I’m a Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson Lent to me by a friend I read through about the first third of this offering by Bill Bryson and found I simply could not get into it. Written in the spirit of Dave Barry, Mary Roach and maybe Erma Bombeck, it is intended to draw humor … Continue reading I’m a Stranger Here Myself
Death by Field Trip: A Foxtrot Collection by Bill Amend I’m still torn between purchasing anthologies of my favorite comics or to purchase the smaller “Themed” collections that invariably come out. Either way you will end up missing *some* of the work. It’s a nuisance and just needs to be decided which you’d prefer. It’s … Continue reading Death by Field Trip: A Foxtrot Collection Death by Field Trip: A Foxtrot Collection
Wow, I was put onto this by Phil Plait’s Bad Astronomy blog. It’s a cogent and pithy description of what the word “Theory” really means in the context of science. Someday I hope we’ll all get on board and move out of this “mini dark age” that we’ve saddled ourselves with. Evolution is Not Just … Continue reading Evolution is not just a theory
If you know me, you know I love chocolate (yeah, yeah, and fries too..), King sent me this link to a resource that shows a little promise. Heh, maybe someday this will grow into a useful resource. I took a peek and couldn’t find any of the places I like. Most notably absent is Rheo … Continue reading Chocomap!
On Tuesday evening (July 3) I rented a Piper Warrior and regained my night proficiency. I practiced soft field and short field landings and takeoffs both with and without obstacles as well as just general takeoffs and landings. I really do need to get out during the day and hone my other skills (steep turns, … Continue reading July 4 Fireworks from the air
House Corrino The final installment of the “Dune: House Trilogy”, this offering rounds it out acceptably and *does* tie up many loose ends that had been created by the previous two books. However I found the final third of the book to be a rush of bring-up-issue, resolve, repeat. Also disappointing is that the richness … Continue reading House Corrino (Dune: House Trilogy, Book 3)
A while after installing Window’s “One Care Live” on my personal laptop I tried using Synergy to control it from my desktop. I started encountering the following errors in the dos window that pops up when Synergy encounters problems: “requested address is a broadcast address, but the appropriate flag was not set”. I already had … Continue reading Synergy – “Appropriate Flag was not set” error
Have you ever wondered what you cat did all day? Where he went? Maybe he’s got some friends you don’t know about? Both our cats are now indoor only, but our last cat Vern, a rescued stray, could not be made to stay indoors under any circumstances. We caught the occasional hint of what he … Continue reading Mr. Lee’s Cat Cam
I can’t remember now where I found out about this great tool but I use the 3GP_Converter to convert just about any file format that I can play on my PC on my iPOD. All I need to do is drag and drop the videos onto the converter and, when it’s done, they are waiting … Continue reading Great iPOD video converter
This is another great web comic that I’ve enjoyed for over a year now. It touts itself as “A comic of Romance, Sarcasm, Math and Language” and it is all that. I definitely don’t “get” all of the comics – although I suppose that’s true of any artform – but I do like and appreciate … Continue reading XKCD
