Articles in Pointless Pondering
Sansa Clip – Have I Ever Managed to Fix Anything?
Have I ever managed to fix anything?
My life seems like an endless series of broken things. I try to fix them, and in the fixing, I destroy them. The latest in this long series is the Sansa Clip.
It was a great little MP3 player until suddenly it wasn’t. It was barely used, practically new, and the headphones started to crackle.
Memory Is So Flawed
Back in 1998, I went on a bike trip to Ethiopia. I had a film camera, and film was expensive, so I didn’t take very many pictures. (Digital cameras and smartphones hadn’t been invented yet.So strange to think about that.) And people were so inquisitive and so demanding, that it was impossible to write in my journal anywhere. I ended up recording my journal on …
Can’t Trust a Ruler?
What do you do when you can’t even trust a ruler?
Don’t judge me, but I often myself in situations where I need to measure things. I’m always needing to see if this or that object will fit inside this or that bag or compartment. I need to know if my smartphone is too wide to fit inside a certain pocket. Or is my laptop too …