I dislike Microsoft products in general… Today my rant is about their Office Live — a supposedly intuitive, all-in-one business service that allows folks to post documents, run websites, etc. etc. I was interested in it a couple months ago, thinking it would be really nice to have a website that if something went wrong […]
Month: January 2007
time and again
This is just so cool! BBC article about Stonehenge Not just houses near Stonehenge, but with the remains of feasts! Yes, we humans have nicer and bigger houses, but we have always enjoyed a good party! Now, if we used our mighty machines, fancy communications and manpower for partying instead of war?
Bugsy Malone, Jr.
Well, the marathon weekend is over — four plays in three days is a bit much… still the kid had fun and that’s what it’s all about. Here are pics: The first two are G as “Fat Sam”, an important role! These next two were taken backstage when G is a member of the chorus […]
Fat Sam
This is stidkid #2, in costume as “Fat Sam” for the musical Bugsy Malone Jr. this last weekend at his school.
the ESP game
This is an interesting project. Goes along with some of the other quizzes and psychological tests I have posted. Give it a try… ESP game
Amazing Paper Artist
I dabble in sculpted/cut paper art, and enjoy it, but this Peter Callesen blows me out of the water.
Having More Fun
I have always liked playing with paper dolls. Making the dolls, making their clothes, changing things around. I suppose it’s a really girly thing to do, and fits right in with the baby dolls, doll house and dress-up clothes I enjoyed well into my teens. Okay, even now. yahoo.com and other sites have a really […]
Signs of Spring
Already we can feel things changing. The petals (or are they the sepals?) on the witch hazel are longer and brighter than they were when they first appeared a few weeks ago. The birds are singing different songs — already establishing pecking order and territory? And plants are budding out everywhere. Here is the witchhazel […]
Techdate: 22 January 2007
The case of the disappearing scanner… we rejoin our intrepid detective as she struggles with yet another unexpected result: Before I got the HP color inkjet printer/camera combo last summer, I had an HP scanner, with drivers installed to my computer. I accessed the scanner through IrfanView, a free utility Tom picked up that is […]