Latin (tem-pu̇s-ˈfü-git): Time Flies
Wow, is this stuff wicked! I turned of the Akismet spam filter for a few minutes while I upgraded my WordPress blog to 2.2. In those few minutes some automated system was able to squeeze in 4 spam comments to my low traffic site. What happens to popular sites? Sidenote: America’c Cup yacht race is Read More …
I’m at home, alone. Shirley is working, Scott is gone. It’s quiet, and the morning is almost gone. I’ve had many cups of coffee as I work on a building a presentation for Monday. I have the bulk of the presentation material and I’m just creating two custom slides. How long can it take? Longer Read More …
This morning Eric, Dez, Scott and I went hunting for treasure. Dez found the first two, Eric found three more, I found a couple to save myself some $s and unfortunately, Scott didn’t fine any. Good thing it’s his birthday! Happy Birthday Scott!
It’s interesting how memory works. When I was about 12 my parents took my sister and I on a fabulous road trip to New York City and Washington, D.C. It was quite a memorable experience. Lately I’ve been thinking about one of the stops we made on this epic trip. As part of the trip Read More …
It’s the first summer weekend at the lake and we stopped in at Safeway to pick up a couple of things that were forgotten at home and some things are changing. For many years not too much wold change in Kenora from year to year, but then things started to happen. A new Canadian Tire Read More …
Find out how your name ranks over at The Baby Name Wizard’s NameVoyager. “Garry” was a big hit in the ’50s, how appropriate. In February 2005, IBM researcher Martin Wattenberg created a Web-based visualization applet, the NameVoyager, to help call attention to his wife’s first book, The Baby Name Wizard, a guide to American baby Read More …
An updated tool from IBM to help us backup up our laptops. I thought I’d give it a try but backup up over the network doesn’t seem like a viable option. Check the bottom right hand corner.
I’m initiating a treasure hunt, complete with rewards. But, you’ll need to be family to participate. Here is the deal. Have a look at the map. There are 8 objects to be found. Please don’t move them. Each one, when you are the first to show it to me is worth $20. So all up, Read More …
You can rent one of these from Hertz in Las Vegas for a mere $150-175USD/day. Not bad for getting an opportunity to drive a legendary car. Shelby Automobiles, Inc. – NEWS Palm Beach, Fla. – April 1, 2007 – Lightning has struck again, the Ford Shelby GT-H “Rent-A-Racer” program from Ford Motor Company, Shelby Automobiles Read More …
You be the judge.