Monthly Archives: August 2007

Google Earth Looks Up

Google Earth has added an astronomy feature today.  It took me a few tries to get through to the server once I had the free software installed.  Tonight it seems to be much faster. The new feature is called Sky view.  … Continue reading

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Dry Summer

This has been a dry summer. It was so dry that I didn’t mow the grass from the beginning of June until the end of July (about seven weeks). And then the rain came. My wife likes to garden and … Continue reading

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Modern Text Book

I am looking through a half dozen recent textbooks for information on newer technologies.  The oldest text in my pile is two years old. Here are some interesting technologies that I’m having a hard time finding.  Half the books do … Continue reading

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Image of Mother Ohio

Tonight at dinner my wife had this perfect image of Ohio fall onto her fork.  It is from the graham cracker crust of a wonderful butterscotch pie.  Does it have a prophetic meaning?  Is it an omen?  Could we get … Continue reading

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Vistativo

I have had a TV tuner card for many years.   I have used it as a streaming TV server that I created using the tuner card and Microsoft Media Encoder.  The TV signal comes into the computer with the tuner and … Continue reading

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