4th of July BBQ – The Best Ribs Ever
The Hummingbird
October 30, 2006 By 1 Comment
After Hurricane Katrina, we had a huge number of hummingbirds visit our house. Perhaps this was because we still had a feeder available. We had one problem, though. We had been remodelling and our sun porch, which previously had clear plexiglass as “windows” did not have any windows at the time. Unfortunately, the hummingbirds saw [...]
Star Wars Radio Drama – The Complete Set
July 29, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Back in the early 1990′s, I was driving to work one day and heard an NPR announcement of the upcoming radio drama series “Star Wars.” My excitement at the announcement was overwhelmed by the impression of the actual radio drama! Instead of the visual candy of the screen version, the radio drama enabled me to [...]
How about a 4GB MP3 & video player that does FM?
June 23, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Buy.com has the SanDisk Sansa 4GB mp3 player on sale, ending 6/25/06. It also plays videos, has an FM tuner and is a voice recorder! I have their 1GB MP3 player, which is really light. You load & unload MP3 files and even data files using WIndows Explorer — or you can use Windows Media [...]
World Cup Posters — Soccer / Football
June 16, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Allposters has a great selection of posters for the current World Cup Championships. I’ve bought from them before and found their products to be excellent in quality. Buy Posters at AllPosters.com
Windows Mobile 5 – a step back…
June 2, 2006 By Leave a Comment
There’s a new article at Terry’s Computer Tips about Windows Mobile 5, especially in comparison to Windows Mobile 3. Walter�s New PDA, or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Lov- uh, Live With Windows Mobile 5.0 If you’re thinking about a new PocketPC, check out this review of one user’s experiences “upgrading” from a [...]
New Star Trek Movie
April 23, 2006 By Leave a Comment
With the latest news — a new Star Trek movie is on the way — featuring James T. (Tiberius) Kirk during his Starfleet Academy days — many fans have mixed emotions. You know, “they’re doing it again, I’m not getting suckered into spending more money on Star Trek movies, Opening Day, Sure, I’ll be there.” [...]
Reduce Your Phone Bill
April 10, 2006 By Leave a Comment
“Reduce Your Phone Bill!” Ever heard that? I bet this guy wishes he’d switched! The New Straits Times (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ) reports: PENDANG, KEDAH: A meat importer had a shock when he received a hefty telephone bill — for RM800 trillion. That’s about $220 TRILLION DOLLARS at today’s exchange rates. Read more
The Geeks.com Thing — the all-in-one for all geeks
April 2, 2006 By Leave a Comment
What would you do for a combination tri-band cellphone, mp3 player, digital camera, video phone, 200GB flash memory, OLED & Holographic projection, sliding internal keyboard, web browser, wifi, full-motion video, talking GPS, AM/FM/TV receptiona nd recording, IR & RF remote control of TV. Check out the Geek.com Thing
Yippee! LSU BEATS DUKE!
March 23, 2006 By Leave a Comment
It was a fast, close game — and LSU pulled away from Duke at the end for a fantastic NCAA Tournament win. LSU 62, Duke 54 LSU Moves Up, Duke Moves OUT! Great job, LSU!