Following some errands yesterday (which mostly didn’t go as planned, since, due to a much later start to our excursion, everything was closing on us!) on a lovely, nearly-summer’s night with a beautiful sunset, I decided that we should finish off the day with a visit to a local park. It’s a small county park…
Year: 2010
FIFA World Cup 2010: Vuvuzelas!
If you have been watching any of the World Cup so far this month (perhaps even if you haven’t) you know that the word of the tournament so far is: Vuvuzela. Now, I am no fan of the constant, buzzing drone that provides the soundtrack to every minute of every match… nor am I so…
The Real Hues Are Delicate
Not sure if you have read the Charles Dickens work Oliver Twist, or, if you have that it has been recent enough that you would recall the plot in any detail. The boys and I are almost three quarters of the way through it, and rapt by the story of this gentle young boy’s circumstantially…
Fleeting
On our way home from a night of re-stocking our cupboards, we came upon a line of stopped cars. It was very odd, and, from where we were we couldn’t quite see what was happening (or had happened), but it soon became apparent that an accident had just very recently occurred. There were cars pulled…
House Cleaning Fairy
Recently we’ve been—ok, I’ve been—more bothered than usual with both the amount of stuff we have in our house; AND (perhaps more) how often way too much of it is left out all over our floors! So I told the kids this past weekend—in no uncertain terms—that at 6:30am or so every morning when I…
“Reader” Feature for Safari 5
Along with the announcement of the new iPhone on Monday (including a fantastic new design, Apple’s A4 processor for greater speed and battery life, and many other great features like the new FaceTime video calling), Apple also released Safari 5 (for Mac/Windows). As is my wont, I updated all our computers as soon as I…
Steve Jobs Keynote at WWDC 2010 – 10am PT, June 7th
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is set to give another keynote address today, where most expect that the 4th generation iPhone will be announced (if not made available today) among the many other traditional rumors and speculations. (Personally, I’d like to see some sort of “cloud” music service, speculated to be “iTunes.com” or something similar to…
Math Whiz
I have mentioned here many times before that my Dad (probably much like your Dad?) is a great proponent of the email forward. 🙂 Now, honestly, I don’t like email forwards, I don’t trust them, and usually I just delete them. But I’ll at least scan> most of the ones that come in from my…
A Few More Thoughts on William Wilberforce
I finally officially completed the book I wrote about previously, Amazing Grace, which tells the story of the life of William Wilberforce. I said it before, but I feel like I can’t say it enough: this man was an incredible human being. His life, so affected by what he called the “Great Change”—his awakening to…
Apple Posts HTML5 Showcase
I just saw a link to a new section of Apple’s website, showcasing the power of HTML5, the next coding language for the web. It of course was named in Steve Job’s open letter to Adobe as one of the main reasons Apple is not using Adobe’s Flash on their portable devices. (Almost) All of…