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Archives for January 2006
250 Pounds of Silly Putty
The Official Google Blog’s entry, I’m feeling silly includes: An email went out to cohorts. Their orders came in. Three weeks later, I had an eighth of a ton of Silly Putty delivered to my desk. Naturally, we were all curious to see what 250 pounds of Silly Putty would look like, so before distributing […]
Aging Tech-Weenie Morphs into People Person
My friend Alyce wrote, “I’ve recently come to the conclusion that letting people meet me, and feel my energy, is probably a far more effective selling tool than….” I could not agree more. I am a techie and, when Candy and I started our first business, all I wanted to do was the techie stuff. […]
Deciphering The Mystery Of Bee Flight
ScienceDaily reports in Deciphering The Mystery Of Bee Flight that scientists have finally figured out how bees fly. Their wings beat over a short arc of about 90 degrees, but ridiculously fast, at around 230 beats per second. Fruit flies, in comparison, are 80 times smaller than honeybees, but flap their wings only 200 times […]
Online Aeronautical Charts
Thanks to AVweb for pointing out Skyvector.com, an incredibly useful site which has on-line versions of all the sectionals within the lower 48. Skyvector.com gets three thumbs-up from me! AVweb also found RunwayFinder which mashes the sectionals with Google Maps. It is an interesting implementation but I find the Google Maps icons distracting since they […]
2006 Nissan Urge Concept
David pointed me at Serious Wheels’ page on the 2006 Nissan Urge Concept car. Nissan and Microsoft have incorporated an Xbox 360 into a real car. the Nissan URGE concept car allows drivers (while parked) to play “Project Gotham Racing® 3†using the car’s own steering wheel, gas pedal and brake pedal while viewing the […]
Avian Flu on Airliners
There is an easy visual check you can perform to determine whether or not an airplane is contaminated with Avian Flu virus:
In Matters of Money, Common Sense Prevails
CNN.com – Study: Ads boost drinking among young – Jan 2, 2006 A survey of young people aged 15 to 26 found that for each additional alcohol advertisement viewed per month, there followed a 1 percent rise in the average number of drinks consumed, said study author Leslie Snyder of the University of Connecticut in […]
Create an e-annoyance, go to jail
Create an e-annoyance, go to jail Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime. It’s no joke. Last Thursday, President Bush signed into law a prohibition on posting annoying Web messages or sending annoying e-mail messages without disclosing your true identity. It’s a good thing that I disclose my full name on this […]
Children are no safer in SUVs than cars
I have always been bothered by the notion that driving an SUV makes sense because it is safer. That sounds like an obfuscated way of saying, “My kid’s safety is more important than your kid’s safety so I’ll get a bigger car than you have.” The old arms race with the USSR worked so well […]
Apology: Software Upgrade
Yesterday, I upgraded the software which runs the Cheerful Curmudgeon site to the latest version, WordPress 2.0. Unfortunately, this seems to have made some articles reappear as new for some of you. My apologies if you are seeing the same articles again. Other than that hitch, the upgrade to WordPress 2.0 seems to have gone […]
Why I Own My Own Aircraft
Do you wonder why I bought an airplane? There are lots of reasons but Why I Own My Own Aircraft at the Beech Aero Club’s web site offers a particularly poignant reason: he keys the mike and says “REBEL BASE, THIS IS RED 5. WE ARE STARTING OUR ATTACK RUN ON THE DEATH STARâ€. Good […]
‘Ear bud’ headphones can cause hearing loss, experts warn
My name is Art and I’m a worried father. The Associated Press is reporting on studies which indicate that iPods and other portable music players are often used in ways which damage hearing. I am particularly disturbed to learn that the ear bud headphones are significantly worse than other kinds of headphones. Naturally, my son […]
Recharging My Batteries
I took most of the time between Christmas and New Years off, hoping to relax and spend a lot of time with my family. As seems to happen these days, moreso now that Kevin and David are both in high school, my time was largely driven by the demands of David’s swim practices and the […]
