The Ad-Free Super Bowl Stream
I’m not a sports guy. In fact, I don’t even watch the Super Bowl most years, but this year my friends invited me to a watching party. I decided the party was worth sitting...
Steve Lovelace Blog
The Computer Chronicles
Regular readers of this site will know that I’m big into tech history. I was fascinated by computers as a child and a teenager, and I spend a lot of time writing about vintage...
NextStep: The Granddaddy of iOS
If you use any modern Apple product, you’re using a computer operating system invented in the late 1980s. Here’s the story of Steve Jobs’ NeXTSTEP operating system, and how a piece of software once...
A Moderate Snob
I realized recently that I am not a coffee snob. Even though I don’t like to drink cheap and crappy coffee, I also don’t like to spend a gazillion dollars at some pretentious coffee...
LinkedIn Annoyances
Looking for a job is always hard. Sometimes it seems like there are so many opportunities, but so few options. It’s a daunting task, and there’s no shortage of websites out there purporting to...
2015 Update
It’s 2015, and I’d like to give my readers a quick update on my life, and where I want to go with this website. When I first started blogging in August 2011, my goal...
Media Fragmentation at a Halloween Party
Back in the mid-20th century, most pop culture came from just a few media sources. There were just three TV channels here in the US. Bands like the Beatles dominated music. And virtually all...
Woot Shirt: Periodic Table of America
I’ve always been a big fan of Woot! Shirts. I own several of them, and I always get compliments on the funny, cute and clever designs. I’ve been wanting to make one of my...
American Musings on Scottish Independence
On Thursday, September 18, 2014, Scotland will vote on whether to declare independence from the United Kingdom. As an American of English, Scottish and Irish ancestry, I have been following the debate. I’ve never...
The Best Years of Your Life
As a teenager, I never believed people who said that high school was the “best years of your life”. No, I thought, that was college. Only years later did I realize I was just...
