I drove nearly 1500 miles across the United States this week to attend my friends funeral in Minnesota. I have done a lot of cross country driving over the years. Driving used to be a chore. In fact, my whole life was about the destination – not the journey. I have mellowed with age, it… [Read More]
Goodbye
I said Goodbye to my friend Mark today. His memorial service was wonderful. A slide show of photos covering his entire life was wonderful to see. Several people shared memories of Mark. These things and the huge number of people in attendance made it very obvious that he was loved throughout his life, by many… [Read More]
Sad Day
I received news today that a very good friend was killed yesterday in a flying accident. His name is Mark. We have not lived in the same area for some five years and I have not communicated well during that time. Nonetheless, I miss him and my heart aches for his family. He was one… [Read More]
LED Lights #3
My last attempt to order SMD LED festoon light bulbs from ebay resulted in very pretty blue light (previous posts are LED Lights and LED Lights #2 – hence the very original title of this post!). The blue is very pretty and will work great at Christmas, 4th of July, etc… but not great for daily… [Read More]
Glasses Online?
My youngest son’s vision was not up to par so about six months ago we headed off to the eye doctor. No big surprise, eyewear was needed. Good vision does not run in my family. I’ve been “optically challenged” since I was about ten or eleven years old. When I was told, I was crushed. … [Read More]
SEO
The Internet is a pretty cool deal. The quantity of information available on line is astounding. As a developer and database “guy” – the recording/indexing of all that information and the ability to quickly search for it is even more astounding. Don’t get me wrong, I am not awe-struck over “computers” as get to see the some… [Read More]
Jacklines
I am pretty old school – I can’t help but laugh out loud when I see a kid sitting in a stroller wearing a safety helmet or riding a bike down the street wearing full body armor. I am not sure why people insists on these “precautions.” Perhaps it is because our society is so… [Read More]
Controlled Airspace Communications
I had a nice flight this morning with a friend who is a student pilot. He was formerly an ultralight aircraft pilot and has been working on his Private Pilot License for several years. He reported being very scared and “freaked out” by radio communication with Air Traffic Control (ATC). I’ve seen this many times… [Read More]
Thank You Vets!
I love the United States and the principals on which it was founded. Therefore; I love Independence Day. Our service men and women hold a VERY special place in my heart and I thank each and every one of you from the deepest reaches of my heart (my son included – 101st Airborne/Air Assault –… [Read More]
Isolated Storage
Isolated Storage is a slick little feature available to Microsoft .Net Windows applications and services. It allows a VB.Net or C#.Net assembly to persist some piece of information to a protected location on disk. This information can be a serialized object, a string, a date, or whatever. I use Isolated Storage fairly regularly in Services to… [Read More]