Paul Higginbottom This day contained 2 things burned in my memory. Like many who love NASA and all it has accomplished, I was horrified to learn the Challenger space shuttle blew up a couple of minutes after launch as it rocketed into space. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4JOjcDFtBE Later that day, President Ronald Reagan gave a speech to the nation, that … Read more
I watched all of your final press conference, your interview with Brit Hume, your interview with Sean Hannity, and while I didn’t agree with everything you did while President, particularly letting government spending spiral out of control and not vetoing any spending during your first term, overall I’m still glad you were our President during … Read more
So I got a Blackberry Storm recently (love it, although there’s quite a learning curve!). Anyway, it can capture video, which is pretty cool. So I grabbed a few tiny videos and wanted to see if I could transfer, edit, and publish on youtube. Took two tiny videos, transferred them, imported to Windows Movie Maker … Read more
As a web developer, one important task is testing web pages with multiple different browsers and even different versions of the same browser. This could drive a person insane, but I’d like to share a couple of discoveries. Trying to be a good developer I’m using ‘div’s more than tables these days, using CSS extensively, … Read more
Ever sit down to your computer which had some stuff running only to find you’re at the login screen (and not just the screensaver password prompt screen)? Did you lose some work? I have! No easy option to change this, but it IS changeable. Great blog post here about it: http://softwarex-nz.blogspot.com/2008/01/stop-vistas-update-auto-reboot.html Thank you!
So my predictions weren’t too bad. Presidency: Obama by 188 electoral votes! (vs. 100) Senate: Dems gain 5 or 6? (vs. 6) House: Dems gain 18-25 (vs. 25) Now let’s hope Obama truly leads and doesn’t cave to Reid and Pelosi’s agendas…
I voted. And I’ve deliberately kept the TV off any channel likely to be analyzing the election or announing results. It’s not been easy (I watched other, pre-recorded stuff, or did some work). I will catch the result in the morning! My predictions: Presidency: Obama by 100 electoral votes. Senate: Dems gain 6 House: Dems … Read more
9/11/01 showed the world the worst and the best in humanity. RIP to the victims and heroes who didn’t survive. Thank you to everyone who has worked to heal the physical and mental scars, and to get those who share an ideology with those who committed the acts. We didn’t capture Bin Laden ‘dead or … Read more
So this morning I was going to help my wife power wash her horse barn. She’d emptied the 3 stalls, and I showed her how to use the backpack blower to blow out the dust/hay first. So far so good. I brought the power washer over, started it up, put a spray tip in the … Read more