Today, my beautiful bride and I have been married ten years and I’m looking forward to at least another 10,000. I hope that you, too, find the love of your life.
Sony PlayStation 3 as a Home Theater PC
Candy and I have talked about building or buying a home theater computer (HTPC) for years. We have a pretty nice home theater including a projected HD picture that is almost 100″ diagonal and fairly impressive 5.1 sound. This gear works great for DVDs and HD-DVDs (yes, I picked the wrong horse in that race) […]
Good Government Decisions
I am extremely pleased with several of the actions our government has taken. Close the Guantanamo Bay prison Immediately stop the military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay. Obama issued memos and an executive order instructing federal agencies to make information public as much as possible, reversing a 2001 Bush memo instructing agencies to generally withhold information.
Netflix Really Did Mail Disks on a Federal Holiday
Surprise! Surprise! I received my movie today from Netflix, just as Netflix claimed I would. I do not know how they did it but they seem to have mailed via US Postal Service on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday. Cool.
Netflix Mailed Disks on a Federal Holiday?
I am intrigued. I just received a “movie shipped” notice from Netflix, telling me that I will receive my disk tomorrow, the day after a federal holiday during which the US Postal Service does not work (or so I thought). I will be pretty impressed if the disk really does arrive as promised. Stay tuned….
Hats Off to the Aviation Industry
As I am sure you know by now, a US Airways A320 ditched into the Hudson River this afternoon, just minutes after departing from LaGuardia Airport. The accident appears to have been caused by multiple bird strikes. It is truly amazing that the simplest things, from ice to birds, can bring down our most promising […]
Poisoning People with Old Electronics
This article in Slashdot about the electronic trash that we create hit home. I cannot think of a good way to paraphrase it so here is the whole thing: Every day, Americans toss out more than 350,000 cell phones and 130,000 computers, making electronic waste the fastest-growing part of the US garbage stream. A lot […]
Complimenting George W. Bush
CNN.com reports, Bush touts accomplishments, admits mistakes President Bush admitted mistakes but defended his accomplishments in the final White House news conference of his presidency Monday. I recommend the rest of the article; it’s a good read. I do not like most of what Bush did while in office but I do have to say […]
Benjamin Franklin’s Electrical Kite
We all know the story of Benjamin Franklin flying a kite in an electrical storm. I always thought that it was kind of fanciful, along the same lines as the myth about George Washington cutting down a cherry tree. Guess what: I was wrong. Franklin not only flew the kite in a storm, he held […]
Tinkering for Fun
When I was a kid, my parents got me a chemistry set, signed me up for the science kit of the month, and encouraged an incredible of experimentation which stank, buzzed, glowed and occasionally broke stuff or blew fuses. I performed useful public services by keeping trash like antique speakers and yards of old extension […]
Paranoia Is Not Safety II
I have ranted about our national paranoia before. We are still paranoid and it still bothers me. Over the last few days, I have read about: AirTran Airways ejected nine people from a flight (including two women and three children, ages 7, 4, and 2) because two of the men in the group discussed the […]
Step 2: Google Chrome to Replace Microsoft Windows, Apple OSX, and Linux
Do you remember when I predicted that Google Chrome would take over the world replace Microsoft Windows, Apple OSX, and Linux? Here is the next step, to be released for CES which begins January 8, 2009. If all you want from your computer is to read your email (Gmail) and surf the web and use […]
Reader Plates – Economical Paperless IFR Approach Plates
I purchased my Sony PRS-505 ebook reader primarily to run Reader Plates. This is a set of electronic IFR approach plates or, to be technically correct about the name, the FAA (NACO) Terminal Approach Procedures. When I fly IFR (in the clouds), I use these half-page charts when taking off from or landing at an […]
Trial Licenses and Books
My Sony PRS-505 ebook reader continues to delight me. I have chewed my way through a couple of books and several short stories, all without the bother of braving the mall to reach Borders or the traffic to reach the library. As I have finished these books, I simply let them evaporate into the ether, […]
Loving the Sony PRS-505 eBook Reader
Having spent almost a week with my new Sony PRS-505 eBook reader, I am way past infatuated and well into love. For reading books, it just plain works. No fuss; no muss. I have grabbed several books, some old, some new, and am thoroughly enjoying reading them. The first line of the main menu, visible […]
eBook First Impressions
I bought an ebook reader this week (a Sony PRS-505, more on that in another posting, I promise) and have been so busy figuring our the whole ebook game that I have not taken the time either to read many of the blogs that I follow or to write. Here are my first impressions of […]
Warp Educate Your Children
Parents of the world, untie, er, unite! You have a duty! Bend your childrens’ brains. Warp the minds of your neighbors’ children. Share the insane joy of Monty Python, those paragons of parenting advice, at the official Monty Python channel on YouTube. Are your kiddies too namby-pamby? Do they do as they are told too […]
Time… Lots of Time
Why do I hear my son’s voice in my head as I read this comic? (Click through for larger text.)
Added Benefit of On-line Family Trees
I published my family tree on-line so that other family members and genealogists would have easy access. I never imagined that it would turn into a way to find long lost friends. I just received this email message: A friend of mine from college was looking for me. So, he googled my family name and […]
Dr. Lester Start, Ph.D.
I very much enjoyed the time that I got to spend with my father-in-law, Lester Start. Sadly, he was taken from this world much too soon. My wife and her siblings have created a web site as a publishing platform for his sermons and talks. Please visit Lester Start’s Works.
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