Courier: not a font

Posted in Hardware, Video on 2009/09/24 by Ron

If you haven’t heard about it yet you will sooner than later.

Microsoft Courier is their new hardware creation which is a tablet computer.

Check here for more info as it becomes available.

If it is as good as the video it will most likely become the new “thing” in the cyber-world.  Take a look below.

If Star Trek ran on MS Windows…

Posted in Entertainment, Software, Video on 2009/09/19 by Ron

Slick video that shows the importance of running Windows, even well into the future.  Funny!

I got it from Kim Komando’s newsletter today.

What a card trick!

Posted in Entertainment, Video on 2009/09/13 by Ron

OK this video is an excellent card trick.  I was an amateur magician many, many moons ago and have never seen anything quite this good.

Yes, it takes almost 5 minutes to watch, but I think it is well worth it…watch and see.  He performs the trick to the words and rhythm of the song “Shape of My Heart” by Sting (not one of my favorite groups, matter of fact I never listen to them) but it works well here.

Very good sleight of hand there Shawn!

Shawn Farquhar

Rare Long-Eared Jerboa Poses for a Picture

Posted in Day to Day, Video on 2009/08/23 by Ron

The Mountain of Flames in Turpan City, China, known for having the coolest name for a mountain in existence, has a new distinction to add to its credentials: home for the rare long-eared Jerboa.

The long-eared Jerboa (Euchoreutes naso) is a nocturnal rodent that is so unique, it has its own genus (Euchoreutes) and subfamily (Euchoreutinae). It possess disproportionately long legs to hop…

Shoe Phone is now LIVE!

Posted in Day to Day on 2009/08/23 by Ron

Cellphones In Your Shoes

Now you can receive your calls from your shoe. An Australian scientist has developed the first ever shoe cell phone along with a step by step instruction online.

The cell phone has practical applications like helping the elders, says Paul Gardner-Stephen, the inventor, to the the Sydney Morning Herald.

The gadget was created by Gardner-Stephen, a post-doctoral fellow in bioinformatics at Adelaide’’s Flinders University. He first created the device as a prop for a church camp drama presentation that had a "Get Smart" theme.

Gardner set himself a challenge to create the next latest gadget, the shoe-phone’, after he discovered

Life in Stop Motion…what would yours look like?

Posted in Day to Day, Video on 2009/08/22 by Ron

This is an ad for a camera all shot in stop motion, but pretty neat.  Which picture are you in now?

Lunch in Malawi a New Delicacy

Posted in Day to Day on 2009/08/10 by Ron

Lunch in Malawi: Salted field mice on a stick

LILONGWE, Malawi — Cooked, salted or dried, field mice strung on photosticks are sold as a popular delicacy in Malawi markets and roadside stalls.

The mice are hunted in corn fields after the harvest when they have grown plump on a diet of grains, fruits, grass and the odd insect. The most widely eaten species is known locally as Kapuku, gray in color and with a shorter tail than the more common rat.

Young boys have to be quick as they chase the mice through the fields and catch them. But local villagers have also come up with an innovative trap.

One method involves digging holes and putting clay pots filled with water into them. The mouth of the pot is smeared with fried corn husks. As some of the mice fight for the husks, they fall into the pot and drown.

Malawi, with a population of 12 million, is among the poorest countries in the world, with rampant disease and hunger, aggravated by periodic droughts and crop failure.

Original article

Best Irish Restaurant in the Valley of Virginia

Posted in Day to Day on 2009/08/09 by Ron

 Irish Isle, Middletown, VA, USSA

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Great food and atmosphere and if you’ve never been there you should go soon.

It’s about an hour from home for us but well worth the trip for some REAL Irish dishes.

The owner, Brian Coughlan and his guitar share traditional Irish, Scottish, English and American folk songs several nights per week. Brian began performing in Ireland in the 1960’s, moved to America with his band in 1972, and shared traditional music in pubs across the United States, Canada and Europe for 30 years.

Live music 5 nights a week!  Music starts around 7:30 Tuesday-Saturday.

Check the menu out.

Oh nooooooo…

Posted in Entertainment, Video on 2009/08/06 by Ron

Being an aquarium owner also, I realize now that I must not perform exercises near it.

Of course, I already don’t perform any exercises; anywhere.

OOPS – Apple tries to shut up burning iTouch man

Posted in Hardware on 2009/08/03 by Ron

Legal threats were not enough to silence the truth
Apple’s iPhones and iPods have been known to have overheating problems, at times bursting into flames.  Apple is reportedly doing everything in its power — or more aptly in its army of lawyers’ power — to keep these relatively infrequent incidents away from the public eye.

Ken Stanborough, 47, was among the victims of an exploding iPod and legal ploys by Apple.  Mr. Stansborough bought an iPod Touch for his 11-year-old daughter.  When holding the iPod one warm day last month, it began to overheat.  He states, "It made a hissing noise.  I could feel it getting hotter in my hand, and I thought I could see vapour."

The father resorted to playing hot potato with the iPhone, tossing it…

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