It’s amazing how quickly you get used to something new and forget how things used to be. So I decided to take pictures of our before situation and the progress as we moved to completion. We elected to work with Tommy Turner of Turner General Contracting. Tommy and Larry work together and we’ve been very … Continue reading Renovations 2007 – The Plan
Did you get a chance to catch last night’s lunar eclipse? There was a little bit of cloud in the sky making it somewhat hazy but you could clearly see the dark shadow of the earth on our newly risen moon. Where I live it’s difficult to get a clear line of site to the … Continue reading Lunar Eclipse last night
The “Clear Sky Clock” is a forecast that comes courtesy of the Canadian Meteorological Center and use useful for determining if viewing conditions will be good in a particular area at a particular time. If you don’t live in Marietta, don’t worry, there are over 3,000 other locations with associated clocks. Click on the image … Continue reading Marietta Clear Sky Clock
1807 The plan was simple, we’d fly ourselves from Atlanta, Georgia to Buffalo, New York, rent a car and drive to Toronto during our American Thanksgiving holiday.    Part of our incentive was to avoid the traffic issues that go along with the busiest travel time of the year, another part was to not patronize the airlines … Continue reading Flying to Buffalo – pt 1
A couple of days ago I contacted Vonage due to an inoperative router. I was 50/50 on whether I’d continue using the service or not, having in the past waded through the mire that is their Indian tech support folks and their written-in-stone scripts I was ready to just cancel my account if there was … Continue reading Vonage Router Fun
A friend was asking recently about broadband alternatives as well as wireless. I thought I’d post our exchange so that other folks can see and compare with their own experiences. Or better yet maybe this can help clarify the alternatives for somebody. Can you tell me what you know about the best DSL and wireless … Continue reading DSL & Wireless Internet Info
I have to say that I’m impressed. The Lenovo Tablet PC, like any of IBM’s products is not the most inexpensive offering on the market. But, as I expected from my other IBM ThinkPad experiences, it is rock solid and works as advertised. The package I purchased includes the biometric fingerprint scanner as well as … Continue reading Lenovo X41 Tablet PC Review
5/5 stars (I’d rate it even higher but that 110% stuff is overused..) Excalibur is, quite simply, the best movie in cinematic history. When I first saw this move way back in the early 1980’s I was stunned. Most of the actors were unknowns or at least unknowns to *me*. This extraordinary movie weaves together … Continue reading Excalibur
