Busy Signals
I heard a busy signal the other day for the first time in, well, I’m not exactly sure, but it’s been a while. Until I heard it, I hadn’t realized that it was a dying thing. Something that now seems superfluous. It occurred the other day when calling a business. I don’t think this is a common thing. I think it is on its way out and is gasping for its last breath. I miss the busy signal. It is virtually disappearing. You can make a call now and have someone answer. Someone, something, voicemail, ACDs, VRUs, recordings, whatever. No more, or at least rarely, do you get the burnk, burnk, burnk letting you know it’s the end of the line. You’re not going anywhere until the line is free. Without the busy signal, no more do you feel the...
Mote of Dust
Interesting as only Carl Sagan can make it. ‘Nuf said.
Useless Information II
Not really useless, or maybe useless but at least a little interesting. As you start reading the below paragraph, you’ll notice something odd…but you can still read it. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Not sure where this came from, but it’s been floating around the net for about four years.
Dandelion Break
Way back in the 80s there was a cartoon call Bloom County. And one of the ideas they came up with was the Dandelion Break. It essentially consisted of Milo Bloom, Opus and any number of other characters heading out to the meadow to sit amongst the dandelions. We all need a break, here are 13 or so minutes of Dandelion Break. A recorded Colorado thunderstorm fresh off the Rocky Mountains in June of 2007. With Music: right click to “save as…” Just nature: right click to “save as…” Load it on your mp3 player, sit back and just imagine being somewhere else.
Cakes
Over the years, for most birthdays the boys are asked what they’d like the theme to be. In lieu of extravagant decorations, the cake is the focus. We’ve collected a bit of a gallery of those cakes and boy are they good…and good looking. Diane is a master. The absolute best one was the bulldozer, but this year’s pyramid (for Wesley’s birthday just this past weekend), was giving it a run for it’s money simply on taste alone. Home made frosting has become the standard…yummy. So here is some mouth-watering goodness for you. Wish I could include a download of a piece, but technology hasn’t come far enough that the wire wouldn’t get stuck in your...
Useless Information I
This is kind of weird/interesting. Obviously, there is a need to be able to type backwards for languages like those in the middle east or in the east. But you can do it with YOUR keyboard layout, too. Just copy the symbol below and then start typing anything with your cursor on the left of it. Everything you type will be backwards. This symbol –> ‫‬â€â€®â€ªâ€«â€¬â€â€®Ò‰â€« See watch this ‫‬â€â€®â€ªâ€«â€¬â€â€®Ò‰ Now everything I type is backwards.
Muddy Buddy
Went to Boulder this last weekend to race in something called the Muddy Buddy (watch the video in the info section…you’ll see.) It’s basically a two person 10K where one person rides while the other runs (or in my case runs and walks part of the way, and rides like a demon on the riding parts to make up for it). An added twist is at the transition points for running/riding where there are obstacles (not your Fort Carson type obstacles, but some lightweight climbing walls and balance beam type things) to surmount before continuing on. Oh, yeah, and there was that thigh deep, 100 yard wide river we crossed (with me carrying.) And then…at the end…there was the mud pit. Thick gooey mud with flags over top that only allow...