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Visit my new site (15 May 2022)

Hi Friends, I recently moved my site from WordPress.com hosting. The old content prior to the move remains at WordPress, but the new content and site are at: AboutGregJohnson.com Please visit, subscribe, and follow there. Thanks! Greg Learn More Here are additional details for those who want them… I originally setup my personal website at WordPress.com under the AboutGregJohnson.com…

Personal Update 202203 | 12 Mar 2022

GREETINGS! Thanks for taking a moment to read this month’s update. The photo featured above was taken today and shows my latest desktop computing devices. Note that the screen image used on the Moto X phone (on right) is a stock image for that model of phone, so the date shown on that screen isn’t accurate. I downloaded it to the phone and zoomed in on it, since the home screen on that phone no…

Personal Update 202202 | 28 Feb 2022

GREETINGS! Thanks for taking a moment to read this month’s update. The photo featured above was taken on 9 Feb 2022 and shows the circuitboard from a 1991 Apple Macintosh Classic computer that I’ve been working with recently. Tech Work Since my last newsletter at the start of January, I’ve worked about 60 days straight of mostly 12 to 14 hour days. That’s why this newsletter is 28 days late.…

Personal Update 202201 | 1 Jan 2022 | Saturday

GREETINGS! Thanks for taking a moment to read this month’s update. The photo featured above is from a December 11 visit to Willow & Stock on Linn Street near Market Street in Iowa City. There are quite a few nice shops and restaurants in that area which makes it a nice place to visit. New work Practices In 2021, my tech consulting involved more requests for remote support as pandemic-era…

Personal Update 202112 | 31 Dec 2021 | Friday

GREEETINGS! Thanks for taking a moment to read this month’s update. The photo featured above is from a nature walk on 12 Nov 2021. You can subscribe to be notified of these monthly newsletters, or scroll to the bottom of this page and enter your email address where indicated to be notified of every post to this site. Tech Work This year I’ve become more focused on my tech work. To keep up with…

Personal Update 202111 | 1 Nov 2021 | Monday

Greeetings! Thanks for taking a moment to read this month’s update. The photo featured above is from a nature walk at Kent Park on 30 Oct 2021. You can subscribe to be notified of these monthly newsletters, or scroll to the bottom of this page and enter your email address where indicated to be notified of every post to this site. Tech and Web Focus My work lately has been focused on tech…

GREETINGS! Thanks for taking a moment to read this month’s update. The photo featured above is from a nature walk at Kent Park on 25 Sep 2021. Local Food and Pollinators I’ve been recently trying to create better environmental impact outcomes with my food choices. In recent years I started buying local milk from a dairy business in Kalona, Iowa. This past month I decided to get milk from a…

Personal Update 202108 | 1 Aug 2021 | Sunday

Greetings! Thanks for taking a moment to read this month’s update. The photo featured above is from a nature walk in Iowa City on 29 July 2021. Resources For Life – going forward The Resources For Life project was brought online in the 1990s as the culmination of work that began in the 1980s. The goal was to establish businesses that would fund public interest work, and have a unified website…