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You have to love Amazon. They will sell you anything. Get them while they last...
While walking a street in Old Town San Diego one evening after a busy day on a business trip, the scene below was one I just had to take a picture of with my phone. I am sure the church did not intend the juxtaposition... Maybe the trash truck crew had some fun though...
Merry Christmas! Mike Love's Santa's Goin' To Kokomo
How many of the following 29 units have you never heard of before? The international system of units consists of a short list of base units defined in an absolute manner that does not refer to any other units. The base units are consistent with the part of the metric system called the MKS (meter-kilogram-second) system. meter for distance kilogram for mass second for time ampere for electric current kelvin for temperature mole for amount of substance candela for intensity of light Other international...
A unique perspective of what happens to a car when subjected to a Boeing 747 engine producing takeoff thrust. Do not try this at home
This hurts to watch. 1) Does the guy in the background know what is going on just feet away? 2) Does the broken hand impair his microphone tricks
Every once in a while, you come across a parody website that makes you smile. Do not forget to check out their banner graphics
I come cheap! ;-) I guess I need to get back to writing. My blog is worth $3,951.78.How much is your blog worth? One week later, my blog is now worth $7,339.02. Yippie...
I think one of the most lucrative jobs a lawyer could do would be to have Microsoft as a client. Microsoft posted their annual and quarterly results today, and the computer press went gaga over the numbers. I do not knowingly invest in the company, but I saw something else interesting on their announcement web page. A large majority of the announcement was a list of caveats that essentially absolved Microsoft from any and all responsibility for events up to and including nuclear war. I present for...
There are many situations where the following translations apply. I am sure you can think of a few. Statement: A careful analysis and review are underway at this time.Meaning: We haven’t looked at this yet. Statement: This is an interim reply to assure you we are working diligently on the problem.Meaning: The new guy gets this project, but he doesn’t start until next week. Statement: Unfortunately, your request to attend could not be approved.Meaning: We’re going and there’s...
I had a great post ready yesterday until the blog ate it. Silly me did not copy to clipboard prior to hitting the Post button. Sigh. That I will be able to survive. What may kill us all will be the meteorologists. Two storms are brewing -- TS Cindy and soon to be TS Dennis. Let the hyperventilating begin! Each burst of thunderstorms since June 1 has been cause for alarm. Each Special Tropical Disturbance Statement has been thoroughly chewed over. Each satellite loop played endlessly over and over...
I came across an old email that forwarded The Differential Theory of the US Armed Forces, commonly referred to as The Snake Model. I have personal experience with the first 12 or so examples, and find they tend to support the personalities described with the exception of the Marines. Overall, I thought that this was quite appropriate once you get to know them, although some content could be viewed as rude. So for those who may, from time to time, have difficulty sorting out service operational differences,...
I guess it was inevitable. Hurricane Charlie roared through central Florida on August 13, 2004. Many people were without power for days. In some cases it was almost two weeks. Forty weeks later was May 20, 2005. Hospital data for the last 3-4 weeks shows a 18-26% rise in the birth rate. The story is here. I guess it had something to do with all those candles...
Variations of this list have appeared in many places over the years. I saw my first one while attending the Army War College (the Carlisle Barracks one, not Ft. Leavenworth). As the only Navy officer in a boisterous seminar of Army officers, I professed my lack of knowledge of Army ways early on. My classmates turned to with gusto to educate me. A list of this type was one of their tools. You are not Superman. Keep it simple stupid. Automatic weapons - aren’t Recoilless weapons - aren’t...
Or at least I think I am. Overall, you scored as follows: 31% scored higher,1% scored the same, and68% scored lower. What does this mean? Your nerdiness is: Low Ranking Nerd. Definitely a nerd, but low on the totem pole of nerds...
It took me several tries to achieve this. Which OS are You
I had always wondered. It figures that I am something that evolved after DOS. I am still very happy that I chose to not program in C for Windows286. Which File Extension are You...
I got a link to a neat web clock display that can keep you watching. Here is the Industrious Clock. Here is an earlier effort - the Clock Block
Those crazy people at the Orlando Sentinel (subscription required) have been at it again. I think they need to go bake on a beach for a week or two. You just gotta keep laughing. Of course, they also claim that this was a "once in a lifetime" kind of hurricane year. Yeah right - until next year. - - - - - Whether natives or newcomers, residents of the Sunshine State (Ha!) have faced a multitude of, er, weather challenges the past two months. Yet, Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne have made us get...
Oh ... my ... God --- please save us! Clippy has a blog. ;-)
The Orlando Sentinel (subscription required) staff has too much time on their hands and has again created yet another comparison of experiences in our hurricane-drenched world. Four weeks ago today Hurricane Charley swept through Florida, and the tropics have remained in attack mode ever since, in the form of Frances and Ivan. Can anybody remember what life was like B.C. (Before Charley)? For sure, the last month has changed our view of certain things in our blustery world. Spare batteries Then:...
Any day now, you may turn on the TV and see a weather person pointing to some blob of clouds out in the Atlantic Ocean and making two basic meteorological points: There is no need to panic. We could all be killed. Yes, hurricane season is an exciting time to be in Florida. If you're new to the area, you're probably wondering what you need to do to prepare for the possibility that we'll get hit by "the big one." Based on our experiences, we recommend that you follow this simple three-step hurricane...
The Orlando Sentinel (subscription required) ran a great story this morning about things we learned from Hurricane Charley. Here is their list (slightly modified to remove some specific local references). Water is a comfort food, but 3-day-old Cheetos are too. We shouldn't complain about all the "useless" tools in the garage -- we actually DO need a generator. You can't spell "priceless" without I-C-E. Shadow animals on the wall -- still fun! It's your God-given right to sit on your back porch and...
When I look at my referrers list, I am amazed at the number of people who still search for this abandoned Microsoft product and find my post on Microsoft's April Fool MSDN RSS listing. (Hint for all you searchers --- it was a joke. The program was not posted for download.) I was reminded of this today by reading Dvorak's latest column on “The Bottom 10: Worst Software Disasters.” There, proudly at #10, is Microsoft Bob version 1.0a. In case you did not know, Microsoft Bob 1.0a combined the contents...
The year was 1904 ... one hundred years ago. What a difference a century can make. Here are some of the statistics for 1904: The average life expectancy in the US was 47 years. Only 14 percent of the homes in the US had a bathtub. Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars. There were only 8,000 cars in the US, and only 144 miles of paved roads. The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph. Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and...
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