In celebration of the last three Friday the 13ths, I’ve run a personal toy photography challenge wherein I use a Jason Voorhees toy of some sort in a series of photos for the Monday thru Friday leading up to the 13th.

I had to buy a new multi-plug adapter today to replace one that I’ve had for years. The one I replaced was an Apple branded product which, of course, means that a new one would be pricey.

Dammit, UPS!! When is my package arriving???? I know this says by 9 p.m. tonight, but as each minute wears on, I feel less and less confident this is actually going to happen today.

I recently started taking a deeper dive into  3D printing. No, I do not own a printer. No, I do not design things to be printed. But I've gone on a Google quest to see what kinds of .stl (stereolithography) files can be found for downloading and printing.

I usually try to keep my personal and toy photography blogs separate. No real reason why, I just do. But I have to admit that I'm really proud of how this shot I took earlier today turned out so I wanted to share it here for my two readers.

We do a fairly simple, yet fun, setup in front of our house for Halloween. Some pumpkins, a spinning light display, fake spider webbing that we added this year, a Frankenstein's monster painted decorative pumpkin on top of our tall arbor vitae, and a large inflated and internally lit Oogie Boogie from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

I'm just gonna say it, slam me if you will, but digital assistants bug me. I know I tried to get into it for the purpose of home automation a few years ago. But when that bombed out, I became nothing but skeptical of them and their "abilities."

A classic iPod with on-board WiFi, Bluetooth, and Spotify streaming? That would be so cool!

Did I mention that yesterday at C2E2, I met Michael Rooker, the actor from The Guardians of the Galaxy, The Walking Dead, The Belko Experiment, Cliffhanger, and Mallrats, among sooo much more.

I was perusing the r/starwarsblackseries subreddit when I saw this unfortunate photo of a poorly molded Clone Commander Cody and the original poster asking for advice on how to fix it.

Wow. When Fitbit says you can only change your profile name once every 60 days, they meant it. I only today was finally able to change the name on my Fitbit account back to Kevin from Nathan.

Spend this Friday the 13th with someone special.

After nearly two decades of receiving crap charging cables from Apple for use with everything from iPods to iPads to iPhones to mice to keyboards, I had given up hope on them ever providing me with a quality cable.

I really need to break out my old Sony Alpha D-SLR and try out some of these tricks. This guy (CrimsonViper1138) has some really simple ideas that look fantastic.

I gotta admit that I’m kinda in love with my new Fitbit watch face.

Nathan expressed an interest in trying out a FitBit to see how many steps he takes especially with an upcoming vacation we’re going on. So Katie dig out her old pre-Apple Phone FitBit Versa and we charged it up.

Today, Katie, Nathan, and I went with our neighbors to the Northern Illinois LEGO Train Club show at the Geneva Public Library.

I’m currently In the market for a new external/primary monitor  to attach to my laptop when I’m working from home. A second screen is the only way to go in the QA world!

I’m an Apple fan. Have been since 1999 and, no matter how many missteps they make, I’m sure it will remain this way.

Everyone… literally everyone… is out of the gift we want to get for a certain someone. And they won’t have it in stock until mid-January at the earliest.

A co-worker shared this video with me and... I have no words. 

I see a headline like this and I know there's no point in reading the article. I can tell you why...

Oh my dear sweet Baby Jeebus! Who wants to buy this for me? Please??

As part of my anniversary gift from Katie, I received this bad boy…

This was one of those moments where I wish I had cameras mounted to my car taking pictures in all directions at all times so I could've captured an image of this thing I saw the other day that was just too amazing for words and I had no time or ability to grab my phone and snap a shot myself.

Happy Friday the 13th, y’all! The holiday that can happen several times a year or… never! But it’s the inconsistency that I love.

As a LEGO fan for a veeeerrrrryyyy long time, I really look forward to new product announcements and discoveries. Not that I buy them all. Often, I don't buy any. But it's still fun to take a look. 

Okay, so I’m reusing a photo from Memorial Day. But it works very nicely to help commemorate the 245th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence from those British bastards (I keed! I keed!).

It was about 11 years ago that I attended my one and only Brickworld LEGO convention in Chicago (actually I think it was in Rosemont).

The other day, I dug up part of an old toy. It was a bat’leth or Klingon battle club from an old Worf figure from Star Trek: The Next Generation from Playmate Toys in the mid-1990s.

Kim posted today about her unused sticker collection asking what others do with stickers they may have laying around. I responded in her comments, but also mentioned that I'd post photos of how I use them. So here goes...

Hey, I've got a couple questions for you all that I'm seeking insight on. While they are parenting related, it's kinda tangential and, honestly, they can be answered by anyone. So take a look and leave a reply in the comments.

Last night, I downloaded a 300-page book to my Fire tab. I also downloaded 3 150-page graphic novels and 15 issues of Black Panther comic books. 

Several of you wanted a post about my AirPods Pro that I got last Christmas. After playing with them for a month and a half, I feel like I can talk about them intelligently enough. Here goes!

Any of you who have been following me for a decade or more likely remembers my first foray into toy adventure photography... Stormin’ Norman, the LEGO Stormtrooper.