Microsoft Office 2013 decided to unrecoverably corrupt itself today. I am so glad I have Apple’s Time Machine backing up my Windows image.
Monthly Archives: October 2014
The big challenge of our age: Managing the ‘Billio…
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The big challenge of our age: Managing the ‘Billions and Billions’ of the Data Deluge flip.it/FKSw1
I know you don’t want to hear this, but I received…
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I know you don’t want to hear this, but I received my 2014-15 ski pass this week, and my new snowblower arrived yesterday.
TSA security #fail: Nobel Prize winners get extra…
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TSA security #fail: Nobel Prize winners get extra screening for carrying gold medals. Yeah, most terrorists do that. blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2…
Wow, Carl Icahn desperately needs a good editor. S…
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Wow, Carl Icahn desperately needs a good editor. Summary: buy stock back so I can make more money. shareholderssquaretable.com/sale-apple-sha…
Installed a ADS-B receiver to monitor planes for F…
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Installed a ADS-B receiver to monitor planes for FlightAware. A Raspberry Pi and a software defined radio can do amazing things nowadays.
Apple event invitations go out for October 16. Sad…
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Apple event invitations go out for October 16. Sadly, I’m booked in NYC that day, not Cupertino. Can’t win ’em all. http://t.co/fjAjl6d2rK

I hereby celebrate one of the smallest victories i…
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I hereby celebrate one of the smallest victories in life: I don’t have to see my dentist again for another six months.
I should have been clearer: I worked at the 2nd ol…
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I should have been clearer: I worked at the 2nd oldest .com Internet domain name for 18 years.
Whee! Today’s the day that our Jan 29-installed so…
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Whee! Today’s the day that our Jan 29-installed solar array achieves 10 MWh of energy production.