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By on Monday, February 17th, 2014 | 6 Comments
Four-color map of the united states

Four-color map of the united states (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I just read this on Twitter, from @SciencePorn:

“If the Sun was scaled down to the size of a white blood cell, the Milky way would be the size of the continental United States.”

I started thinking about that. If the sun is the size of a white blood cell (which, by the way, is about 1/700 the size of a red blood cell), the earth would be so tiny it would be nearly undetectable. The sun would be 10-12 micrometers in diameter, and the undetectable earth would be orbiting 93 inches (less than 8 feet) away from it (if I calculated my ratios correctly).

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Fixing an Annoying Lenovo Flaw

By on Friday, January 24th, 2014 | 4 Comments
English: The logo on a Lenovo Thinkpad W500 40...
(Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I have and use a Lenovo Thinkpad T520 laptop. It is a great little machine – fast, reliable, lots of easy to use features. In general, I like Lenovo products and recommend them to others.

However….

I absolutely HATE the DVD drive. It has a flaw that was starting to drive me nuts. The little DVD door release button is not only unbelievably sensitive to touch, it is also NOT recessed. Whenever I picked up the laptop, or adjusted how it sits in my lap, or moved it around on my desk – I would invariably touch the DVD door release button and cause the DVD tray to eject.

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Humbug Day is Right!

By on Saturday, December 21st, 2013 | 14 Comments

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

Today happens to be Humbug Day (the day you are supposed to be grumpy and mean, and get all of that out of your system before the actual Christmas holiday). It also happens to be the day when three Mountain West teams have bowl games. Here’s a rundown of them so far.

New Mexico Bowl

Colorado State (the Rams) have been playing waaay above themselves, and are actually looking good against Washington State. With two minutes left in the game, they are down 45-37, and have a chance to positively respond to a possible turnover by the Cougs. They have been representing the MWC pretty well. Good for them.

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Happy Cat Herder’s Day!

By on Sunday, December 15th, 2013 | 12 Comments
Happy Cat Herder's Day!

From Urban Dictionary: “…the common saying that something involving coordination of many different groups or people is as difficult as herding cats. ”

The phrase is supposed to reveal a sense of frustration when trying to deal with uncooperative groups.

You can use the phrase in just about any capacity. Just say something like “Managing (programmers, kids, your choice of whatever) is like herding cats”.

In recognition of this wonderful holiday:

1. Funny Cat Herder Mug

Funny Cat Herder Mug

$16.95

by ChiaPetRescue

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Today is Poinsettia Day!

By on Thursday, December 12th, 2013 | 4 Comments

Poinsettia

Today commemorates the day American botanist and ambassador Joel Roberts Poinsett died. He originally discovered the Poinsettia (Euphorbia Pulcherrima) in Southern Mexico.

Poinsettias are traditionally used as a decorative flower during the Christmas season. Mexicans believe the plants represent the Star of Bethlehem, which is one reason for their association with Christmas.

Also, there’s a story about a young  boy who wanted to see a Nativity Play at a local church. He realized that he didn’t have a gift for the Baby Jesus, so he gathered some green  branches. Others scoffed at his choice of gift – that is, until as he placed them near the manger and a bright red poinsettia flower bloomed on each  branch.

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10 Fun Things to do With Beer (Besides Drinking It)

By on Tuesday, December 10th, 2013 | 10 Comments

A Kranz (wreath) of Kölsch beer.

This post was inspired by an article I read called “For What Ales You”.

A bad pun is always worth repeating :)

1. Clean Copper Pots

I wish I could try this, but we haven’t owned a copper bottom pot for years.

Apparently, the mild acidity in beer is good for cleaning copper. Just pour a little bit into the pot, let it sit for a few minutes (maybe the amount of time it takes to finish off the rest of the beer), and wipe it out.

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Common Craigslist Scams

By on Monday, December 9th, 2013 | 16 Comments
Common Craigslist Scams

Recently, I’ve been listing various items on Craigslist. I’ve been getting a lot of these replies:

From: craigslist reply
Re: item for sale

Is the item still available? Email me at some-phoney-email-address@gmail.com

Sent from my iphone

One even went as far as far as including

 Sent from my HTC One™ X, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone

In the signature.

Funny, eh? The idea that “sending” the request from a smartphone would lend some sort of credibility to their scamming ways.

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