Brave New Squirrel Originally uploaded by sneezypb. hahaha I remember this photo. My brother and I were headed somewhere (lunch? movie?). I saw this squirrel and actually backed up to catch the photo.
I’ve noticed lately lots of commercials for a phone company’s web site equivalent of their book. These commercials emphasize the strong effectiveness of thte combination of their book and web site. These commercials run multiple times per day on the radio and television. So… If the book and web site are so effective, then why…
I may have to go to an IKEA store just to show my support. The plastic bags I hate. The paper bags I hate. This is awesome. Attention Shoppers: Bring Your Own Bag – Newsweek: Tip Sheet Environment – MSNBC.com: Apparently BYOB translates a little differently in Sweden. At least for IKEA, the privately held…
Time Change a ‘Mini-Y2K’ in Tech Terms – New York Times: For the roughly 7,000 public companies in the United States, Mr. Hammond estimates the total cost of making computer fixes to deal with the daylight saving time shift at more than $350 million. “It’s causing a lot of corporate technology people sleepless nights,†he…
News about scientific topics annoys me. The latest, on the melting of the Martian polar ice caps hinting at a warmer than usual Sun causing global warming makes me wonder if Kate reads about science as voratiously as I do? I mean, as I started to read this, I recalled that the number and size…
I can’t believe I missed the eclipse… 🙁
Medhufushi. Originally uploaded by Ahmed Zahid. Chatting with Lacey about the Seychelles. She suggested the Maldives, pictured here. Beaches, islands, warm, gorgeous, photographic.
One of the reasons I prefer to communicate in writing is I often dwell on what I wish to say, refining the words to make the message clear and concise. In spoken words, I definitely lack that precision. Something that really annoys me is the use of the prefix “bi-“. This illustrates why: Since bi–…