So the new MacBooks came out yesterday (coincidentally on the exact same day that my iBook suddenly started running terribly, terribly slow – coincidence or conspiracy?) and we went down at lunch to the Apple store to take a look.
They didn’t have any and so my credit card was safe.
I had to use this picture from someone else’s flickr account, because I still haven’t seen one.
In anticipation of Thursday’s removal of the soffit, I’ve begun to remove the cabinets.
First the base cabinets were removed. I was not happy to discover that the flooring does not continue under the originals. This might make it more difficult when we come back later to install a new floor.
You can see the lovely original kitchen color on the walls. It almost matches the almond-colored stove.
I’ve also removed the doors from the upper cabinets. Unlike the new ones, which are in 3 sections, these old cabinets are one unit and so I was not able to bring them down safely by myself. They’ll come down with the soffit tomorrow.
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We’ve begun the kitchen remodel.
These are a couple of photos stitched together of the west side, which is the smallest side. The lower right-hand corner is really a distortion created when i uploaded the file to flickr.
We’ll be replacing these 1970’s reject cabinets with something a little more modern. We’ll also be eliminating the soffit so that we can put ceiling-height (39″) cabinets in.
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My dad always tells me about a place in Florida called the Bottlecap Inn. It was covered floor to ceiling in bottlecaps done up in intricate designs.
It sounds like a bit of Americana that’s bound to be long gone, but, perhaps a modern day version, like this desk with every surface covered with floppies might catch on…
Space Imaging => Ancient Observatories
Google Earth can be a lot of fun. I’ve tried tracking down Easter Island, the Great Pyramids, Machu Picchu and others just to see what they look like from space, but, Google Earth doesn’t always have high resolution pictures of the interesting places (mostly because they’re in the middle of nowhere – Easter Island barely looks like a land mass.)
Spaceimaging.com has posted this series of photos of some of the more interesting ruins around the world.
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TheStar.com => Hoodwinking the censors
China has the most sophisticated and effective Internet censorship regime in the world, employing North American technology from Cisco Systems Inc. and Canada’s Nortel Networks Corp., among others, to filter out banned material.
“Banned Material” being subversive stuff like letting their people discover Taiwan isn’t part of China.
Hopefully, this merry band of freedom fighters can make a difference…
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BBC NEWS => Proposals to Recreate Stonehenge
I’m sure this proposal to recreate Stonehenge as it existed in its heyday is all about the science and not about the not inconsiderable tourism dollars it could generate.
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The lonelocust.com blog just hit its 300th post. Pity it was about McDonald’s, but that’s the breaks.
This is the 301st post.
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BusinessWeek=> McDonald’s wants a digital-age makeover
Staring last year, all the McDonalds’ in Phoenix started getting a major makeover. As far as I can tell, most of them are done. They’ve changed the color schemes, the seats, added wi-fi and televisions displaying news… but none of them seem to have gone as far as this article suggests. (Pity the wi-fi isn’t free, but then, I’d never take my iBook close to a table with hamburgers with special sauce on them!)
I wonder if the Phoenix franchisee is one of those who did the small makeover and is now being asked to do it again?
I can’t imagine the McDonalds’ in Taiwan making these changes – the kids already spend hours there. They buy one cup of tea and sit there studying and socializing all day.
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