Pac-Man
| Google's 30th anniversary Pac-Man tribute proved so popular, they are making it permanently available. Google Pac-Man Online. |
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May 31, 2010
May 28, 2010
Earth From Space
The Earth from space - reflected in an astronaut's faceplate as he takes his own photo.
Original article with larger image.
April 23, 2010
Pale Blue Dot
Looking back at Earth from distant space. Tthis is an actual photo image (read the complete description), taken by Voyager 1 from a distance of more than 4 billion miles. Earth is the little dot in the band of light right of center and a bit more than half way down:
April 17, 2010
Houston, We Have a Problem
It's the 40th anniversary of Apollo 13's having a little problem.
This image was taken by the astronauts as the damaged module drifted away - you can see where a panel was blown off by the explosion.
A dramatic reminder no matter how well planned your activities, chances are from time to time you will face a crisis, have to think fast and improvise.
April 14, 2010
Reminder
1939, Harlingen Texas, photo from Shorpy:
February 26, 2010
Genetics Illustrated
February 25, 2010
How Far We've Come
Click through to the site and read the whole caption, from the Washington Post, Emancipation Day 1905....
February 08, 2010
Who Dat!
There are no words. The "Ain'ts" are gone. New Orleans is back.
January 07, 2010
The Known Universe
December 20, 2009
Optical Illusion
| A pretty good optical illusion and how it is done. |
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December 11, 2009
ClimateGate
I try not to post on politically charged topics. However, sometimes I can't resist....
"Climategate" is the name being used for the emails hacked from a major Climate Change science center.
In case you haven't read the actual emails from the East Anglia Climate Center, but are simply listening to the assessment that they do not throw any doubt on the reality of Global Warming:
December 06, 2009
It's A Big Beautiful Universe Out There
Thanks to Astronomy Picture of the Day (click picture for link).
November 26, 2009
Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving everybody.
I hope and trust you have much to be thankful for.
May we all have even oh so much more to be thankful for next year.
November 18, 2009
Water Drops in Slow Motion
Amazing what REALLY goes on when a drop hits surface....
November 06, 2009
Partners
Just finished reading Groundswell, highly recommended book on using social networking technologies in marketing, publicity and promotion.
Written by two employees at Forrester Research, they said this in their acknowledgments:
We're very glad to have come to the end of this project as close friends, rather than, say, having strangled each other.
Having conducted many mediations between business partners, I can only say "amen!"
November 01, 2009
Billions
This picture gives a great perspective on the biggest economic factors on the planet. You may be surprised (click to see larger size pic)....
October 28, 2009
A Cool Car
The only cool car Studebaker ever made....
October 25, 2009
How Big is Antarctica
Today's geography lesson kiddies....
October 14, 2009
Professional Panhandlers
It turns out there is at least one profession that is booming in this slow economy:
Panhandling
And note that panhandlers are trading successful actions on-line.
September 25, 2009
Down The Rabbit Hole
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September 19, 2009
Yes, That's Cheese
Cheddar I suppose....
More cheese sculptures.
September 09, 2009
Clues
Words fascinate me.
The word "clue" originally meant a ball-shaped mass, ultimately from a Sansksrit word meaning "ball." Then it meant a ball of yarn or thread. Then a thread as a guide through a maze. And finally its current meanings.
And then, of course, in modern idioms and usages such as "clueless" "get a clue" and "hit him with a clue-bat."
Fascinating.
August 20, 2009
Helicopter Taking Off at Night
July 12, 2009
Beautiful Building
Just because it's art.
Hemesferic, Valencia Spain.
June 23, 2009
Who Needs LeBron?
Aaron Shutway, 8th Grader in a Cleveland Ohio suburban middle school:
June 12, 2009
Down the Rabbit Hole
| When I started this blog, I was required to sign an attestation in blood that I wouldn't blog very often on off-topic subjects. |
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Just kidding.
Now and then I can't resist going on a rant.
I won't rant, but I'll say it:
Surely we are living in a mad, mad world.
The new head of General Motors, one of the largest corporations in the world, doesn't know anything about cars.
But he says he's not too old to learn! And business is business!
Come to think of it, I don't really need to say anything about it, do I?
May 25, 2009
Now THAT'S Dancing
Lindy Hop scene from "Hellzapoppin", 1941
May 23, 2009
Sometimes You Just Need A Break
| Here's wishing everyone a pleasant Memorial Day weekend. |
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April 30, 2009
Stand By Me
Fantastically good performance. Watch it all the way through.
April 17, 2009
Two Classy Chassis
| Mrs. Emma Peel and her Lotus Elan. |
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March 07, 2009
Completely Off Topic
Just in case there was any question on the Obama Administration's orientation and priorities.
This week, Tim Geithner, the Treasury Secretary, announced that they were opposed to tax exemptions for the oil and gas industry, but instead intended to increase taxes on them, because of their contributions to global warming.
Not the EPA or the Energy Secretary.
The TREASURY Secretary.
In the midst of the biggest banking / finance crisis in 75 years.
February 17, 2009
24 Hours of Flight Traffic
Video shows all commercial flights worldwide over a 24 hour period.
January 01, 2009
Archive of Historic Photographs
This website has millions of historic photos from the Life magazine archives.
Just great stuff.
December 11, 2008
Completely Off Topic
Does anybody besides me think that we live on a mad, mad, mad, mad world?
The USA, surely one of the freest and best off countries in the world, just finished our presidential elections last month.
Now the job of the President is, I believe, to run the U.S. government - an organization with millions of employees. I would think that the primary qualification for that would be demonstrated managerial competence.
What difference does it make what policies or goals one espouses, if you don't have the ability to make them happen?
I'm not that great a fan of Mitt Romney, but he was the only candidate from either party who was qualified on that basis. And he didn't come close to being the Republican candidate, despite spending many millions of dollars.
Why? Because he is a member of a religion which is less than 200 years old, and therefore a very large percentage of voters would not vote for him. In fact, something like 30% of voters felt it was perfectly okay to say they wouldn't vote for him for that reason.
The "dirty little secret" - really, the 600 pound gorilla in the room of American politics, is that neither the Democrats nor the Republicans are CAPABLE of delivering most of what they promise.
And yet, year after year, election after election, despite broken promise after broken promise, Americans continue to vote for candidates based on what they promise - plus such irrelevancies as their religion, race, age, gender and how well they speak. Not to speak of demostrably false rumors.
Does that make sense?
And don't tell me that is proof that America is bad or some such nonsense. It is worse in most other countries.
November 25, 2008
Great Graphic
This has nothing to do with marketing. It's just a really cool graphic. Every street in the continental US.
February 20, 2008
The Importance of Having an Electronic Filing System That Anyone Can Use.
I bring this up because of a recent incident with a client, not to point fingers at one person but this happens often with new clients. This just happens to be the preverbal last straw.
I should first clarify what I mean by an “Electronic Filing System”...
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February 12, 2008
Science Experiment
January 12, 2008
Interview with Mark Twain
From an interview with one of my heroes, Samuel Clemens, in the New York Times, 1905:
"Whenever I've got some work to do I go to bed.
April 08, 2007
Nice Website
Sometimes I run into a website I just want to tell people about because it is so cool.
www.shorpy.com is one of those. They find and post old photographs, mostly 90-100 years old. Great stuff!
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