Category: General

One down-side of vacation was that I didn’t finish Harry Turtledove’s Settling Accounts: Return Engagement. The books in this mileau are showing sig...

I may be the only who cares, but I’d like Google, or Yahoo!, or anybody, to do something nifty with the mailing list message headers.

Back from a wonderful trip in Florida, where we slid between hurricanes into fabulous weather, lost two pieces of luggage, and have nothing but nice things to s...

We finally made the leap from analog to digital photography, and have started our period of adjustment. We bought an Olympus D-580. I haven’t found anythi...

Transparent backend systems integration is critical to brand management. I called JetBlue to find that Sunday’s and Monday’s flights to Orlando were...

Good night,sleep tight,don’t let the bedbugs bite,cuz they bite me every night

The introduction of the new iMac almost eliminates CRTs from Apple’s inventory. I should think before I speak. I forgot about the iLamp.

I tend to prefer red over white wines, but I’m drinking the Glenora 2003 Seyval Blanc Finger Lakes. It’s well done, somewhat sweet, but tolerable.

While 2.1 million people have been ordered to evacuate Florida, we’re planning to fly in. Makes a lot of sense, right? Anyway, I spent a fair amount of ti...

Last night when I tucked in the Big Sister, she asked, Dad, are we still going on our trip? Yes. There’s a big storm that will be there then, so we could ...

CNN: Florida Keys, September 1935, Death toll: 423 The “Great Labor Day” storm was the most intense category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the Uni...

Rick Klau pointed out Disney’s Magical Gatherings software. I hadn’t thought to use it, since I’m just planning for my immediate family’...

I spent many a summer day drooling over the candy counter in the H & H Cash Store, run by the Herrold family. It sits on the corner of Main and Spruce Stre...

I keep renting sad movies. We watched half of In America, and are about half-way through Blue Car. These are not happy films.

You have to watch the convention on C-SPAN, not PBS, in order to skip the commentary. Otherwise you’ll miss the funny parts like “Live, from New Yor...

I ask, poor planning on our part?

We spent Saturday at Lake Compounce, in Bristol, Connecticut. The tots enjoyed the water and shows. Overall the oldest continuously operated amusement park was ...

Some of the best food inside Disney’s alternate reality is at Boma, in the Animal Kingdom Lodge. But I also like Marrakesh, the Prime Time Cafe. And, to b...