Month June 2009

Laptop follies

Sue’s circa 2001 Dell laptop just died so we tried a HP from Fry’s, but it previously had been opened, and among other problems, Windows Update wouldn’t work. Back it went. Fry’s has a no-questions 15 day return policy, which…

Mining “Ice that burns”

New discoveries of frozen methane hydatres deep under the ocean coupled with new drilling and recovery techniques could make these enormous reserves of natural gas both safe and possible to recover. Previous methods were dangerous, as they used reserves near…

To James von Brunn

Red Rider said it in 1981 with “Lunatic Fringe”, and it’s as true now as it was then. (Emphasis added on lyrics.) Lunatic Fringe @ Yahoo! Video Red Rider – Lunatic Fringe Lunatic fringe I know you’re out there You’re…