>One of my new favorite places to hang out in Murray is Fidalgo Bay, a local coffee shop. Most of the places that serve coffee close at 2pm, except for the gas station. The gas station does not have wireless, or iced mochas, or places to sit outside and people watch. Fidalgo Bay has all…
Cyber spy network with global reach raises alarms [Source: Christian Science Monitor] I’m sorry but to me news like our CSM article here is not news. I am not surprised China, whether sanctioned or not, is trying to hack computers globally. And the correct term is “crack” and not “hack.” Hacking involves coding – programming.…
When Douglas Adams passed away in his literate prime, the world lost a great humorist. One of his best characters, Zaphood Beeblebrox, to try to bring him some humility, was placed in a peculiar chamber, the Total Perspective Vortex. While in the chamber, he was oriented and scaled in position relative to everything in the known…
> I like Ubuntu. A few months ago, I downloaded a version, made a bootable CD. I have since used my bootable ubuntu to solve a few system issues and remove virus/malware infections. The interface is slick and fast, and it mounted both my USB drive and local hard drive without any issues. However, I…
>Lots of seismic activity in the South Pacific. First, we have a volcano erupting. Later, by a few hours, a 7.7 earthquake occurs with an epicenter located at the red dot, in the graphic to the right. If you want to know where Tonga is located, there is a tiny inset globe illustrating the location…
> The map to the right comes to us from Texas Tech, the Center for Geospatial Technology. An interesting map, really. Consider “Tornado Alley.” Where do you think Tornado Alley falls? Now, look at this map, and tell me where, according the tornado tracks, Tornado Alley can be found. The perceptual region, Tornado Alley, is…
>http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20081204/NEWS01/812040398/1008 The book I am recommending to people is, The Post-American World, by Fareed Zakaria. Non-technical, meant for the everyday Joe to read, the book is worth the read. Fareed sets forth in very clear terms what we, as Americans, will have to face as more and more countries close the gap between themselves and…
First, we had the Fannie Mae / Freddie Mac bailout. With 5$ trillion dollars in assets to lose, they were too big to allow to fail. Then, we were faced with a slew of banks needing bailouts: Washington Mutual, IndyMac, First National Bank of Reno, Nevada, to name a few. Check out this site for…
> http://tiq.travelpod.com/bin/flash/TiqPatch.swf?patch= This Traveler IQ was calculated on Monday, November 17, 2008 at 05:16PM GMT by comparing this person’s geographical knowledge against the Web’s Original Travel journal‘s 3,320,716 travelers who’ve taken the challenge. This is a cool site for testing your knowledge of places around the world. I did very poorly on the extra credit.…
>Several months ago, the Christian Science Monitor ran a series of articles covering poverty. When the series was over, the blog that helped people share their concerns and ideas went away with it. Last week, I received an email from one of the authors of the series, and the author of the blog for the…
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