Technology
Event Friday discusses the narcissism of social media users
Recently, I asked to be subscribed to a local list of interesting things to do called “Tri-State Treasures,” curated by Jim Kesner. It was after a friend shared a copy of her copy of the weekly email. It’s chock-full of great little events and happenings in town that seem to be all together missing from [...]
Cincinnati and Hamilton County Election Night coverage using Qik video
I will be running around downtown Cincinnati – including the Hamilton County Board of Elections and various campaign victory parties – reporting on what I am seeing using Qik video. Check out the video below to see the latest:
I just touched an iPad
I just touched my first Apple iPad – and I feel fine. A fellow student in the e-media class I am taking at the University of Cincinnati has a cousin who works at Apple in California. He got himself a 64GB iPad for $300 and brought it to class today. And let me play with [...]
The Wessels Family Tree
My Uncle Steve Wessels – who I alternately blame and thank for my obsession with technology – several years ago (15 or so, it appears) worked extensively to compile a comprehensive listing of the Wessels family tree, including birth dates and dates of death, for just about everyone going all the back to Germany for [...]
Where are Joe and his Dad now?
Today, along with my Dad, Hermann, I am traveling west to just south of St. Louis (in Illinois) to pick up a car. Right now Pops is in the driver’s seat and I am in the front passenger seat, all teched out, with my mobile broadband card keeping me fully tethered to the online world, [...]
Watch out: Facebook chat scam
I was a camp counselor for eight summers (five at a YMCA of Greater Cincinnati day camp and three summers at Kennolyn Camps in Soquel, California – near Santa Cruz). Don’t hear too much from former campers these days. My last summer as a counselor was 1999. But, as any former counselor can tell you, [...]