This is a cool article about a new Microsoft technology. Check out the link here If it's available watch the video of Bill Gates showing it off, I'll look for a you tube version to put in here too...
I found an alternate video clip. Here it is.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Shooting near where I work
There was a local shooting in the 1400 Block of West Anthony Drive last night. My office is located at 1400 W Anthony Drive. Scary. Here is the story.
Moona Flex & Gas Prices
So... the answer to the 1 million dollar question.
Moona Flex is Mozilla Firefox. My young son who is learning to read just missed a bit on the words, but now when I still call it Moona Flex (I think that's very funny) he gets upset and tells me it's Mooozilla Firefox.
On another note, here is a link to a story about rising gas prices. Apparently some gas stations can't make any money and are no longer selling gas.
Moona Flex is Mozilla Firefox. My young son who is learning to read just missed a bit on the words, but now when I still call it Moona Flex (I think that's very funny) he gets upset and tells me it's Mooozilla Firefox.
On another note, here is a link to a story about rising gas prices. Apparently some gas stations can't make any money and are no longer selling gas.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Moona Flex
My middle son was asking me to run Moona Flex on my computer for DAYS. He was upset, sad, mad and everything in between. Any guesses regarding what Moona Flex is? He's five and he's just starting to read. He plays a handful of games on the computer and a few internet games, Dora, Thomas the Tank Engine, etc...
... I will post the answer in a few days.
... I will post the answer in a few days.
Monkey dead from bubonic plague in Denver
the bubonic plague? Here Now?
DENVER (Reuters) - A Denver Zoo monkey has died of bubonic plague, apparently after eating a squirrel stricken with the disease, Colorado health and zoo officials said on Monday.
Five squirrels and a rabbit found dead on zoo grounds tested positive for the flea-borne disease in recent weeks, Denver Zoo spokeswoman Ana Bowie said.
Zookeepers on May 15 noticed the 8-year-old hooded capuchin monkey was lethargic, and the next day it was found dead in its enclosure. Zoo veterinarians sent tissue samples to a state laboratory where it was determined the animal died of the plague. The death was announced on Monday.
Zoo veterinarian Dave Kenny said that the risk of plague spreading to humans was extremely low but that visitors were being urged to avoid squirrels and rabbits.
"There are species in the zoo collection, especially monkeys, that could be susceptible to the plague," said John Pape, an epidemiologist with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
Bowie said none of the 17 other capuchin monkeys in the exhibit -- or any other animals at the zoo -- have shown plague symptoms. But as a precaution, all the capuchin monkeys have been moved to an inside enclosure and are being treated with a regimen of antibiotics, she said.
DENVER (Reuters) - A Denver Zoo monkey has died of bubonic plague, apparently after eating a squirrel stricken with the disease, Colorado health and zoo officials said on Monday.
Five squirrels and a rabbit found dead on zoo grounds tested positive for the flea-borne disease in recent weeks, Denver Zoo spokeswoman Ana Bowie said.
Zookeepers on May 15 noticed the 8-year-old hooded capuchin monkey was lethargic, and the next day it was found dead in its enclosure. Zoo veterinarians sent tissue samples to a state laboratory where it was determined the animal died of the plague. The death was announced on Monday.
Zoo veterinarian Dave Kenny said that the risk of plague spreading to humans was extremely low but that visitors were being urged to avoid squirrels and rabbits.
"There are species in the zoo collection, especially monkeys, that could be susceptible to the plague," said John Pape, an epidemiologist with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
Bowie said none of the 17 other capuchin monkeys in the exhibit -- or any other animals at the zoo -- have shown plague symptoms. But as a precaution, all the capuchin monkeys have been moved to an inside enclosure and are being treated with a regimen of antibiotics, she said.
Monday, May 21, 2007
Great Weekend
I had a terrific weekend. Saturday night I had a nice dinner out with my folks, my sister and her fiance. My sister Leslie was just engaged a week or so ago. Her fiance Tim seems like a great guy and I am very happy for both of them. It was also a rare night out with my family without the little kids (we got a sitter). That doesn't happen often, maybe once a year.
Sunday I visited with very good, old friends to me. I blogged about them recently and was thrilled that we got to grill out at their place. Our kids and their kids played and swam. We ate well and talked for hours. These are some of my dearest friends and although we have all become busy with our children, but it is inexcusable that I don't find a way to see them more. They are very dear friends and I have missed the horrible. Visiting felt like it had only been a day since I had seen them. We picked up just as it should have been.
What a great weekend.
Sunday I visited with very good, old friends to me. I blogged about them recently and was thrilled that we got to grill out at their place. Our kids and their kids played and swam. We ate well and talked for hours. These are some of my dearest friends and although we have all become busy with our children, but it is inexcusable that I don't find a way to see them more. They are very dear friends and I have missed the horrible. Visiting felt like it had only been a day since I had seen them. We picked up just as it should have been.
What a great weekend.
Midwest Prepares for Invasion of Cicadas After 17-Year Absence
(My kids are going to flip out)
AP
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CHICAGO —
Coming soon: Brood XIII.
It sounds like a bad horror movie. But it's actually the name of the billions of cicadas expected to emerge this month in parts of the Midwest after spending 17 years underground.
The red-eyed, shrimp-sized, flying insects don't bite or sting. But they are known for mating calls that produce a din that can overpower ringing telephones, lawn mowers and power tools.
Brood XIII is expected across northern Illinois, and in parts of Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana. Cicadas live only about 30 days as adults, and their main goal is mating.
Click here for FOXNews.com's Natural Sciences center.
They don't harm humans, although they are clumsy and might fly into people. Birds, squirrels and pets, especially dogs, love to eat them, and they are high in protein.
"They're going to have quite a meal. It's going to be like Thanksgiving for them," said Tom Tiddens, supervisor for plant health care at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
They are periodical cicadas, which are only found in the eastern half of North America. The annual, or dog-day cicadas, that appear every summer are common around the world.
The last massive emergence of periodical cicadas was in 2004, when Brood X emerged after 17 years underground in parts of 15 Eastern states. Some broods emerge after 13 years.
As nymphs burrowing underground, cicadas suck sap from tree roots. Almost all members of a group, or brood, burst from the ground within a couple days of each other.
They quickly climb the nearest vertical surface to molt and unroll their wings. In some heavily wooded areas, as many as 1.5 million cicadas per acre will crowd onto trees, expert say.
"It's one of the greatest insect emergences on Earth," said Daniel Summers, an entomologist at The Field Museum.
A single male's shrill courtship call can reach 90 decibels, equivalent to a kitchen blender. That could sour plans for outdoor events over the next few weeks.
Ravinia Festival, a 103-year-old music festival held north of Chicago, revised its schedule to avoid classical musicians having to compete with the insects, said festival president and CEO Welz Kauffman.
June will see more pop bands outdoors, a few concerts moved indoors and a visit from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. "With 350 voices on stage, they can hold their own against the bugs," Kauffman said.
At the Chicago Botanic Garden, spokeswoman Gloria Ciaccio joked that her advice for brides holding outdoor weddings there will be to put the tent flaps down and turn the music up.
An Illinois company that provides ice sculptures has turned down several outdoor parties over the next month. That's because of what happened when Nadeau Ice Sculptures owner Jim Nadeau delivered a swan statue to a wedding in 1990, during the area's last emergence of the periodical cicadas.
"We put our tray down and immediately the cicadas came off the ground and attacked the ice. Literally, it was a moving sculpture, this big black ugly mass of cicadas constantly moving," said Nadeau.
"I don't want to talk myself out of work, but that was just too gross," he said.
Exactly when the cicadas will emerge is a subject of debate, although there is agreement they emerge once the soil temperature is consistently 64 to 65 degrees for several days. Biologists and insect experts predict the cicadas will emerge between Tuesday and June 1.
The best place to see — and hear — the cicadas will be forest preserves, golf courses and any land where there are older trees where the soil has been undisturbed since 1990.
Freelance writer David Hammond runs the LTHForum, a Chicago-based Internet site devoted to culinary matters, and his "foodie" friends want to see what the cicadas taste like.
The insects are eaten in other parts of the world, with descriptions of the taste ranging from shrimp to canned asparagus to not much at all.
No recipe has been decided upon yet, but Hammond assumes they will be fried and perhaps accompanied by a dip or salsa.
"Honestly, they'll probably go down easier that way," he said. "Who knows? Maybe we'll love it. We may have to travel around the country as infestations occur."
AP
ADVERTISEMENT
CHICAGO —
Coming soon: Brood XIII.
It sounds like a bad horror movie. But it's actually the name of the billions of cicadas expected to emerge this month in parts of the Midwest after spending 17 years underground.
The red-eyed, shrimp-sized, flying insects don't bite or sting. But they are known for mating calls that produce a din that can overpower ringing telephones, lawn mowers and power tools.
Brood XIII is expected across northern Illinois, and in parts of Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana. Cicadas live only about 30 days as adults, and their main goal is mating.
Click here for FOXNews.com's Natural Sciences center.
They don't harm humans, although they are clumsy and might fly into people. Birds, squirrels and pets, especially dogs, love to eat them, and they are high in protein.
"They're going to have quite a meal. It's going to be like Thanksgiving for them," said Tom Tiddens, supervisor for plant health care at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
They are periodical cicadas, which are only found in the eastern half of North America. The annual, or dog-day cicadas, that appear every summer are common around the world.
The last massive emergence of periodical cicadas was in 2004, when Brood X emerged after 17 years underground in parts of 15 Eastern states. Some broods emerge after 13 years.
As nymphs burrowing underground, cicadas suck sap from tree roots. Almost all members of a group, or brood, burst from the ground within a couple days of each other.
They quickly climb the nearest vertical surface to molt and unroll their wings. In some heavily wooded areas, as many as 1.5 million cicadas per acre will crowd onto trees, expert say.
"It's one of the greatest insect emergences on Earth," said Daniel Summers, an entomologist at The Field Museum.
A single male's shrill courtship call can reach 90 decibels, equivalent to a kitchen blender. That could sour plans for outdoor events over the next few weeks.
Ravinia Festival, a 103-year-old music festival held north of Chicago, revised its schedule to avoid classical musicians having to compete with the insects, said festival president and CEO Welz Kauffman.
June will see more pop bands outdoors, a few concerts moved indoors and a visit from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. "With 350 voices on stage, they can hold their own against the bugs," Kauffman said.
At the Chicago Botanic Garden, spokeswoman Gloria Ciaccio joked that her advice for brides holding outdoor weddings there will be to put the tent flaps down and turn the music up.
An Illinois company that provides ice sculptures has turned down several outdoor parties over the next month. That's because of what happened when Nadeau Ice Sculptures owner Jim Nadeau delivered a swan statue to a wedding in 1990, during the area's last emergence of the periodical cicadas.
"We put our tray down and immediately the cicadas came off the ground and attacked the ice. Literally, it was a moving sculpture, this big black ugly mass of cicadas constantly moving," said Nadeau.
"I don't want to talk myself out of work, but that was just too gross," he said.
Exactly when the cicadas will emerge is a subject of debate, although there is agreement they emerge once the soil temperature is consistently 64 to 65 degrees for several days. Biologists and insect experts predict the cicadas will emerge between Tuesday and June 1.
The best place to see — and hear — the cicadas will be forest preserves, golf courses and any land where there are older trees where the soil has been undisturbed since 1990.
Freelance writer David Hammond runs the LTHForum, a Chicago-based Internet site devoted to culinary matters, and his "foodie" friends want to see what the cicadas taste like.
The insects are eaten in other parts of the world, with descriptions of the taste ranging from shrimp to canned asparagus to not much at all.
No recipe has been decided upon yet, but Hammond assumes they will be fried and perhaps accompanied by a dip or salsa.
"Honestly, they'll probably go down easier that way," he said. "Who knows? Maybe we'll love it. We may have to travel around the country as infestations occur."
Friday, May 18, 2007
USB Record Player
So now we can rip our old records. Mine are packed away but I have them.
This is scacy... I want one.
USB Record Player
This is scacy... I want one.
USB Record Player
Thursday, May 17, 2007
30 second version of movies w/bunnies
Ok... so this has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with anything I write about on this blog, but it's weird and funny. These are 30 second versions of movies with cartoon bunnies.
http://www.angryalien.com/
Weird but somewhat entertaining.
http://www.angryalien.com/
Weird but somewhat entertaining.
Monday, May 14, 2007
Gas Prices
Gas prices are continuing to climb. This picture from Drudgereport.com is a shocker. There are rumblings of gas climbing above $4 per gallon. I want an electric car. :-)
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Weeds in our backyard
Weeds or should I say weed is growing in our backyard. This week my wife found the following plant growing by the corner of our fence. She killed it with bleach. Since it was growing through the corner of the fence I wonder if it belonged to a neighbor.
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