Month: February 2005
Speed’s the Thing
I just used the movies search trick on Google to see what’s playing in our area. I have one word of advice for every other movie listings site out there: ...
Fostering a Life-long Love
Meryl pointed out In2Books, a program to pair young readers with adult pen pals which began in the Washington, D. C., schools. The adult reads the same book the...
The Grand Tour
Country Walkers sells walking tours that for some reason remind me of the picnic scene outside Florence in A Room with a View. From her feet the ground sloped s...
You Can Do Anything With Tape
The Big Sister made this doll yesterday.
Bamboozled
Maybe the question to ask is not did a four-year-old paint these, but why do people pay so much for abstract works? I’m quite confident that those paintin...
Theologica
The Sisters were discussing theology the other day. The Church sent us an offering envelope for Easter, along with the mass schedule for Holy Week. I’ve b...
Password Lists
Jim McGee points to a nice set of lists of passwords not to use. Another set is available at dictionary.com, though Answers.com‘s might be easier to refer...
All Encompassing
In the Constitution’s Commerce clause, the Congress is granted the power To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with...
Use Case for Inconsistent Identification Schemes
This raised quite a few interesting consumer technology questions. Ordinarily, for example, one needs a credit card (and good credit) to secure a cell phone. ...
The Plain Folk and Telephony
“Look Who’s Talking,” by Howard Rheingold (Wired, vol. 7, no. 01, January 1999), is a very interesting piece on the response of the Amish to t...
In Word and Deed
When I was reading 1901, I was struck by the frequent use of “indeed.” It was anachronistic. Indeed, the word sticks out like a sore thumb in contem...
SneakerNet Lives!
Bill Bumgarner wrote Since giving away my iPod Shuffle to my wife a few weeks ago, I have had need of a portable storage device. Never before, but now I do. Go ...
Places I’ve Lived
Where I’ve lived has informed what I like in a place. Providence Forge, Virginia Loveland, Ohio Monterey, Virginia Richmond, Virginia Annapolis, Maryland ...
Automobile Option Packages
The last time we went car shopping, the most annoying use of the option package was Ford‘s. Certain colors were only available with the V8 and towing pack...
Choosing a Vendor
I have a simple test for determining the quality of a vendor. Of course, I have no budget, and few listen to me, so my test does not see much use. But if you wo...
Wine Recommendation: Sweet Mountain Laurel
My brother gave us a bottle of Château Morrisette‘s Sweet Mountain Laurel for Christmas. I like this: it tastes of Concord grapes. A unique and refreshing...
Illiterate Westerners
A commentator on NPR tells us what word we should use instead of jihad.
Location, Location, Location
Have you noticed that realtor websites do not provide you with the most important piece of information about a property, the location? This is the hook to get t...
Something to do While you Wait
Somewhere in Chicago, there’s a big wirelessed mall. More than 18,000 daily visitors who frequent the restaurants, food court, train station, retail store...