Two cool new technologies
Thursday, July 9th, 2009 Posted in Odds & Ends | No Comments »I just read about 2 cool new technologies that I think have great possibilities. I haven't heard jack about the last few technologies I thought were cool, so I'm afraid of jinxing these. The first is using urine to create hydrogen ...
The Red Light Camera near us
Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Odds & Ends | No Comments »A few people I know have been ticketed via a red light camera at a local busy intersection. The camera is only focused on the right hand turn lane and busts people for not coming to a complete stop on ...
My Mom’s Quran
Monday, July 28th, 2008 Posted in Odds & Ends | No Comments »Last weekend while I was doing yardwork at my mom's, she stopped to tell me something. She had a look of concern on her face, so I was a little concerned right away too. She said "Did I show you ...
10x too little and 10+ years too late
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 Posted in Odds & Ends | No Comments »In 1989, the Exxon Valdez, with a very drunk captain and other drunk crew members, hit a reef in the Prince William Sound of Alaska. The resulting 10 million gallon crude oil spill is one of the largest in the history ...
Don’t leave pressurized <anything> in your car
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 Posted in Odds & Ends | No Comments »One of the guys I work with grabbed a can or pressurized air to take home to clean his home computer. He put it in his car at lunchtime. When he left for the day he found that the can ...
Chess at the office
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in Odds & Ends, work | No Comments »I like to play chess. The problem is that either the people I know don't like to play, or they suck. While on a consulting assignment a few years ago, I talked a co-worker from Russia into playing a few ...
People I’ve met recently
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Odds & Ends | 1 Comment »I met my first real live creationist last week. Actually, I've known this person for some time, but he's pretty quiet about his beliefs. During a random discussion last week, something he said struck me as odd, and I said ...