Monthly Archives: May 2006

The Big Sister is doing puzzles in her coloring book. This morning, I happened to see what she was doing. The book is open to a page asking, Which one of these things is not like the others? Instead of … Continue reading →

There was a horrific hit-and-run manslaughter in New Jersey on the 18th. The mother was walking with her 2-year-old son cradled in her left arm while holding hands with her 5-year-old daughter, witnesses said. They were hit by a westbound … Continue reading →

What does it take to become a “New York Times best-seller“? The girls received A Family of Poems: My Favorite Poetry for Children for a late Christmas present a few weeks ago. On the cover it claims to be a … Continue reading →

At work we are currently awaiting some answers to some questions, and I was explaining the delay over dinner in this manner. Suppose I wanted to talk to Great-grandmother. First I would talk to Mom, then Mom would talk to … Continue reading →

Here’s a map of the Metro-North Rail Road lines. Find towns near stations on those lines with lower-than-average prices on their housing stock and which still have downtowns where critical services are within walking distance. Those services include groceries, banks, … Continue reading →

via Planetizen, this BBC article on a Foreign Policy and Fund for Peace report listing failed states. If they’ve failed, why do we not let them fall? Why does the world insist they fill their alloted lines on the map? … Continue reading →

There’s absolutely no reason for your people to skulk about, electronically speaking. You can get all the information you need from us, probably a lot more accurately too. <snort> from “The F.B.I.,” Lily Tomlin, 20th Century Masters – The Millenium … Continue reading →

I’ve mentioned before that our new house is huge. The lawn isn’t as large as the last, but seems more so because it is less contained, surrounded by open space instead of walls and hedges. Last year the grubs ate … Continue reading →

In the past few days I’ve run across two new sites worth devoting some time too. And you have to devote time because they write long pieces, rather than these short snippets that I churn out. First, via a comment … Continue reading →

Apparently the rest of the country is waking up to a small bit of information they conveniently forgot in their tizzy over the Dubai Ports World brouhaha. USA Today, and Good Morning America, and others have noticed that it seems … Continue reading →

Last week there was a distributed denial-of-service attack against Blue Security. In response to that attack, the not-so-thoughtful folks there changed the DNS entry for the target of the attack to the IP address of another host. Specifically, they flooded … Continue reading →

There’s a new restaurant on Disney property to try: Raglan Road Irish Pub and Restaurant. It is said that Irish food is from hunger. But I really enjoyed the bangers and mash, and what the chef did with the risotto … Continue reading →

Last week’s theme appears to have been customer service. The following were all waiting for me in Newsgator. The Art of Customer Service, by Guy Kawasaki, via Meryl How not to inspire customer confidence, by Jon Udell Lazy Programmer, Didn’t … Continue reading →

One of the interesting changes since the last time we were in DisneyWorld was the addition of finger geometry scanning when you present your ticket for park entry. The intent is to associate a ticket with you specifically so that … Continue reading →