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To Green Angel Tower Part 2 re-read – Part Two: The Blazing Tower

INTRODUCTORY NOTE:  This is the LAST of TEN re-read posts. I had originally planned to time these last re-read posts of To Green Angel Tower with the release of Tad’s new trilogy, The Last...

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Hiking in Huntsville State Park

Huntsville State Park is a little over an hour north of Houston, just west of I-45 and a bit south of the city of Huntsville. It was a blue-sky day, semi-low humidity so we...

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The Lights are still out at SFSignal

I glanced at SFSignal this morning, and, as expected, there were no posts yesterday, May 6, 2016. None. Zero. After 12 years of not missing a day, John got a well-deserved day off. Some...

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Xcode – Simulator vs. Device: CAPITALIZATION matters

There are, obviously and intuitively, differences between testing an iOS app on the Xcode simulator, and testing on a real device. The obvious ones run the gamut from no camera on the simulator to...

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That time my wife and I saw Prince live at the Super Bowl

We didn’t think he’d come out. I sure wouldn’t have. The “It never rains at the Super Bowl” adage had come crashing down like so many gallons of sticky, cool moisture. We were enjoying...

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Brazos Bend State Park

Brazos Bend State Park is an hour drive south of us, and since we are northwest of Houston, it is a lot closer to most Houstonians. We had not been since the kids were...

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To Green Angel Tower Part 2 re-read – Part One: The Turning Wheel

INTRODUCTORY NOTE: I had originally planned to time the last of these posts for To Green Angel Tower with the release of Tad’s new trilogy, The Last King of Osten Ard, so that I...

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Using Apple HLS for video streaming in apps

Overview – Why Use Apple HLS All of the apps JoSara MeDia currently has in the Apple app store (except for the latest one shown in screenshot to the right, which prompted this article...

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Civil War and World War I winter parallels

I’ve almost finished S.C. Gwynne’s excellent book Rebel Yell – The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson. And the parallels between one scene set in the winter of 1862-1863 with the first winter...

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Quebec City app/enhanced eBook now available for free in the Apple App Store

Quebec City, the app/enhanced eBook I wrote and developed for my gorgeous wife’s birthday (as that’s where we went to explore and celebrate) is now available in the Apple App Store for free…at least...