For those who believe that kids don’t read any more, may I interject one word? Please? BALDERDASH. Now on to part two. May I comment on some of the stuff that is read by the masses? Please? BALDERDASH. With fangs.
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How accurate is your wrist watch? Does it matter, really?
There are too many clocks in our lives. I’d gladly slip back into an existence that used a sundial for sunny afternoons and a big dose of “hungry feeling” or “sleepy feeling” to coordinate the rest of my personal schedule. Sadly, the various PDA and Outlook Calendar widgets don’t handle subjectivity in a reasonable (and timely) manner.
posted in technology | Comments Off on Does anybody really care what time it is? | 286 words
I’ve entered a new phase in my life. Tonight, I waited for and watched a program where they reviewed roasting pans.
posted in food | Comments Off on Designed to endure | 304 words
Recent updates around here left me in a quandary. What to do with computers that can no longer print, due to the particular constraints of my print server. Here’s the list.
posted in computing | Comments Off on Just point to the right queue | 365 words
About twenty years ago, I fell in love with a piece of software that created fractal images. Finally, I said to myself (and anyone else who would listen), a practical use for higher mathematics. The designs were decidedly non-random, but they provided a visual tool for exploring certain facets of chaos theory (the reason why even wrong answers to mathematics questions have a place in the imaginary universe). I zoomed and I colour-cycled and had a good time in two-dimensional space. EGA was so much cooler than CGA for such efforts. My 13 inch monitor was a window into a world that had nothing to do with WordStar.
posted in education | Comments Off on More than random images | 259 words
With the simple request to take a deep breath, I completed my quest. A needle in the upper arm, hardly painful, filled with the best hope available from our leaders in health. I have been vaccinated, before coming into close contact with the dreaded virus.
posted in health | Comments Off on Inhale, exhale | 369 words
The latest twist in pandemic prevention involved a lottery. That is, you get a coupon, and then you trade the coupon in on an injection, and then you avoid tragedy. At least, that’s how the whole thing was explained on a recent cable news program. My own experience has been a little different.
posted in sports | Comments Off on Good afternoon of football | 264 words
My sons have turned out to be valuable resource people for my (ongoing) musical education. No sense in leaving a parent in a rut, when there is so much that they can still learn; that’s the motto.
posted in music | Comments Off on My ears are wide open in the online world | 266 words
I tried a bit of new software today. Nothing out of the ordinary in that, I get paid to play the game, but this particular package might have a useful future.
posted in computing | Comments Off on Moblin works, if you are ready for the plunge | 301 words
Once upon a time, I visited an ark. The Ark. The one that was years ahead of its time on the Island, presenting a model for ecological living that seems quite appropriate now. Thankfully, some of the people involved in the original effort are still providing input.
posted in environment | Comments Off on Thinking ahead | 259 words
