I’m posting this on my new Ipod Touch. What a terrific little gadget! I really love it. -Gretchen
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The Outer Limits Season I
I’m referring to the original series, circa 1963-64. I have never seen the new series, but have heard it is rather lame. When I first saw the original series I was in my formative years of 11-13. I remember reading a review of the series back then that made the point that the monsters weren’t… Continue reading The Outer Limits Season I
The Great Migration (from Qt3 to 4) Part I
Very belatedly, I have decided to migrate my project EP Simulator from Trolltech’s gui framework Qt version 3 to version 4. I should have started with Qt4 in the first place, but all my books were Qt3 books (actually I own just 1 Qt book), and I had the mistaken notion that Qt4 wouldn’t work… Continue reading The Great Migration (from Qt3 to 4) Part I
Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea Screenshots
I having been taking some screenshots as I go through the VTTBOTS DVDs. These are from Season 2. They make great wallpaper for your computer desktop.
Rally For Reason
    Well, the Creationist “Museum” opened in Florence, KY last month. It’s a disgrace for our state and a disgrace for our country since “Dr.” Ham, an Australian, found this to be the most receptive site on our planet for his assault on science. The ridiculous notion that the universe is 6000 years old reveals the… Continue reading Rally For Reason
Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea
I am halfway through the second season of the DVD release of the 1960s TV show “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” (VTTBOTS), and taking great pleasure in reliving my teenage years in the process. This was one of my favorite shows at the time, and it is fascinating to see the shows again… Continue reading Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea
The Crusades
An interesting event occurred at the MEPS (Military Entrance and Processing Station) earlier this week. I’m the Chief Medical Officer there and that’s where I perform accession physicals for people who are interested in joining the military. First, here’s a little background: Prior to shipping to basic training, I perform a quick exam called an… Continue reading The Crusades
The Great Sluggo Crash of 2007 Part II
In Part I, Sluggo, the aptly named Linux computer that is my workhorse, crashed and burned. I found myself updating from Suse 9.2 to 10.1. Now I could boot the computer, but a lot of stuff didn’t work. Among the problems, in no particular order: Software installation trouble 10.1 has two software installers: traditional Yast… Continue reading The Great Sluggo Crash of 2007 Part II
The Great Sluggo Crash of 2007
Computing is Hell. Everyone who works with computers knows this, but when our computers are working well, we tend to forget it, just like we tend to put out of our minds on Friday night that Monday morning is just a little over 2 days away. When everything is working well, we put off making… Continue reading The Great Sluggo Crash of 2007
Hillary Clinton – Schoolmarm from Hell
I was watching Hillary Clinton speak of her presidential candidacy on TV, and I’m still trying to decide why I just don’t find her likeable. I don’t like some of her policies and I don’t like her pro-Iraq War stance (which she’s currently trying to tortuously spin out of), but I’m a Democrat, and there’s… Continue reading Hillary Clinton – Schoolmarm from Hell