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We are living in a "Black Mirror" episode I have 870 followers on Facebook which I consider my close personal friends. So far no Chatbot buddies but that could change. [image or embed] — John Poltrack ( @poltrack.net ) November 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM Visit my website poltrack.net

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  Forwarding Address I used Blogger as my first foray into the world of online writing in December 2006. Over the years I created several other blogs and a few websites. I finally settled down a bit and decided to put my energy into a self-hosted Wordpress site named My Strange Life . The Orphans What was to become of these sites after I stopped adding content? Nothing at all. Everything on the internet seems to last forever, or at least in the span of a lifetime. There are multiple orphans and WebCrawlers dutifully work their way through the internet finding links and keywords. I won't delete this blog but want want to freshen it up a bit with new information.

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MOVING DAY I have set up a self-hosted WordPress Website. That will become my new blogging and website home. Please find me over there. HTTPS://POLTRACK.NET Out with the old New site is friendly to mobile Moving out

Your Amazon purchases help support this blog, Thank You. It took some time with thousands of files, music, photos and spam mail but I finally hit the wall with my free storage on Google. The same thing  is happening on the hard drive which edging toward full capacity. My whole life is like this, a cellar and attic full of stuff. So much stuff. I know I am in trouble when I buy more storage bins to hold the stuff I never plan to use. Gmail stores all the mail you send and receive which is the reason that Hillary didn't use it. My mailbox is a mess. I have offers from Nigeria for millions of dollars, political newsletters from 2008 etc. You probably have the same problem don't you? So what should I do? 100GB for 2 bucks a month seems like a good bargain. Ten bucks a month for a full terabyte seems even better. I'm such a Google fanboy  that they are always my first choice for technology. However the folks at Amazon give me money when folks buy stu...

Your Amazon purchases help support this blog, Thank You. Video from the Self-Assembly Lab at MIT Click for weather forecast

I celebrated Earth Day by picking up other peoples trash along Fox Farm Road this morning. I'm not sure how their trash ended up along my road, perhaps it fell off a truck on it's journey to the transfer station. I was happy to learn that the Twisted Tea company that produces much of the trash along our road is sponsoring a photo contest. I tried to enter the contest with my clever photo but got an upload error. I will try again.  My morning haul I like the contrast of the yellow packaging against the earthen tones of the pine needles The Mountain Dew was an inspired touch. Thanks for that contribution. This was my contest application I can definitely attest that my photo does NOT depict Santa Claus However I got an upload error when I tried to send it Maybe they don't appreciate ART

We certainly don't agree on politics and I never shot my best friend in the face with a shotgun, BUT we both have pacemakers. Also it appears that Cheney has a Medtronics model as do I. However he got the one with a cardiverter defibrillator (ICD). I did not need that feature. I certainly would not have one with WiFi capabilities and risk the chance of being hacked by someone with a grudge. I just have to be careful with those radio towers and big Neodymium magnets   (I'll never be a Prius mechanic). A question for the paranoid, Who killed Barnaby Jones? Unlike Cheney, I made sure I didn't have WiFi capability

Fifty years again the Ku Klux Klan dynamited a Birmingham church killing 4 little girls. Sadly the KKK is estimated to still have 5,000 to 8,000 followers. Why?

I'm extremely lucky to have the opportunity to work out of my home, but I had a commute in heavy traffic I would never be this depressed. We are crawling along, but at least we have jobs to go to Never let it get you THIS depressed

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Kite Patch from SPARKHOUSE on Vimeo .

Mark's Facebook Page is  https://www.facebook.com/photosofthattree I can relate to this story a bit since I keep revisiting one of my favorites

What is the story about vandalism in New Ipswich? If you don't like it here, get the hell out. Believe me you won't be missed. Burning tires, trashing the pool. What is the matter with you? It's bad enough we have to pick up twisted tea bottles and cans on our morning walk but setting fire to a porta-potty that was provided for kids to use on a ball field?  Don't you like kids? What is wrong with you people? When I first came to this town, we used to swim at the beach across from River Road. The land owners were okay with that and then some jerks decided to break some bottle on the beach. How brilliant is that? Guess what? no more swimming. I repeat, if you are unhappy with our town, if it doesn't meet your expectations, a whole world awaits you. Latest escapade at the ball field near Damsite 35 Previous attack on a venerable Porta-Potty

 Video is a response to this Facebook Posting by Richard Neill.

Remember when you put baseball cards or balloons in your spokes for an effect. Imagine how cool that would be with LED and computer technology?

One of my all time favorite news events happened 66 years ago today RAAF Captures Flying Sauce On Ranch in Roswell Region Naturally Google found a clever way to commemorate the event with a Doodle. I had to cheat because I'm not good with games.