Eugene Glover When first I heard about a US version of Life on Mars, the excellent, if ultimately depressing, British show about a modern-day police detective trapped in 1973, I thought, “there’s nothing they can do to justify a remake, and there’s no way they could end the show the same way.” I watched the first episode … Read more
If mythological creatures are manifestations of anomalies, are haunted houses, also? Synopsis 14 years ago a magnificent house stands empty. Teenagers break in, but they don’t get out. Back in the present, Cutter has used the data from Dr. Page’s research to build a new model of the anomalies, with it, he is able to … Read more
It’s time for the kids’ Spring Show at school. Seating is strictly first-come, bring your own chair. We arrived one hour early and this is the view from our choice seats. Guess next year we’ll need to arrive an hour and a half, or more, early.
Since I started programming computers a scant 31 years ago, I’ve had to learn many different programming languages – from ancients like COBOL, FORTRAN and RPG to more modern languages like Java. It’s all part of the game, but undeniably the programming paradigm has shifted beyond all recognition since I wrote that first TRS-80 Basic … Read more
The free iPhone WordPress application in the app store is an indispensible tool in the war on blog posting. (No?not a war against posting – the war to getting around to posting. Anytime, anywhere. ) There’s a new version out that adds the ability to moderate comments and edit pages. Now, if they could just … Read more
For once, my kids undertook a “project” that resulted in exactly what they said they were going to do. They said there were going to turn James’ room into a zoo…
Primeval returns for a third series! Synopsis The episode starts with a new member of the military (Captain Becker) being added to the ARC team. His job, keep them from getting killed like poor ol’ Steven. Meanwhile, at the British Museum, an anomaly appears and a prehistoric crocodilian (Pristichampsus) kills one of the employees. Cutter’s … Read more
I just watched the Apple presentation on the iPhone OS 3.0 and I was amazed at how lame the reaction of the crowd was. While they oohed and aahed over cut-and-paste, the practically slept through the most significant change to the iPhone and maybe even computing as we know it. With iPhone OS 3.0, you … Read more
This weekend is the Aloha Festival and, unlike previous years, this year it is being held at the so-called Tempe Beach Park. (Definition of Tempe Beach: a huge cement slab positioned near a horrid man-made lake.) Still, the park itself is green, if lacking shade, and large, which easily accompdated the large crowds. The park … Read more
Took advantage of the glorious weather today (72 degrees) to walk from the train station at 44th St & Washington to the Cofco Chinese Center. 8 minutes 50 seconds at a determined yet leisurely pace. Perfectly acceptable in late February. In July = heat death.