Arrrgh! I can’t *believe* that I forgot to take a “before” picture of the guest bathroom before we started work on it today!!! We are not going to be nearly so bold with this aspect of our renovations as with the other bathroom. But we are removing the false ceiling, replacing the flourescent lights with … Continue reading Renovation update 06/04/2007
If you use the Internet, you’re using DNS (Domain Name System). I heard about this listening to the Slashdotreview podcast a couple of days ago. OpenDNS claims that they can perform faster DNS lookups than can your ISP. They further claim they can correct typos (i.e. you type wikipedia.og instead of wikipedia.org) as well as … Continue reading Trying OpenDNS
If you are interested in just stepping through the renovation entries to see the progression of pictures, you can click on the “On the Home Front” category on the sidebar. You “can” use the search bar at the top right – it’s powered by Google’s search engine and is VERY useful for finding stuff on … Continue reading Renovation chronology
Judas Unchained by Peter F. Hamilton The conclusion of Mr. Hamilton’s most recent duology. I deliberately took a long time to read this book as I do so enjoy the universe that he crafts. I was less impressed by this anthology than by his previous offerings. There were many characters (Ozzie and Paula for instance) … Continue reading Judas Unchained
Intelligent Design Vs. Evolution: Letters to an Atheist by Ray Comfort After a somewhat lively and candid discussion regarding my own atheism, a friend dropped by with this book asking if I’d give it a look see and we could discuss. Before I even begin reading this book I must note that I’m starting from … Continue reading Intelligent Design Vs. Evolution: Letters to an Atheist
I’ve gone ahead and reorganized the picture gallery so that the initial page is not so confusing. I *think* what you will see is that, whenever I add a new sub-album to any of the albums on the main page, you will see a little “updated” label on the main album for 7 days. I … Continue reading Picture Gallery reorganized
*Update 4/29/2007* In case you’re wondering how the cats are dealing with the Roomba. Maverick just watches it from a distance, preferably from a higher vantage point such as a couch or an ottoman. If the Roomba approaches him when he’s on the ground, he waits until it gets a little too close and then … Continue reading iRobot Roomba Discovery 4296
Thanks in no small part to Bob Cochran who led our event, this tasting was an unqualified success. The idea this time was to pair up various chocolates with wines and then explore how they interacted with one another. You can also do standalone chocolate tastings but we liked the idea of the combination. We … Continue reading Wine and Chocolate Pairing Gathering
To Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for FlightI received this audiobook as a gift for Christmas and it took me a little while before I screwed up the desire to listen to it. I have a lot of podcasts and other audiobooks vying for my attention and don’t want to … Continue reading To Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight
If we could reinstate a body to advise congress on matters scientific, so that our lawmakers could have some other point of view besides those provided by pollsters and special interest lobbyists, I believe we would have far fewer of this kind of ill-conceived bill winding its way through congress The Office of Technology Assessment … Continue reading Congress looking to ban incandescent light bulbs
