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
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
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
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
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