Oh no, the weather channel has its red screens out. Oh no, the government weather site has its red and yellow warning bars out again. The first hot day of the season has its scary thunder clouds all around us, with an imminent risk of rain, or wind, or hail, or shock and awe effects.
posted in Wx | Comments Off on The Fear Factor | 136 words
A sign that the model is changing happened here this evening; while son #1 was busy with “clavardage” (does anyone REALLY use that word?), there were two simultaneous Skype calls from our house. I’m one of those who will try a new technology once or twice just to see how it works, but from there to adopting is slower. I first called my nephew from the computer close to three years ago; he thought I was nuts. Jump forward to Skype getting easier and cheaper, and my finding a Bluetooth headset on eBay.
posted in computing | Comments Off on Free chatter | 176 words
The mayor finally said something that made sense to the common person in our city. It has taken more than a hundred days, but the message was received with open arms by “the rest of us”. Yes, we’re all happy that the Remparts have captured the Memorial Cup and No I won’t use tax money to build a new arena so a certain someone can bring a NHL franchise to the city (again). Once fooled, twice shy.
posted in politics | Comments Off on Congratulations. Now move along. | 129 words
Based on less than scientific evidence – on a very small sample, in fact, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that all dogs run faster than me. Today the sofa shark got “loose” on no less than three occasions, and used all of them to mock the rest of us. Look at me… I can go anywhere I want. See the neighbour; up close and personal. Sprint. Corner on a dime. Straight between your legs and his outstretched arms. Ignore the nice voice. Ignore the cookies. Ignore the pig’s ear (pig not included). In fact, on one of the three freedom frolics, it was the diversion of digging a new hole under the cedar tree and then being faked out by a doggie biscuit thrown into said hole that led to a capture.
posted in pets | Comments Off on Runs like the wind | 166 words
It’s a beautiful day in the neighbourhood. Lawns are getting their trim, kids are renewing their relationship with their bicycles, son #2 is off to school (next year’s model) with Mom, and I’m inspired… enough to take the electric lawnmower apart, clean out the accumulated grass from the motor, check the brushes in said motor (it looks good to me) and fit on a new blade. First one in almost two decades. Put in on upside-down, inside-out on the first pass, but since the tools aren’t yet put away, the fix was easy. What inspired all this effort? Well, son #1 offered to push the beast around the crop area.
posted in environment | Comments Off on And that’s our lesson for today | 195 words
Just before lunch, I helped a colleague to introduce his new MacBook Pro to our office network environment; connectivity, printing, etc. Some reactions are in order…
posted in computing | Comments Off on But there’s no Right-Click | 145 words
The announcement for the 2006 AI was made just before bedtime yesterday. The availability of the Best Of album and the winner’s solo album took somewhat less than twenty-four hours. Obviously, the “leakage” of new media, either audio or video, is not dependent on some teenager with a local HMV… The whole manner in which new content becomes available intrigues me. The fictional series “The Scene” and its other dimension parody “Teh Scene” gave one possibility on how the leaky media faucet runs. The war on such leaks by the **AA supports another. I just don’t know… from my chair, it looks too easy and timely to be accidental.
posted in Idol | Comments Off on No delay | 109 words
The long marathon jog to another AI is over: with only minutes remaining in the final stage of that cross-America race, the vote result (not the results, an important nuance when dealing with budding careers) showed us that Kat would have to settle for second place. Something I doubt she has had to do many times in her two decades on earth. Taylor Hicks hair, which did not go prematurely grey from the rigours of this competition. will carry home the gold and will eventually record for more gold, if you follow me.
posted in Idol | Comments Off on And then there was one | 203 words
A colleague stopped by to see how one might recover from DLL errors. Installed a new iPod and things just don’t function anymore. More than faintly reminiscent of the gallery of install horrors with a product called QuickTime.
posted in computing | Comments Off on The risks of DLL disease | 80 words
Part way through the afternoon, we headed off to the flea market. Alas, even these tiny worlds of alternate economy are covered by the holiday laws, so that less than ten percent of the “stores” were open. I did manage to get a Bluetooth adaptor, new (that works). Worn out by our journey, we headed south along the first avenue (is that why the pavement was in such terrible condition?) to a unique restaurant. A and W. As in Allen and Wright. From Lodi (stuck in). You know; Papa, Mama & Baby. I thought you might recall that fine establishment.
posted in economy | Comments Off on Anachronistic diner | 209 words
