More inconvenient truth
No wonder people have a hard time with the “political class”; if you give them a chance the polit will do the stupid pet trick routine every time. Watch our latest minister of the environment. Here is a man that will save the world with some lightbulbs. In keeping with the pet tricks, my youngest refers to the man as the hampster from Ottawa. My own feeling is that with one of those wheels that are synonomous with the species, we could light a dim bulb.
Dr. Suzuki told the man two days ago that we expected better. With even more inconvenient truth, Mr. Gore called the plan a fraud. Them’s fightin’ words in some circles. I keep hoping for the return of Rona, and I am not referring to my local lightbulb dealer. If the best we can hope for is some FUD, some bulb plans and a refusal to believe, we are doomed to rising water levels. You read it here first. If you need more information, I suggest you simply “flickoff” while you still can.
This evening I’m playing with a pair of webcams. First thing to note is that the cheap camera has a cheap image. To be expected. The second is that the software, WebcamXP Pro 2007 is much better than anything else I’ve tried up to now. I don’t have 100 cameras (or that many USB ports) but if I did… I could have whatever the video equivalent of surround sound, right here in my living room. For now, I’ll experiment with watching what goes on around the house. You know, seeing that the dog is behaving, checking to see if the phone gets answered, that sort of thing. I’m ready for the remote life.
And in keeping with real life, one of the two cameras is blurry and dim, just like one of my eyes. I can now demonstrate what I see for the rest of the family. How’s that for self-serving technology?
