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Would you like fries with that?
One of my favorite things to do at the beach is feed the seagulls. I caught this one going after a fry that Monkey tossed.
iPhone
I’m a fairly recent convert to the Apple religion. Now, I’ve USED Apple computers for decades. My first computer was an Apple II, and I’ve used almost every iteration since, but until I bought a MacBook Pro a year ago, … Continue reading
Flying Monkey
Monkey is about to get on the plane to Philly. It’s her fifth time on an airplane and she’s already blase about it. I’ve always been nuts about airplanes. I’m old enough to remember the golden age of commercial aviation, … Continue reading
A word about heat.
It was 90 degrees in Philly yesterday. From the wailing an gnashing of teeth you would have thought it was the end of the world. Heck, 90 degrees is a cool spring day in Texas. On the other hand I … Continue reading
Tuesday's Make Up.
Four hours of radio configuration crises. Three hours in Philadelphia traffic. Two hours at a tower site waiting for a climber that didn’t show up. One hour of endless meeting. One hour of frequency planning fun. One hour of actual … Continue reading
Speaking of bad weather…
Well we weren’t here lone reader, but I was at 2:00 am when Wife called to tell me about the second tornado warning of the night. The power had gone off repeatedly and a couple of the house servers were … Continue reading
I'm feeling short
This will be a short work week for me. Wife and Monkey are flying up from Texas and we’re all going to the beach at Ocean City, MD. Monkey has been to the “beach” on Galveston Island a few times … Continue reading
Holy Guacamole! It’s been almost a month… Mea Culpa. I have no excuse, except for an eleven hour a day work week, and a… a…. OK, no excuses. At least one post a day, no matter how banal. My gift … Continue reading
Sunshine Snow
It’s 16:30, the sun is shining and it’s snowing. When I was in Hawaii, they called the daily rain that fell from a cloudless sky “liquid sunshine”. What do you call falling snow on a sunny day in Philly?
First Post – New Server
This is the first post on the new server. There wasn’t anything interesting on the old server so I didn’t move anything over. Nothing to see here, move along.