Spring flowers
Okay, it is actually almost summer now, but I took these pictures a month ago or so. Usually there comes a time in spring when the exuberant plant life, the…
It’s a big ass table…
Microsoft has been working on something they call “Surface” technology. Basically, it is a touch sensitive user interface, and it is usually demonstrated using a large, flat horizontal LCD panel… a table. I’ve had my doubts about the usefulness of this technology outside of a niche environment- but I’m ready to be proven wrong. That said, I find the following video pretty effectively expresses my doubts…
Faintly ironic…
I'm sitting here in front of my second computer, more commonly known as "Irene's game computer." It is going through the process of installing Windows Vista at the moment, for…
Another kick at the cold fusion dream…
Nearly 20 years ago, some scientists observed something that looked like room temperature fusion, or "cold fusion". If such a thing actually worked, and generated net positive energy flow (I.E.:…
Mad skillz with Construction Equipment…
I came across this post on Gizmodo today, with the following video: https://youtu.be/wb98KdJzFrE?si=7ybcUQj1KC9o9TrK Years ago, when I still lived on an acreage, we had a delivery of bricks for the…
Back from Vegas
Irene and I arrived home last night after our Las Vegas vacation. I have spent most of today perched here on a chair going through our photos and posting them…
Gone fishin’
I will be away from home for the next week and a bit. I'm flying to Las Vegas in a few hours to attend a work-related technical conference. That ends…
Is NASA playing with global temperature statistics?
Liars, damned liars, and statistics. Apparently, several of the most "reliable" temperature recording surveys in the world indicate that the Earth's average temperatures are actually showing a downward trend during…
House explosion reveals antiquated notion of housing market
The CBC reported today that an explosion leveled a home in Surrey worth "nearly $1 million." There is nothing wrong with the report itself. However, both the report and the…
News for morons: lawnmowers can cut you!
I came across this report on Gizmodo today. The story is about one of those new robotic lawnmowers being recalled, detailed in the following excerpt: Apparently, one of the owners…