The Age of the Consumer

Text: It's pretty amazing that our society has reached a point where the effort necessary to extract oil from the ground, ship it to a refinery, turn it into plastic, shape it appropriately, truck it to a store, buy it, and bring it home, is considered to be less effort than what it takes to just wash the spoon when you're done with it. Unfortunaltey, no one likes to wash dishes ... and it's so damn cheap to buy a plastic spoon.

1 GB, 20 Years

There was a time, when 1 gigabyte actually meant something. When having 1GB of something, actually, well, it meant something. It gave you bragging rights. It screamed 1 billion! These days, for the "gimme right now generation," it's just something else from their older sibling's generation for them to sneeze at. Me, I appreciate that 1GB from 20 years ago. No, you couldn't carry it around in your pocket -- but boy could you hurt somebody with it!

Barn

Yes, this is a barn.

The Milky Way

As seen from Death Valley.