If you lose your password, the only solution is the standard “send a password reset email to the email on the account.” This is fine, and I’ve used such features many times before. What happens, however, when this reset email never comes? Now you’ve reset your password on their end, so even remembering your password…
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Mar
23
Fenix E11 Review – Thoughts On EDC
Fenix’s literature says the E11 has two modes: 32 lumen and 105 lumen, with run times of 8.5 hours and 1.8 hours, respectively. Not bad at all for a single AA power source. The effective range is listed at 70 meters. It uses a Cree XP-E LED, with the usual Cree lifespan of 50,000 hours.
Feb
13
One Word, Give Or Take
It’s funny how the presence (or absence) of a word can change meaning completely. Simple examples include Mobile One vs. mobile phone, Moby Dick vs Moby (the musician), and James Dean vs Jimmy Dean. A more interesting example was seen while driving between appointments last week. A building with the fluorescent title “Piano & Organ…
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Feb
06
Reformatting Expression
Lately I’ve been giving thought to either creating a new blog or doing some serious pruning to this one. I’ve encountered two main challenges with Dreaming In Abstract in its current format, namely: It’s too general and doesn’t pull enough traffic from any specific genre. I feel some degree of filtering here. The content is…
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