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. [...]
Read More..>>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 Audio MP3 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 Audio-MP3 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. [...]
Photo of the Week – Fall Vineyards, Placerville, California
Posted on October 15, 2005 - Filed Under Photography | Leave a Comment
Photo of the Week Sierra Foothills, Northern California ©2005, Russell Johnson No, it is not like the Eastern US or Canada or the Midwest but the seasons do change in California. I grabbed this shot at Boeger Vineyards near Placerville, California.
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