontaneous. That is where the good stuff lives. Did you ever submit a comment, then sit back and wonder how it would be received ? Did I just say … Continue reading →

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The Gardener’s Secret

Posted on December 4, 2017 by vanbytheriver

I knew he had a secret. He had the best garden, the richest soil, and produce into late November. What was he doing differently than the rest of us ? I walk my dog past his house daily, and had … Continue reading →

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Move Over, Rose

Posted on December 1, 2017 by vanbytheriver

For the 20 years since the release of the Oscar winning film Titanic, folks have been asking the same question. If Rose had moved over, could Jack have fit onto that piece of wood and been saved from a tragic … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Beauty, Books, Education, Entertainment, Movies, News, Technology | Tagged , , | 76 Comments

Goosebumps

Posted on November 27, 2017 by vanbytheriver

If you react to certain kinds of music with goosebumps, you have a unique brain. You may have a wider, richer range of emotions. Those who get chills from music have structural differences in the brain, namely “a higher volume … Continue reading →

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Toys “Were” Us

Posted on November 3, 2017 by vanbytheriver

Cabbage Patch Doll. 1983. Teddy Ruxpin. 1995. Tickle Me Elmo. 1996. Furby. 1998. Pokemon. 1999. Nintendo, XBox, Playstation. Forever. These are just a few of the toys that made us lose our mind. Marketing strategies stirred up popularity, kids begged … Continue reading →

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The Million Dollar Tip

Posted on October 25, 2017 by vanbytheriver

He didn’t have change to tip the courier who brought a message to his Tokyo hotel room. So Albert Einstein wrote him a brief note on hotel stationery, telling him it might be of some value later. The 1922 message … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Books, Education, Entertainment, History, News, Technology, Writing | Tagged , , | 61 Comments

Me Too ?

Posted on October 19, 2017 by vanbytheriver

There is a form of collective PTSD that has emerged from the Twitter campaign started by actress Alyssa Milano, #Me Too. Millions of women and many men have responded. It is not just about Hollywood’s casting couch culture. My Facebook … Continue reading →

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Puerto Rico

Posted on September 29, 2017 by vanbytheriver

This drone photo, featured as photo of the week by several publications, represents some of the hurricane devastation to the island of Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory whose name translates as “rich port”. Just a few suggestions of ways to … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Entertainment, Nature, News, Photography, Politics, Technology, Travel | Tagged , , | 67 Comments

Ice Cream and You

Posted on September 16, 2017 by vanbytheriver

“Rage, rage against the dying of the light”, or maybe, against the dying of summer, as in the case of ice cream giant Baskin-Robbins. * Late in August, they released the results of a study “What Your Ice Cream Eating … Continue reading →

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Ancient Trees

Posted on September 11, 2017 by vanbytheriver

  She took her camera to some of the darkest, most isolated places on earth, to photograph trees that have survived thousands of years. Beth Moon, famed photographer and  author of the 2014 book, Ancient Trees:Portraits of Time, studied the … Continue reading →

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