Category Archives: Thoughts
Cell phone feedback generated characters on my screen
You know when your cell phone is about to receive a call or a text and speakers that are close might do a static clicking beep sound? I had my cell phone sitting on my laptop at work while composing an email and it started to chatter the speakers with the electromagnetic interference. I looked …
My mind on my vehicle
Last night i was driving and something hit the wheel well under my left foot so hard that my leg bounced up and my knee just about hit the steering wheel. I slowed down thinking i might have blown a tire but everything looked good (phew – i don’t have a jack in my car …
The great regret
We can look back on our lives and see things that we would like to have changed. I do and manage to have very few major regrets. And yet i’m in the middle of one now. Cena and i broke up a few months ago. She really wants to have children and despite some major …
A new spin on an old scam
Ooooh… here’s a good idea – make it seem like you’re stealing from Saddam! Subj: FROM SGT DAVE GODWIN. Date: Monday, December 29, 2008 9:17 AM From: dave.godwin1@gmail.com —————————————————————- From Sgt Dave Godwin. Good Day, I found your contact particulars in an E-mail address guide that was provided to us here, as I desperately needed …
How much will the electricity cost?
The simple formula below will convert the watts of an electric item into the annual price to operate it if it is on all year. Where WATT is put the wattage f the item (usually found on the back of the item). Where it says RATE enter your electric utility rate in a decimal of …
Triboluminescence
Today’s word is triboluminescence. (Yes, i know that i’ve never had a word of the day before.) Triboluminescence is the name of the result observed when you chew wintergreen candies in the dark with your mouth open. Apparently scientists still do not know quite exactly what is going on that produces the light. This time …
Today in Petersburg
I checked the weather forecast for the next few days on weather.com tonight. I see that they claim to have information on airport delays and rush hour traffic. We don’t really have airport delays – we have airline delays. And our rush hour is a rush 5 minutes. Check the rush 5 minute traffic by …
Staples on boarding passes
Staples on boarding passes Originally uploaded by zieak I’m grateful that Alaska Airlines has stopped giving me the sleeve to hold my boarding pass. I just wish they would stop stapling my baggage tag sticker on the pass. Once in all my travels an agent just put the sticker on the back of the pass. …
Sunrise
Sunrise Originally uploaded by zieak Moments like this are strong reminders of why I love it here.
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