by Scott Feldstein | Monday, September 5, 2022 | music, rants
The other day I was watching a video clip of Geddy Lee and Alex LIfeson of Rush play one of their prog rock instrumentals, “YYZ,” with drummer Omar Hakim. The trio appeared on stage as part of a tribute concert honoring recently deceased Foo Fighters drummer, Taylor...
by Scott Feldstein | Tuesday, August 16, 2022 | rants, tech
Something I do roughly 2-3 times a day, every day: open a photo in Preview on my MacBook Air, reduce the size by 20-25%, then save it. I do this because I took the photo on my iPhone which has a 12 megapixel camera on it that produces images approximately 3,000 by...
by Scott Feldstein | Tuesday, July 19, 2022 | politics, rants
Let’s start here: the Second Amendment to the Constitution is bullshit–twice over. First of all, the modern interpretation of it really only began in the 70s. For the prior 200 years no one thought it was guaranteeing individuals the right to own firearms. It was...
by Scott Feldstein | Monday, May 30, 2022 | politics, rants
Evangelicals weren’t always the anti-choice, single-issue voters they are today. In fact, they used to be moderately pro-choice. Believe it or not, the NRA hasn’t always been concerned with the second amendment. It’s purview was once limited to “firearms safety...
by Scott Feldstein | Thursday, May 26, 2022 | politics, rants
Let’s get something done. Here’s what I propose. Let’s restrict access to semi-automatic rifles and magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. Let’s require universal background checks. Would doing so stop all gun violence? Of course not. But it would help....
by Scott Feldstein | Tuesday, March 15, 2022 | rants, tech
If you know me you know that I’m a fan of Apple and most of their products. But lest you think I never find fault with them, let me tell you about the goddamn proxy icons. What they did to me, and to all Mac users, in November of 2020 was truly irritating. It was a...
