Welcome to My New Domain!

I have finally taken the plunge and moved my blog to my own domain. If you have followed me from my old Blogger blog to this one, thank you.

In my last post on that blog, I explained how easy it was to move my blog to WordPress at my own domain. My domain host […]

Can This iPod Mini Be Saved? Yes!

I’m having a happy moment – I just replaced the battery in my ipod mini.

This is the ipod that I swim with, but one day this spring, I neglected to close the waterproof case before entering the pool. Took me half a length to figure out what was wrong. By then, the ipod […]

Vast Numbers and Useful Examples

The news surrounding our economic crisis, including the US stimulus package and the bailouts of the banking and auto industry, have us flinging around huge numbers that are difficult to grasp. That’s why I appreciated an article that appeared in my newsreader today from CNN.

In the article Numb and Number: Is trillion the new […]

Return of Service Notice

Dear World,

We, the United States of America, your top-quality supplier of the ideals of liberty and democracy, would like to apologize for our 2001-2008 interruption in service.

The technical fault that led to this eight-year service outage has been located and the software responsible was replaced on November 4, 2008.

Early tests of […]

99 Things Meme

I saw this on Doug Johnson’s Blue Skunk Blog, along with is very intriguing adaptation of it. Here’s my stab at the original meme…

THE 99 THINGS MEME

Things you’ve already done: boldThings you want to do: italicizeThings you haven’t done and don’t want to – leave in plain font

1. Started your own blog.2. […]

Lest We Forget… Never Again

It’s already November 12 here, but I’m still going to take this chance to observe Veteran’s Day. Every year on this day I find myself shedding tears over the sacrifices made, knowing that even those who come back have paid a terrible price.

In Flanders Fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses […]