It would seem that our little wind storm a few days back did more than knock down tree limbs, knock out power, and darken a 9-year-old’s birthday plans. I heard through the rumor mill yesterday, and confirmed by public notice today that we have potentially sickening drinking water in our little town here! (That could…
Tag: News
State Of The Union?
In a somewhat surprising move, the NFL decided to allow CBS and NBC to simulcast the Patriots vs Giants game that was scheduled to be broadcast on the NFL Network this Saturday night. The NFL is not known for its generosity, but the NFL Network is in such a small percentage of homes, and this…
Venezuelans Say NO To Chavez
Not sure if you heard about the vote or not, but any mention in the news of my former place of residence usually catches my attention. There was a vote (yesterday, I believe) where current president Hugo Chavez was attempting to amend the constitution to remove term limits (among other things). He wanted to ensure…
On Sean Taylor
The Bills play the Redskins this weekend, and the importance of the game has been seriously diminished by the killing of safety Sean Taylor. Taylor is one of the Redskins best players, leaders, and loved by all of his coaches and teammates. A lot of people think that will motivate the Skins this weekend, but…
How About This, Eh?
I saw this article come across my RSS feed today, and really couldn’t believe it. Gas is well over $3.00 (US) and now the Canadian dollar is nearly equal to ours?? What is this world coming to? 🙂 Pretty crazy. Click the link to read the article.
Mac-Related News
I’m sure you’ll remember that we stood in line on the night that Apple released their new operating system—Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard—and got ourselves some snazzy t-shirts… well, we finally got the OS, too! I have installed it on my laptop, and it’s pretty neat. There are still many questions I have about it…
100 Times Faster Than WiFi?
Check this out! CNet is reporting that IBM and MediaTek are working on chips that will wirelessly transmit data more than 100 times faster than wi-fi! Up to 2.5 gigabits/second?!? (Compared to 11 to 54 megabits/second of wi-fi.) You could transfer a 10GB file in seconds. Wirelessly. They hope to have something out on the…
Just Her Time?
I was browsing a local news site, and read this article. Very sad. But once I got to the end of it, and noticed detail that almost seemed glanced over, I concluded that perhaps it was just her time?
Apple Announces Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Just in case you are not subscribed to my Apple blog… thought I would let you know that Apple announced a release date for their long-awaited OS update. October 26th will be the day you can get your hands on the latest and greatest OS! There are links to pages detailing the many new features…
Interesting Articles: Space, The Web & Miracles
I found a couple articles that interested me in my news feed this morning… One Small Step Toward a Mars Landing … at SeaReid Stowe is a “professional adventurer” (what exactly is that?) who is 100 days into a 1000 day stay on a small boat in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean. His…