My dad just bought my grandmother a DVD player. She loves it and is thrilled with the quality of DVDs compared to her hundreds of VHS tapes. We were quite impressed with Nana’s willingness to accept the new technology … until she called and asked how to rewind the DVDs before she returned them to Blockbuster …
Book Learning
“Google is beginning to have a subtle, but noticeable effect on research. More and more scholarly publications are putting up their issues in PDF format, which Google indexes as though they were traditional Web pages. But almost no one is publishing entire books online in PDF form. So, when you’re doing research online, Google is
Funny Stuff in My Inbox — High School Essays
A collection of terrible similes and metaphors
Rotating Ad Banner
Great tutorial for beginners: Rotating Banner Ads using a Database
Snoopy Keychain
I would like someone to buy me this Snoopy keychain for my birthday. The watch is nice, but I really just want the keychain. Can someone work on that for me? June 26.okaythanksyou’rethebest.
Missing Fish
For weekend fishermen, there are many tall tales about “the big one that got away.” The results of a new study indicate that big fish are indeed hard to catch. But disturbingly, the results suggest that’s because the world’s large fish–tuna, marlin, swordfish, sharks, cod and halibut among them–have been so exploited by industrial fisheries
Multiple monkeys with a computer accomplish nothing.
Sunny Day
I seem to have a hyper-developed corny gland, and I blame my mother for that character flaw. The current Song of the Moment – and my new personal theme song for this week (month? year? decade?) reflects that. Listen why dontcha?