Watched games 4 and 5 of the Chappel-Hadley Cup between New Zealand and Australia. The series was a draw (dammit) and Australia retained the cup. Went to try Pollo Campero – well, can’t really see what drives the South Americans wild about it, but it wasn’t bad. Filled some gaps in the driveway. Nice weather.
It’ time to review iMovie ’09, the only other piece (apart from iPhoto) that has much interest for me in iLife. In the interest of full disclosure, I made the move to the Macintosh just so that I could use Final Cut Pro. I learned to edit video on an ancient linear U-matic editor. I … Read more
Wednesday was day 1 of 18 without pay. Luckily, I had some side computer work that netted me about 1 day’s pay. Got a haircut. Got some business calling cards. Treated myself to an ice cream cone. Didn’t play Wii at all during the day. Somehow I thought that’s all I’d be doing on these … Read more
The shoe finally fell tonight. We’ve known for weeks approximately what was going to happen, but we’ve been in a holding pattern to see what form it would take. The State of Arizona, like all the states is experiencing a drastic turn-down in tax revenue. Like many governments, Arizona spends its tax money before it … Read more
From AZ Central => Fossils from northeastern Colombia reveal the biggest snake ever discovered: a behemoth that stretched 42 to 45 feet long, reaching more than 2,500 pounds. Oh what I wouldn’t give for a way to go back in time and see all the colossal and bizarre life that has existed on this planet! … Read more
I’ve been playing around with iPhoto ’09 for the last few days and, on the whole, I’m impressed. Unlike some claims I’ve heard, it does not cause my (1st generation) MacBook’s fans to spin up or even seem to bog down the computer. Faces is an interesting technology and it makes a pretty good shot … Read more
A lot has been said about “Trial of a Time Lord”, some of it by me, but that’s neither here nor there. This Colin Baker series comes from another era. It was era of disappointment in many ways – of enormous potential squandered. A time when optimism was slowly eroded away to despair. I remember … Read more
Flyers on the door. How I hate flyers on the door. They never advertise anything I want. (usually a church or a landscaping service) and they waste natural resources and create liter. Once in a while, though, the idiocy of one takes my breath away. Here’s a scan of one that showed up on the … Read more
The question I ask is… do I trust a story in The Sun? The official confirmation came yesterday — proving thousands of members of the public have been right for years. Forestry workers conducting deer surveys have TWICE got within 50 yards of the fearsome creatures in the wild, it was revealed. These so-called “fearsome … Read more
Well, just in case you thought you were saving the world by not using phone books printed on dead trees which promote deforestation, or by doing your research online instead of going out in the field instead. From the BBC: US physicist Alex Wissner-Gross has conducted research into the environmental impact of “googling”. Environmental physicists … Read more