I love Thanksgiving! I find it very easy to recall many wonderful memories of my childhood spent in rich and living color with my family as celebrated this holiday. And every year is a new chance to add to those memories by SHARING the time away from work and school with each other which of…
“He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.” – Friedrich Nietzsche There was a time when if you wanted to research something you had to go to a library. I can easily recall the hours of time…
This morning an interesting headline caught my eye. It said “The Most Important Skill of the 21st Century” So naturally as someone who will hopefully work for the first third of the century I decided to check it out, call it self preservation. Here is a link to the Article ; I was surprised when it said…
For no other reason the technical curiosity I’ve become very interested in QR Codes over the past few months. And that is perhaps the Geekiest statement I have ever written. It was just a couple of years ago that Quick Response or QR Code first gained popularity while at the same time Microsoft was trying…
I love the holiday season. It’s a great time to look back on the previous year and think about all we have accomplished. We get to spend more time with our family and friends celebrating the season and making rich new holiday memories. Unfortunately those memories are often accompanied by buffets of rich food, decadent…
Yesterday Apple announced the release of the iPhone 5 which included the revamping of the power and sync connection from a 30 PIN socket to a new branded socket called Lightning. This represents the first time Apple has changed the connector that has existed for 9 years to connect their devices to everything from chargers…
It was just a little over 200 years ago that Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis following the Louisiana Purchase to find the Northwest Passage. The journey would take more than two years and force the Corps of Exploration to endure two harsh winters. Eventually finding the Pacific Ocean near present day Portland,…
This is a test blog entry from my new MacBook Air using the MacJournal application. I’m adding a photo from our vacation over Thanksgiving. This photo was added with no sizing changes. How does it appear on the site? I had to change the image sizes manually so they weren’t fixed larger than the page…
This is a truly inspiring video from TED done by Regina Dugan from DARPA.
Three weeks ago red blooded American males were gathered around our TV’s in celebration of that most American event called the Superbowl. The game of course is not only celebrated for the football that will be played, but for the foods that are eaten and the commercials that are run. Early in the first quarter…
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