With all the horrible fires in California, breathing has become a major issue for residents for miles around. On the news, they talk about the importance of wearing dust masks—not just any dust mask, but the N95 respirator.
I knew exactly what they were talking about, because I’ve stockpiled and carried N95 respirators (paid link) for years. In fact, for me, they qualify as EDC, Every Day Carry.
A 3M N95 respirator (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).
As we prepared for our trip to Ireland, I began to reconcile myself to the idea of owning a “Smartphone.”
This represents a bigger deal in our home than in most. For years, I’ve resisted the multi-tool aspect of smartphones, preferring my basic, or “dumb” phone—a device for making phone calls, which I see as the basic duty of any telephone.
What began to change my mind was the quality of photos that Aly and Michelle take with their smart phones.
Mark’s new smartphone. The fingerprint-retention feature was a definite selling point . . . (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).
