21st
August
2007
From a missed delivery, due to son #3 going for a haircut (and looking years younger as a result), to a drive across town to see my friends at Purolator while listening to the opening music from Romeo and Juliet (still moves my spirit, forty years after the release), all signs pointed to a retrograde motion theme for today. The latest laptop in our home computing centre has arrived, and the choice has been made. We’re remaining as a Vista-free zone. The new machine, nicknamed Canary due to its saffron skin, will lose the factory load and be assimilated.
Read the rest of this entry »
posted in computing |
20th
August
2007
With the return of colder weather (yes, it’s August, and I no longer want to go and sleep outside), the world around me is preparing for the season when grass stops growing. While waiting for the bus this afternoon, I was drawn to a busy area in the base of the fence behind me, where the coming and going was the biggest show on the corner. Striped insects, doing the in and out so quickly I couldn’t keep count.
Read the rest of this entry »
posted in environment |
19th
August
2007
A parent asks and a child gives the simplest of answers to the most mundane of questions: What did you do today? But what if you couldn’t answer, because you can’t remember. This weekend’s video rental dealt with that dark area known as neurological damage. What if you couldn’t remember? What if the act of sequencing was derailed?
Read the rest of this entry »
posted in media |
18th
August
2007
One of my beloved sons is “in” the grocery industry, and as a byproduct has become the environmental conscience of the family. Nothing wrong with that; I don’t hide in shame because one of the family is “green”. In fact, it’s a very positive development. Coupled with the aspect of being a one-car family, we may actually change our bagging habits.
Read the rest of this entry »
posted in environment |
17th
August
2007
It’s probably illegal, immoral and fattening, but I have a new junk food to recommend to the discerning shopper. Someone in the office was down to New England during the holidays and came back via York Beach in Maine. I’ve never been there; without the help of Google Maps I’d be able to propose the general direction, nothing more. However, this is one place that might be worth a visit sometime during an upcoming summer vacation.
Read the rest of this entry »
posted in health |
16th
August
2007
I guess I missed more days in high school than I remember. There are things that aren’t part of my collected knowledge; some more things that I missed in science class while I was busy daydreaming or passing a note to a friend or watching the clock. Time is science material, after all.
Read the rest of this entry »
posted in technology |
15th
August
2007
Several weeks ago, son #3 and dog #1 (they’re both unique individuals, but the canine member is the sole representative of the species in our household, so perhaps the numbering isn’t necessary) went for a run on the beach. At sunset. Think of a beautiful scene from a movie, except that the accumulation of wrackweed doesn’t photograph well. Enough artsiness… the dog and the boy had a good time, there was no intervention by the coast guard cutter and they came back before moonrise.
Read the rest of this entry »
posted in pets |
14th
August
2007
And if you could have “all” the information, in the palm of your hand, wherever you happened to be; how would you change the world? We’re getting closer, day by day. Albeit, with teeny tiny steps. But, the thought is there. Wikify the universe.
Read the rest of this entry »
posted in technology |
13th
August
2007
Rejoice, and be glad, for there is still a place for the optimist. While checking out the news on CNN, I learned that a leading rabble-rouser in Washington has decided to retire. In and of itself, nothing there. The better part came in remarks by his boss, who added that “I’ll be on the road behind you here in a little bit.”
Read the rest of this entry »
posted in health, media |
12th
August
2007
Way back, when I was jus’ a l’il boy, I read me a tale about the tar baby. Ol’ Uncle Remus sure could spin a good tale. The only problem is that the idea of a tar baby, with all it entailed, remained vague. We lived just down the road from an asphalt plant, so the colour and smell of tar were familiar, but the idea of playing in the stuff didn’t sit well with my parents, and so I abstained.
Read the rest of this entry »
posted in environment, technology |
