Photo of the Week - Batik Paints, Bali, Indonesia
Posted on October 27, 2005 - Filed Under Photography | Leave a Comment
Photo of the Week: Batik Paints, Bali, Indonesia
©2005 Russell Johnson
Poor Bali, a tourism destination that culturally refused to become a tourist
trap. Yes you do have the big resorts in Nusa Dusa which could be
anywhere and the sometimes rowdy beach scene at Kuta, but the island
has refused to cheapen its culture. In fact, their laws prohibit […]
Review: The Handspring Treo 650
Posted on October 26, 2005 - Filed Under Audio, Gadgets & Cameras | Leave a Comment
The Treo 650
Reviewed by Pat Meier-Johnson
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I stared at the Blackberry and the Treo 650, and back again. I hefted one
and then the other, felt my fingernails skid off the rounded keys of
the Treo. While the light weight and flat keys of the Blackberry seemed
practical, the Treo won my heart. READ MORE
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Review: Audiovox SM5600 Smartphone
Posted on October 22, 2005 - Filed Under Audio, Gadgets & Cameras | Leave a Comment
VOX OMNI POPULUS WHATSIS
by Russell Johnson
I have always been intrigued by the notion of a do-everything personal device. My military career (roughly paralleling the heroics of George W. Bush) exposed me to the M1 steel helmet. The “pisspot” as it was called, was a wash basin, cooking cauldron, latrine, shovel and, if caught with […]
Joe Sutter, The Father of the Boeing 747
Posted on October 19, 2005 - Filed Under Audio, Travel Biz, Tech & Science | Leave a Comment
Joseph Sutter- Photo© 2005 Russell Johnson
Giving Wings to Grandma
An interview with Joe Sutter, Father of the Boeing 747
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20 min
Airlines come and go. But one airplane, put in service in 1970 by Pan Am and designed and built by Boeing is still flying, still being manufactured and, like Swiss Cheese or a Brooks Brothers suit, still […]
Lost in Tschotskiland - An Essay on Souvenirs
Posted on October 17, 2005 - Filed Under Audio, Culture | Leave a Comment
Souvenirs, Oak Creek Canyon, Arizona
©Russell Johnson
Lost in Tschotskiland
Among My Souvenirs
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Went to the dump the other day to get rid of some moldy old wood and some crumbled melamine, that miserable, heavy, glued-together sawdust from which cheap furniture is made…junk that never fails to fall apart after a year or so. To my delight, Marin Sanitary […]
