Also loosely (and probably poorly) translated – To Acquire, To Try, To Return. I had heard about MagicJack from our local consumer advisor “Clark Howard“. The idea is that you get this USB dongle-like piece of hardware that you plug into your computer, it runs a bit of software that allows your computer to work … Continue reading MagicJack – adipiscor, experior, remitto
“Twilight” by Stephenie Meyer is a very quick read. I found the book to be on a par with the movie in terms of complexity. It pretty much takes a straight path from beginning to end. I’m a sucker for any story that involves immortality and has some kind of “reveal” plot (where someone with … Continue reading Twilight
After being with AT&T for about 3 years, I find that their U-verse rollout is conflicting with my DSL connectivity. According to a guy I know at AT&T I’m far enough away from the nearest Central Office that they have a special profile for me (anybody my distance from the CO). I’m about 18,000 feet … Continue reading I can’t believe I’m going to patronize Comcast again 🙁
I really enjoy bicycling. Not epic 100+ mile cycles but more modest cycles. Lately on the order of around 30 miles or so. I *used* to commute into work, back when I lived in Toronto. My house was located just four houses up from lake Ontario on Sixth street. I was able to cycle along … Continue reading Bicycling – Martin Goodman Trail / Silver Comet Trail
“The Dreaming Void” by Peter F. Hamilton starts off a lot slower than his other works that I’ve read thus far. So slow that I was considering putting it down even after 50 or so pages. The pastoral environment that he was crafting, as it turned out for just one of his many subplots, was … Continue reading The Dreaming Void
I was reviewing my recent WallyPark receipt from my trip up to Toronto at the end August and could not at all figure out why I didn’t have enough points to cover this trip’s stay. So I’ve sent them this email. I’m posting this in case anybody else uses them. Take a close look at … Continue reading WallyPark – Can’t really figure out their Points
I was pleased to finally read this prequel to “The Ghost Brigades” which I read last year. Like “The Ghost Brigades” I found “Old Man’s War” to be a fairly simple story that explores a world where it is really possible to get a second (and a third and a forth..) chance to live your … Continue reading Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
Earlier, on Saturday, I checked the weather using “Yahoo!” as I do any morning and I saw that there was a “Severe Weather Alert”. This is typically a hyperlink, in an attention-getting red font to let me know that a dire weather situation is either in process or approaching. So I clicked on it to … Continue reading “Severe Weather Alert” being made less useful?
“The GOD Delusion” by Richard Dawkins is a superb, if lengthy, look at religion from a rational point of view. By “rational” I mean to say unemotional. One of the things I really like about Dawkins is his ability to express his very well thought out point of view in a cogent and focused fashion. … Continue reading The GOD Delusion
It’s just human nature. It’s not a bad thing, but it *is* something that we really need to wrap our heads around. When we make predictions regarding the consumption or saving of resources, they always seem to be straight-line, single factor predictions. Yet time and again we see that, when you make things more efficient … Continue reading If you make it more efficient, people will use more of it
