Ben Wilder

How Verizon is restoring my sanity. An internet story.

As some of you know from previous posts (like this one written in lots of frustration!), my experience with Comcast/Xfinity had been good for a handful of years, but then on a random day a few months ago, the home internet connection became very unreliable. And by “very,” I mean I would trust Tonya HardingContinue reading “How Verizon is restoring my sanity. An internet story.”

Bobby Bowden – “Rest well, Coach,” my thoughts on the coach we all loved.

A week ago today the legendary college football coach Bobby Bowden passed away. My connection to him is that he was coaching at Florida State University at the same time I was a student there, 1997-2001. Another interesting fact, up to that point in my life, he had coached FSU for all the years IContinue reading “Bobby Bowden – “Rest well, Coach,” my thoughts on the coach we all loved.”

Whatever happened to those “Coexist” bumper stickers?

I was thinking today about when the last time I saw one of those “coexist” bumper stickers. It seemed as if they were mostly stuck on cars of the person who wanted everyone else to acknowledge (and maybe even approve) of his or her own beliefs, and for whatever differences they had to be “OK”. Continue reading “Whatever happened to those “Coexist” bumper stickers?”

Camera is in use… but who is using it???

I had to use my computer camera recently to make a quick video. On the Mac, there’s a “Photo Booth” app that makes it really easy to record. It may not be the best quality but it usually serves the purpose in the moment. I opened up the app, and got this… Do you seeContinue reading “Camera is in use… but who is using it???”

Kohl’s Back-to-School Ad featuring a song from 1967, and a bearded actor!

Kohl’s has been known to have great commercials (like this one for the holidays or this one for spring sales) and they are back at it for the 2021 school year. Check out this back-to-chool ad: The music. The song playing as the soundtrack to this ad is almost 45 years old! It’s called “ThisContinue reading “Kohl’s Back-to-School Ad featuring a song from 1967, and a bearded actor!”