Tuesday, December 23, 2008
One more post - sever winter weather
Loads of ice very little snow. Yuck! Fortunately family driving to town for the holiday arrived safe and sound. Now family driving home from work just needs to take it slow and safe.
Merry Christmas
This is likely to be my last pre-Christmas blog entry, so Merry Christmas to all of my family and friends out there in internetland.
Monday, December 22, 2008
60,000 Piece Star Wars Diaorama
My dad forwarded this. Mark Borlase has built a 5' x 10' Hoth base diorama consisting of between 55,000 to 60,000 pieces of LEGO and containing 50 real lights and a remote controlled device that can deploy troops from the AT-ATs.
The diorama took 4 years to complete and cost over $3,000.
The diorama took 4 years to complete and cost over $3,000.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Middle Son's Birthday Cake
It's my middle son's birthday today. He's seven years old. His Grandma once again made a pretty amazing cake.
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Feds take Gov. Blagojevich into custody
UPDATE: Source: Feds take Gov. Blagojevich into custody
A source said today that Gov. Rod Blagojevich was taken into federal custody at his North Side home this morning. The U.S. attorney's office would not confirm the information, and a spokesman for the governor did not immediately return a phone call for comment.
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I'm not a fan of our (Illinois) current governor. This is good news from my perspective.
After reading about this and listening to the press coverage all day I am convinced the Soprano's are running Illinois State government. The Blagojevich family sound more like Tony and Carmella Soprano than Tony and Carmella!
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Here is a link to the legal document related to all of this. Note the 'F-bomb' is dropped with some regularity.
A source said today that Gov. Rod Blagojevich was taken into federal custody at his North Side home this morning. The U.S. attorney's office would not confirm the information, and a spokesman for the governor did not immediately return a phone call for comment.
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I'm not a fan of our (Illinois) current governor. This is good news from my perspective.
After reading about this and listening to the press coverage all day I am convinced the Soprano's are running Illinois State government. The Blagojevich family sound more like Tony and Carmella Soprano than Tony and Carmella!
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Here is a link to the legal document related to all of this. Note the 'F-bomb' is dropped with some regularity.
Monday, December 08, 2008
Can You Guess What This Is?
Can you guess what this is?
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Its a hard disk drive in 1956....
The Volume and Size of 5MB memory storage in 1956.
In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The HDD weighed over a ton and stored 5MB of data.
Makes you appreciate your 4 GB USB thumb drive, doesn't it?
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Its a hard disk drive in 1956....
The Volume and Size of 5MB memory storage in 1956.
In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The HDD weighed over a ton and stored 5MB of data.
Makes you appreciate your 4 GB USB thumb drive, doesn't it?
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