Month: June 2003

Wild, Wild West

After starting with a relatively serene view of Yosemite’s Half Dome, our journey through the desert revealed some elements of the untamed west. In eastern Nevada we drove past many “dust devils”, and … Read more

On the Road Again

We’re on the road again! Tomorrow takes us through Yosemite on 120, and after skirting Mono Lake we’re in for a long day’s drive through the desert, passing through Tonopah and Ely on … Read more

Reflections of a Long Life

While I would never be mistaken as a supporter of the late Senator Strom Thurmond, I did find some of these facts from the Strom Watch site worth noting: * As of mid-2003 … Read more

New 404 Page at Whitehouse.gov

And it seems the White House might reconfigure their web servers with a new error page. Yes, the 404 page, displayed when a requested page cannot be found, may be updated to reflect … Read more

The Inbox of the President

A while ago we were privy to an instant message interchange between the shrub and his North Korean counterpart, and much hilarity ensued. Well, as we know, no secrets are safe on the … Read more

Flowers by Katinka Matson

Manhattan-based artist Katinka Matson is featured in this short CBS news feature, FLOWERS by Katinka Matson. The article briefly touches on the development of the flatbed scanner, (I didn’t realize Ray Kurzweil was … Read more

Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients 2 1/2 C flour 1/2 tsp Baking soda 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 Lb butter (2 sticks), salted 1 C firmly packed dark brown sugar 1 C granulated sugar … Read more

Movable Type 2.64

With only one glitch (must use existing mt.cfg and mt-db-pass.cgi files) the upgrade of this blog to the latest version of the Movable Type software, 2.64, completed without further incident, as this post … Read more

When Galaxies Collide

Here’s a fascinating photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope that shows many thousands of galaxies, including two that are apparently close to colliding, and many others that are almost as old as … Read more

When Humans Faced Extinction

According to this BBC article, we’re actually quite lucky to be here. Based on the results of analyzing human DNA, some scientists are starting to believe the human race had dwindled down to … Read more