I play multiple musical instruments; the saxophone semi-competently, I can muddle my way through on the clarinet, and am (very) slowly teaching myself bass guitar. I am a fan of music, entertainment, science and technology, and will happily talk about news and events in all three categories. I started working in radio in high school, and never really left. I've worked in a number of positions both behind the scenes and in front of the mic, including traffic (commercial scheduling), engineering, production (both making commercials and acting as the person back at the studio during sports or other live events), and of course, being an on-air DJ.
David Lee
Fall is here: To Rake or Not To Rake?
It’s getting to be that time of year. There’s a bit of a chill in the air, leaves are beginning to change color, and we start thinking about what we need to do to get our homes ready for winter. Today, let’s talk raking your yard.
Update on Projects at Lions Park
A couple months ago, I posted an article talking about ongoing projects by Great Falls Park & Rec. This week, I thought I'd do an update on a few of them, and since two of them are at the same park, that's where I decided to focus.
Measuring Distance by Time? What’s So Odd About That?
One of the little cultural idiosyncracies that seems to immediately peg someone as a Montanan is measuring distance using time. To most of us, Great Falls to Helena is only a 90 mile trip if you go by the road signs. Person to person, we say it's an hour to an hour-and-a-half trip, depending on the weather and road construction.
Little Bighorn Going Cash Free – Will Other Parks Follow?
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument will soon no longer accept cash as payment for entrance fees. The National Park Service website reported that starting November 1, only electronic forms of payment (credit or debit cards, mobile payment systems like Apple Pay or Google Pay, etc.) will be accepted for entrance and permit fees.
To Cut the Cord or Not?
For about the past 18 months, I've been going back and forth with myself about whether or not to drop cable. It's not exactly cheap, and hasn't been for some time. Cutting the cord would save me a not-insignificant amount of money every month. So why haven't I done it?
PSA: Don’t Climb Radio Towers!
I'm begging you - just don't.
Streaming Site Suggestions: Love Them or Hate Them?
What's the weirdest recommendation you've gotten for something to watch on a streaming service? Did you watch it?
Cell Phone ‘sunsetting’ – Be on the Lookout
What I have to talk about today is the major cell phone carriers shutting down their older technologies, specifically 3G and the older 4G tech. For reference, 3G really became a big thing in the mid-00's. And, yes, there are still phones and other devices that old still in use.
Ongoing Projects by Great Falls Park & Rec
If you've been by Lions Park, you've seen the huge mounds of dirt, and if you've gotten up to the fencing, you've seen the equally massive hole that all that dirt came from.
Electronic License Plates? Yes, Really.
The things you find surfing the Internet. Like it says in the headline, you can now add license plates to the list of things that be connected to the Internet.