Musings on Photography, Technology, Cooking, Life, Politics, Religion, and Whatever Else Attracts my Attention. If a Blogger Blogs and Nobody Reads it, is it Still a Blog?
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Saturday, January 30, 2016
Microsoft patents a slider, earning EFF’s “Stupid Patent of the Month” award
In the “good old days” (1960s for me) IBM had a monthly publication called the “Technology Disclosure Bulletin” (if my memory works) in which were published basic obvious programming techniques. The purpose was to avoid patent law issues by making sure that the methods were in the public domain and therefore unpatentable.
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Glass of red wine equals 1 hour at gym, new study says
This explains why a bottle of wine makes me sleepy🍷
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Friday, January 29, 2016
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
You'll never make your bed again with these smart sheets
Advances in bedding are few and far bewtween -- and sorely needed!
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Language Log » Geolexicography
I have no idea if this means anything - but it is interesting🤔
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Review: Another Word for Beauty (Goodman Theatre)
“ excessive exposition, tedious overwriting, and heavy-handed declamation. Its meritorious compassion is not, unfortunately, contagious.” That was pretty much my conclusion.
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Wag! Uber for dog walking
Karen Moss Lisa Moss I can see you using this...
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Rubio, Cruz on Reagan and Hostages
A "Must Read" and depressing overview of the USA and its involvement in the Middle East area is "Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present" by Michael Oren - the Israeli ex-Ambassador (or is that the ex-Israeli Ambassador?) to the USA, and a historian by profession. Power, Faith and Fantasy sums it up!
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"Null hypothesis" = "A specific random number generator" - Statistical Modeling, Causal...
A subtitle could be "Why experimental results are often not repeatable"
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Why was most of the Earth’s coal made all at once?
I have often wondered about this. We still don't really know.
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Half the ocean’s warming has come in the last couple decades
Its still mostly too cold for me to swim in.
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What Your College Major Says About Your Personality
Probably the usual not significant results, but nevertheless useful material to use to hassle your friends and loved ones.
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Monday, January 25, 2016
Ted Cruz Embraces Preacher Who Said Jews Will Die if They Reject Christ
If you think the Trumpeter is bad, look who is next in line.
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This Timelapse Shows How Quickly Snow Piled Up on the East Coast
For our South African and Australian friends and family who have never lived through this kind of thing.
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All cameras are great, but that doesn't make choosing one any easier
It was much easier back in the day when the interval between Nikon and Leica generations was measured in decades, not months.
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Hell on Earth: Shooting in the Danakil Depression
If you think your climate is harsh...
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Sigma demos WR Ceramic lens filter strength with impact test
It hurts to watch. This is lens porn!
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2 Abortion Foes Behind Planned Parenthood Videos Are Indicted
The law of unintended consequences is most powerful 😊
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Missing 11th of the month
People avoid the 11th because of bad connotations - 9/11, 11/11?
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Scott Adams Blog
hy is it that comedians, comics, humorists, call them what you will, are the only people who cut through the bullshit of the current political discussions? I would vote for a ticket of Scott Adams and Jon Stewart!
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Sunday, January 24, 2016
Farheen
My personal preferences are the translations with commentary by Fox or Friedman. The book "How to Read the Bible" by Kugel is informative. Go on Amazon and search for Torah - you will get dozens of references - each of which will be liked by someone 😊
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More details, names released in gun shop shooting
So, there was no good guy with a gun in the gun shop?
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Scientists propose a 'mirror universe' where time moves backwards
Nice proposal. Now offer an experiment or observation that could support or disprove it. If not, it's religion or mathematics, not science.
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Saturday, January 23, 2016
Coming to Terms with Donald
"So if Trump does win this thing, he’ll owe it all to the terribleness of Ted Cruz."
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Donald Trump Retweets Creator of Pic Showing Bernie Sanders Sent to Gas Chamber
Why do they seem surprised? Bernie exemplifies what the Trumpeter calls "New York values"
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Occupy Democrats
I have never seen her visibly sober. Why is this different?
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Friday, January 22, 2016
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Ted Cruz's Daddy: Public Education Is A Communist Plot (VIDEOS) - American News X
"There’s an old saw that goes “The fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree.” That seems to be the case with nuts as well. For instance, meet Rafael Cruz. (aka “the tree”) And I’m sure you already know Ted Cruz. (aka “the nut”)"
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Wednesday, January 20, 2016
The Most Mystifying Lines of Sarah Palin’s Endorsement Speech
Looking forward to many years of warfare. I am sure the rest of the world is quaking - but with laughter, not fear.
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Justice Ginsburg Leads Supreme Court Majority To Deliver Blow To Big Business
This is a huge win for the legal profession to profit by getting a huge amount of money by retaining a percentage percentage of a class settlement that gives each class member a trivial amount. Shame on them. "Chief Justice John Roberts, joined by Justices Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito, said the court's ruling Wednesday "hands it to the plaintiff". It does not. It hands it to the plaintiff's lawyers.
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Sarah Palin: It’s Obama’s Fault My Drunk Son Punched His Girlfriend, For America
The unmitigated gall of this woman. I used a long word so she would not understand what I am saying.
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The Story Behind the Kennedy Expy., And How This Church Impacted Its Route
I bet every kink in the expressway has its own story.
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New largest prime number found
Thank heavens. I did not know it was lost!
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Sarah Palin’s son was arrested for assaulting his girlfriend and possessing a gun while intoxicated
Conservative family values at work. Was her endorsement of the Trumpeter a ruse to kill this story.
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Monday, January 18, 2016
Don't Mourn the Y Chromosome
The end of mankind? Perhaps womankind will be all that we have left. Xkind may be better off.
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What Chicago Street is Home to the Most Bars? (Here's a Map With Every Bar)
News you can use on your trip to Chicago...
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Which of your friends do you look like?
The perils of automated face recognition🤓
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Saturday, January 16, 2016
U.S. Dropped 23,144 Bombs on Muslim-Majority Countries in 2015 | We Are Change
His proves that our President is Muslim, in the eyes of the crazies.
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Grouchy's Grumbles
Why are these nitwits not in a Federal Prison?
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What Languages Sound Like To Foreigners #2
Old - but I just came across it, courtesy the WSJ. 🌞
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Friday, January 15, 2016
Media Matters for America
Is it any wonder that Fox News addicts are ill-informed?
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When Beauty Strikes
Our regular visits to the Museum of Contemporary Art often result in the reaction "Interesting" or "hmm" - rarely "beautiful" unfortunately. Ava loves it!
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Thursday, January 14, 2016
Ted Cruz’s Princeton Roommate Just Won’t Let Up With Hilarious Stories (IMAGES)
In case you thought this Canadian was a better option than the Trumpeter...
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Data on people who went to ER for wall-punching
Late teens are the danger years! The spike in the early 40s reflect the mid-life crisis. I live statistics🤓
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Florida dumps hospital standards after gifts to GOP - CNN.com
In other news, I did not win the Powerball lottery.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016
This Is Why You Absolutely Need To Stop Wearing Shoes In Your House
Shoes have been off in our house since 1982
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Why exactly procrastinators procrastinate
It has worked for me. I am putting off getting old. Maybe tomorrow will be a better day to be old - or maybe not.
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Think Progress
The right thing to do is call in air strike, just like we do in the Middle East.
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Rauner: Can't trust Illinois Supreme Court justices 'to be rational'
Why is it that the Conservatives who are so into the "rule of law" are opposed to it when it does not agree with their agenda? Illinois government is indeed corrupt - but all he is doing is trying to replace Democratic corruption with Republican corruption. As long as essentially unlimited money is allowed into politics, Government will be corrupt. It's the law.
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Lake County State's Attorney: DHS Alumni and Community for Carrie Benito - Sign the Petition!
My grandchildren attest that she is a wonderful teacher who was joking around with the child whose mother displays such bad judgement. Please sign the petition.
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Monday, January 11, 2016
Think Progress
"Players lose an average of 47 cents on the dollar each time they buy a ticket."
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Sunday, January 10, 2016
Backreaction: Free will is dead, let’s bury it.
Whether you read this or not is York choice🤔
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Saturday, January 09, 2016
You probably shower way too often
“Over-washing causes ‘defatting’ of the skin – getting rid of the natural body oils we produce to protect the skin cells,” he said. “This can cause actual damage making them more permeable to bacteria or viruses, precipitating itchy skin, dryness, flakiness and worsening conditions like eczema.”
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Friday, January 08, 2016
Scott Adams Blog
Scott Adams for President. Pass it on.
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Media Matters for America
He is almost right. Judaism had Church and State forcibly separated first by the exile to Babylon and reinforced by subsequent Greek and Roman occupations. Christianity separated Church and State during the Enlightenment and the Reformation. The confusion of Church with State continues mildly in the UK (in the C of E with the monarch as head of the Church) and the USA (in the political Right, but not in the formal Constitution), but it is not deeply embedded in dogma. Islam has yet to undergo equivalent upheavals. The destruction of the Ottoman Caliphate was a start, but not an end. There is no indication that the ultimate transition when it comes will be less bloody than the earlier separations.
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IBM and Under Armour partner for next-gen fitness app
This is a headline I thought I would never see!
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Scott Adams Blog
Scott Adams (the creator of Dilbert) may be the best political analyst of all time. It is scary.
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Don't Cry for Me, Louisiana: The First Showdown
"He considers this to be one of his greatest accomplishments: Firing tens of thousands of public servants from their jobs." Another Republican Governor does his thing.
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Thursday, January 07, 2016
Scott Walker's State Is Hemorrhaging Jobs After Passing Right To Work Law (VIDEO)
This is what our governor wants for Illinois.
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Wednesday, January 06, 2016
Tuesday, January 05, 2016
Welfare Queen Ammon Bundy Got A $530,000 Loan From The Government For His Business
So it's true - the government does subsidize terrorists.
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Researchers uncover JavaScript-based ransomware-as-service
You were wowed by Software as a Service. Now comes Crime as a Service. Next up - Uber for theft. Do you want to steal something, but are afraid of getting caught? Just load up UberTheft and a local shoplifter will get you what you need for pennies on the dollar!
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Samsung fridge lets you check what's inside while you're at the grocery
Very cool - if you want to get a new fridge every couple of years.
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Monday, January 04, 2016
Margarita Grill
Dinner — at Margarita Grill in White House, TN
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Sunday, January 03, 2016
Saturday, January 02, 2016
Islamist terrorists use Donald Trump clip on recruiting video
Of course the Trumpeter will deny it. Or maybe he will demand royalties.
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