July 28th, 2007 | 
I may be the last person on the planet to learn this stuff, but just in case, I thought I would tell everyone here about two Google search features that I just ran across: view:timeline and view:map. As is true for almost everything that comes out of Google, I believe that this search functionality [...]
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It seems that I’ve stumbled upon one of the greatest agricultural breakthroughs of our time – grass that never needs mowing. I have a yard full of the stuff. Low maintenance, time-saving and great for the environment. There appears to be only two problems with it. It only comes in one color – brown, and [...] My father was born in 1928 and will turn 80 next January. Like many of his generation, he’s struggled a bit to adopt all the new technology that’s been thrown at him over the years, but he’s made a pretty good attempt. Email and cell phones have mostly made it into the mix, but [...] When I was a kid, there were two toys I played with constantly, Barbie and Ken Legos and Spirograph. I think I bought a Spirograph for my kids when they were younger. I don’t know what happened to it, but I’m pretty sure that the plastic gears were used as Frisbees and lost. [...] Boeing took the wraps off their first fully-built 787 Dreamliner plane on July 7. The company hasn’t released a new plane since 1995 and is now the number 2 plane producer in the world behind Airbus Industries. The plane looks great and has terrific specs – both for airlines and for passengers (note [...] The July edition of Popular Science (it doesn’t look like there’s an on-line version available) has a great article titled, The Worst Jobs in Science. The article outlines the 10 worst jobs available for scientists around the world – most with fairly vivid descriptions of what makes each of the jobs stink (some literally). [...] I mentioned that I worked for DEC to someone recently and they had no idea what I was talking about. Granted, the person was young, but he was an adult. Funny how the second largest computer company in the world in its time, and the inventor of the mini-computer could be so quickly forgotten. When [...] I mentioned last week that I was moving this blog off of an internal server to an externally-sourced one at 1&1. Further, that I chose to use a VPS, or Virtual Private Server, for the installation. For servers that don’t require loads of disk space, CPU power or memory, a virtual server makes loads [...] This blog was moved to a new, external server at 1&1 last night. While I’ve tried to think through and take care of all the scenarios of broken links, screwed up widgets, bad sitemaps, non-functioning plugins and so forth, I’m sure that I’ve screwed something up. If you notice anything strange, I’d appreciate your [...] As I write this, I’m traveling between Boston and New York on the Acela Express, Amtrak’s “high-speed” train that runs between Boston and Washington. I’m a huge fan of this service and take it to New York, my current destination, several times each year. It is far superior to driving the route and in [...] |
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