https://micro.davegullett.com/ en Tue, 30 Jul 2019 13:31:47 -0400 https://micro.davegullett.com/2026/09/09/061924.html Wed, 09 Sep 2026 06:19:24 -0400 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2026/09/09/061924.html <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/a0ed4743-b216-42fb-85b9-63014faa2136.png" width="600" height="337" alt=""></p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/a0ed4743-b216-42fb-85b9-63014faa2136.png" width="600" height="337" alt=""> https://micro.davegullett.com/2026/07/08/the-flight-of-souls-by.html Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:18:48 -0400 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2026/07/08/the-flight-of-souls-by.html <p>“The Flight of Souls” by Louis Comfort Tiffany</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/4de3ce9ac7.jpg" width="337" height="600" alt="A vibrant stained glass window depicts a central angelic figure surrounded by other angels above a colorful garden filled with flowers."></p> “The Flight of Souls” by Louis Comfort Tiffany <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/4de3ce9ac7.jpg" width="337" height="600" alt="A vibrant stained glass window depicts a central angelic figure surrounded by other angels above a colorful garden filled with flowers."> https://micro.davegullett.com/2026/07/08/cle-skyline.html Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:32:23 -0400 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2026/07/08/cle-skyline.html <p>CLE Skyline</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/9aa4537ae5.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt="The clear Cleveland city skyline with a cluster of tall buildings rises above a foreground of shorter buildings and abundant greenery under a bright blue sky."></p> CLE Skyline <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/9aa4537ae5.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt="The clear Cleveland city skyline with a cluster of tall buildings rises above a foreground of shorter buildings and abundant greenery under a bright blue sky."> https://micro.davegullett.com/2026/06/27/vacation-once-there-was-a.html Sat, 27 Jun 2026 08:25:45 -0400 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2026/06/27/vacation-once-there-was-a.html <blockquote> <p>Once there was a man who filmed his vacation.<br /> He went flying down the river in his boat<br /> with his video camera to his eye, making<br /> a moving picture of the moving river<br /> upon which his sleek boat moved swiftly<br /> toward the end of his vacation. He showed<br /> his vacation to his camera, which pictured it,<br /> preserving it forever: the river, the trees,<br /> the sky, the light, the bow of his rushing boat<br /> behind which he stood with his camera<br /> preserving his vacation even as he was having it<br /> so that after he had had it he would still<br /> have it. It would be there. With a flick<br /> of a switch, there it would be. But he<br /> would not be in it. He would never be in it.</p> </blockquote> >Once there was a man who filmed his vacation. He went flying down the river in his boat with his video camera to his eye, making a moving picture of the moving river upon which his sleek boat moved swiftly toward the end of his vacation. He showed his vacation to his camera, which pictured it, preserving it forever: the river, the trees, the sky, the light, the bow of his rushing boat behind which he stood with his camera preserving his vacation even as he was having it so that after he had had it he would still have it. It would be there. With a flick of a switch, there it would be. But he would not be in it. He would never be in it. https://micro.davegullett.com/2026/06/26/birds-chirping-neighbors-enjoying-the.html Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:48:42 -0400 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2026/06/26/birds-chirping-neighbors-enjoying-the.html <p>Birds chirping, neighbors enjoying the first cigarettes and coffee of the day, the fading in and out of passing car stereos and the mechanical munching from the sanitation department doing their thing on 47th street. The morning symphony of the city</p> Birds chirping, neighbors enjoying the first cigarettes and coffee of the day, the fading in and out of passing car stereos and the mechanical munching from the sanitation department doing their thing on 47th street. The morning symphony of the city https://micro.davegullett.com/2026/06/21/the-library-of-the-future.html Sun, 21 Jun 2026 10:19:42 -0400 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2026/06/21/the-library-of-the-future.html <blockquote> <p>The library of the future isn’t a warehouse for books. It’s a gymnasium for attention.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/what-we-think-is-a-decline-in-literacy-is-a-design-problem">Books and Screens</a></p> > The library of the future isn’t a warehouse for books. It’s a gymnasium for attention. [Books and Screens](https://aeon.co/essays/what-we-think-is-a-decline-in-literacy-is-a-design-problem) https://micro.davegullett.com/2026/06/20/091319.html Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:13:19 -0400 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2026/06/20/091319.html <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/e9711cf9cf.png" width="600" height="337" alt="A quote from Seth's Blog explains two reasons to avoid learning a proven new technology: either knowing its impacts and not wanting them, or not knowing and fearing to find out.&10;&10;&quot;There are two reasons to avoid learning a proven new technology:&10;&10;You know what it can do and how it will change your life and you don’t want it.&10;&10;You don’t know what it can do and you don’t want to find out.&quot; &10;&10;(Seth's Blog, Avoiding Technology)"></p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/e9711cf9cf.png" width="600" height="337" alt="A quote from Seth's Blog explains two reasons to avoid learning a proven new technology: either knowing its impacts and not wanting them, or not knowing and fearing to find out.&10;&10;&quot;There are two reasons to avoid learning a proven new technology:&10;&10;You know what it can do and how it will change your life and you don’t want it.&10;&10;You don’t know what it can do and you don’t want to find out.&quot; &10;&10;(Seth's Blog, Avoiding Technology)"> https://micro.davegullett.com/2026/06/02/the-only-secret-of-magic.html Tue, 02 Jun 2026 07:50:19 -0400 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2026/06/02/the-only-secret-of-magic.html <p>&ldquo;The only secret of magic is that I&rsquo;m willing to work harder on it than you think it&rsquo;s worth.&rdquo;</p> <p>Penn Jillette</p> <p>Via <a href="https://randsinrepose.com/archives/the-cello-in-soho-square/">Rands</a>.</p> "The only secret of magic is that I'm willing to work harder on it than you think it's worth." Penn Jillette Via [Rands](https://randsinrepose.com/archives/the-cello-in-soho-square/). https://micro.davegullett.com/2026/04/21/cortado.html Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:29:31 -0400 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2026/04/21/cortado.html <p>Cortado.</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/4ec9e2e770.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt="A cortado and a glass of water are placed on a wooden table."></p> Cortado. <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/4ec9e2e770.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt="A cortado and a glass of water are placed on a wooden table."> https://micro.davegullett.com/2026/04/17/054756.html Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:47:56 -0400 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2026/04/17/054756.html <p>This is interesting.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ethnologue.com/insights/ethnologue200/">www.ethnologue.com/insights/&hellip;</a></p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/9672ef248c.png" width="548" height="600" alt="A bar chart ranks the top 10 most spoken languages in 2026, with English at the top, followed by Mandarin Chinese and Hindi, published by Ethnologue."></p> This is interesting. [www.ethnologue.com/insights/...](https://www.ethnologue.com/insights/ethnologue200/) <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/9672ef248c.png" width="548" height="600" alt="A bar chart ranks the top 10 most spoken languages in 2026, with English at the top, followed by Mandarin Chinese and Hindi, published by Ethnologue."> https://micro.davegullett.com/2026/04/14/jabra-enhance-select-versus-airpods.html Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:13:03 -0400 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2026/04/14/jabra-enhance-select-versus-airpods.html <p>Jabra Enhance Select 700 versus AirPods Pro 3. Which one is David and which is Goliath?</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/ae56a3b72e.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt="The Jabra enhance 700 hearing aids versus AirPods Pro 3 on a table. "></p> Jabra Enhance Select 700 versus AirPods Pro 3. Which one is David and which is Goliath? <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/ae56a3b72e.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt="The Jabra enhance 700 hearing aids versus AirPods Pro 3 on a table. "> https://micro.davegullett.com/2026/03/26/opening-day.html Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:53:18 -0400 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2026/03/26/opening-day.html <p>Opening Day.</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/45b909d062.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt="A bar with illuminated shelves, a bartender, and three screens displaying a Reds baseball game."></p> Opening Day. <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/45b909d062.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt="A bar with illuminated shelves, a bartender, and three screens displaying a Reds baseball game."> https://micro.davegullett.com/2026/02/28/coffee-bar.html Sat, 28 Feb 2026 18:47:29 -0400 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2026/02/28/coffee-bar.html <p>Coffee Bar.</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/883b9c17df774e55b0b87c372e75c551.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt="A coffee bar with flavor syrups, signs and such in the background. "></p> Coffee Bar. <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/883b9c17df774e55b0b87c372e75c551.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt="A coffee bar with flavor syrups, signs and such in the background. "> https://micro.davegullett.com/2026/02/23/penultimate.html Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:38:08 -0400 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2026/02/23/penultimate.html <p>Penultimate.</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/bd4499a399034bdc8fab84649c3a2013.jpg" width="600" height="600" alt="The best index cards ever made. "></p> Penultimate. <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/bd4499a399034bdc8fab84649c3a2013.jpg" width="600" height="600" alt="The best index cards ever made. "> https://micro.davegullett.com/2026/01/04/125528.html Sun, 04 Jan 2026 13:55:28 -0400 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2026/01/04/125528.html <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/7a2fc41dff.png" width="600" height="337" alt=""></p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/7a2fc41dff.png" width="600" height="337" alt=""> https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/12/25/christmas-eve.html Thu, 25 Dec 2025 10:34:32 -0400 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/12/25/christmas-eve.html <p>Christmas Eve.</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/8c034d88527d4c5e9a86d9aebfbcd751.jpg" width="600" height="216" alt=""></p> Christmas Eve. <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/8c034d88527d4c5e9a86d9aebfbcd751.jpg" width="600" height="216" alt=""> https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/12/18/182516.html Thu, 18 Dec 2025 19:25:16 -0400 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/12/18/182516.html <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/19a49500b9.png" width="600" height="337" alt=""></p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/19a49500b9.png" width="600" height="337" alt=""> https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/11/12/interesting-article-about-the-intersection.html Wed, 12 Nov 2025 07:31:51 -0400 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/11/12/interesting-article-about-the-intersection.html <p>Interesting article about the <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/dungeons-and-dragons-elon-musk/684828/?gift=-9FQI0ZwtVnHB-o4FbMJHL4pKwFimj0zy_TaUJiNXSs&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share">intersection of Tolkien, D&amp;D and racism</a></p> <p>“An early D&amp;D concept was the idea of “alignment”: Certain creatures are good, neutral, or evil, and, within those categories, are lawful, neutral, or chaotic&hellip;”</p> Interesting article about the [intersection of Tolkien, D&D and racism](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/dungeons-and-dragons-elon-musk/684828/?gift=-9FQI0ZwtVnHB-o4FbMJHL4pKwFimj0zy_TaUJiNXSs&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share) “An early D&D concept was the idea of “alignment”: Certain creatures are good, neutral, or evil, and, within those categories, are lawful, neutral, or chaotic...” https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/11/06/a-liturgy-a-legacy-the.html Thu, 06 Nov 2025 21:13:07 -0400 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/11/06/a-liturgy-a-legacy-the.html <p>A Liturgy, A Legacy &amp; The Songs of Rich Mullins</p> <p>All the feels. 🎵</p> <p><a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/a-liturgy-a-legacy-the-songs-of-rich-mullins-live/1839639150">Listen here</a></p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/2e9510ae96.jpg" width="600" height="573" alt=""></p> A Liturgy, A Legacy & The Songs of Rich Mullins All the feels. 🎵 [Listen here](https://music.apple.com/us/album/a-liturgy-a-legacy-the-songs-of-rich-mullins-live/1839639150) <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/2e9510ae96.jpg" width="600" height="573" alt=""> https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/11/02/in-times-of-change-learners.html Sun, 02 Nov 2025 12:49:57 -0400 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/11/02/in-times-of-change-learners.html <p>“In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”</p> <ul> <li>Eric Hoffer</li> </ul> “In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” - Eric Hoffer https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/10/30/the-stuff-of-earth-competes.html Thu, 30 Oct 2025 20:05:50 -0400 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/10/30/the-stuff-of-earth-competes.html <p>“The stuff of Earth competes for the allegiance I owe only to the Giver of all good things.”</p> <p>-Rich Mullins</p> “The stuff of Earth competes for the allegiance I owe only to the Giver of all good things.” -Rich Mullins https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/10/26/weekend.html Sun, 26 Oct 2025 17:46:27 -0400 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/10/26/weekend.html <p>Weekend. 🏕️</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/69fa7cd860.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt="Two tents are illuminated in a dark forest at night.&10;"><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/2dbe070ccc.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt="A campfire burns brightly in a metal fire pit surrounded by chairs on a dirt surface.&10;"></p> Weekend. 🏕️ <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/69fa7cd860.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt="Two tents are illuminated in a dark forest at night.&10;"><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/2dbe070ccc.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt="A campfire burns brightly in a metal fire pit surrounded by chairs on a dirt surface.&10;"> https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/10/21/last-saturday-night.html Tue, 21 Oct 2025 06:42:34 -0400 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/10/21/last-saturday-night.html <p>Last Saturday Night.🎵</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/8289391d12.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="Karin Bergquist playing the piano and singing into a microphone under soft lighting in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm."><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/772f2926b5.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="Linford Detweiler playing an acoustic guitar while singing into a microphone in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm "><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/501ce51473.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="Linford Detweiler is playing an electric bass in a rustic in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm"><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/99b30f8380.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="Over the Rhine on the stage in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm"><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/0690b9aa40.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="Karin Bergquist playing an acoustic guitar and singing into a microphone in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm"></p> Last Saturday Night.🎵 <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/8289391d12.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="Karin Bergquist playing the piano and singing into a microphone under soft lighting in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm."><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/772f2926b5.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="Linford Detweiler playing an acoustic guitar while singing into a microphone in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm "><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/501ce51473.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="Linford Detweiler is playing an electric bass in a rustic in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm"><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/99b30f8380.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="Over the Rhine on the stage in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm"><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/0690b9aa40.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="Karin Bergquist playing an acoustic guitar and singing into a microphone in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm"> https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/10/18/anticipation.html Sat, 18 Oct 2025 18:58:46 -0400 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/10/18/anticipation.html <p>Anticipation.</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/7c38f4986f834694ba1032ae8cf96407.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt=""></p> Anticipation. <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/7c38f4986f834694ba1032ae8cf96407.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt=""> https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/10/15/tyrants-messing-with-our-caffeine.html Wed, 15 Oct 2025 06:23:11 -0400 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/10/15/tyrants-messing-with-our-caffeine.html <p>Tyrants messing with our caffeine is the last straw, right?</p> <p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025/10/coffee-tariff-prices/684545/?gift=-9FQI0ZwtVnHB-o4FbMJHN-jBVc_IAuWLs0MHws2CLg">www.theatlantic.com/culture/2&hellip;</a></p> Tyrants messing with our caffeine is the last straw, right? [www.theatlantic.com/culture/2...](https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025/10/coffee-tariff-prices/684545/?gift=-9FQI0ZwtVnHB-o4FbMJHN-jBVc_IAuWLs0MHws2CLg)