11th
July
2010
If only more people took the time to experiment with crayons. Mix too much yellow and red, and your orange might not work; just check the final match of the 2010 World Cup tournament. Holland’s team received far too many yellow cards, and the addition of a red card may be the reason the final score went against them. Just sayin’…
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posted in sports |
10th
July
2010
Still pretty warm, in spite of a break in the weather. Perfect moment to check out the price of running a wood stove.
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posted in environment |
9th
July
2010
I’ve been “around the Horn” this evening, and thankful for living a virtual life.
Recently, I’d looked up the map details of the world at the tip of South America, in part to put some meat on descriptions given in a book I’d been reading. Face it, unless there really are miracles, I’m not likely to be going down that way any time soon. Best to rely on new technologies and the tales of others.
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posted in travel |
8th
July
2010
To each appliance its own time to fail. Today, the vacuum cleaner. No more sucking up the dirt and moving on to the next household emergency. I jiggled the hose. I reseated the connector. I gave up and went to see the specialist.
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posted in technology |
7th
July
2010
Try to imagine a scene where threescore and plus of us, all of a certain age, dressed in our working uniform (polo shirts and baggy jeans or shorts) are sitting in rows. Before us, 119 PowerPoint slides, a dozen video captures of a server screen and enough acronyms to fill a bowl of alphaghetti.
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posted in education, Wx |
6th
July
2010
Now children, what do we do when the temperature reaches 30C? Why, that’s right… as little as possible. Or we can go for ice cream.
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posted in food |
5th
July
2010
I was patient, but the miracle of the self-cleaning pool was not manifest.
The kids are older; they’ve learned the difference between work and “look how much fun it can be to vacuum the pool”. Although my hopes are shattered, I’ve had a very zen evening. The pool is cleaner (a relative term), I’m cooler from the evaporation of water from my torso, and my blood pressure is probably lower (that zen thing).
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posted in humour |
4th
July
2010
This afternoon, I painted a tent. Now, don’t get all fretful that I’ve turned artist; I know my limitations. My tents tend to look something like this…
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posted in sports |
3rd
July
2010
Back when I started playing with tiny, expensive radios, they weren’t tiny or expensive. How times have changed.
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posted in ham radio |
2nd
July
2010
Big story in the technical world today: the supposed problem with signal reception on the newest iPhone isn’t a problem, after all.
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