Tuva. What a pretty name for a so-called “extreme weather phenomenon” (Norway’s meteorologists have a list of nice Norse names to pick from when naming storms). “Extreme weather” can mean a storm bad enough to warn people and keep you from taking that boating trip, but no hurricane. Where I live, it’ll just be another […]
Prints in snow Feet, buggy, wheels, heels Life went by
…Because I really want a day off from everything, including Blogging (Blog365 let’s us have Leap Day off). I thought I’d feel better (again) by now, but no. Just to cheer myself up and give you more than one sentence to read, there’s this: In a Past Life… You Were: A Blind Priest. Where You […]
Don’t quite know what hit me. It’s just a little bit of fever, ever so slight, but enough to get my attention. It’s just a little bit of queasiness, ever so slight, but enough to get my attention. It’s just a little bit of not feeling quite myself, ever so slight, but enough to get […]
I watch “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and during the opening credits, this bizarre if-Saturn-were-hot-lava planet shows up, both confounding me and fascinating me: I was wondering if a planet can really look like that (I still am), when I came across this APOD image of Saturn, photographed in infrared:
Paula has noted that widgets suck at local geography. I told her that at least she’s within driving distance of her supposed geographical location. There are widgets that insist I am posting from Oslo’s old airport, Fornebu. Now, I know my ISP (Norway’s largest because that’s the way we did things back in the 90’s […]
(This is the sort of activity that goes good with a cup of coffee.) It’s the annual Bloggie Awards. I’m not nominated. I happen to know a nominee and so, while voting for her, I have decided to vote in all the categories. I am now checking all the nominees in all the categories, making […]
(UPDATED) Not sure what hit me, but I do know that some kind of 24-hour stomach bug is making the rounds. I didn’t sleep well last night, and at one point, my stomach was acting up, so I got up and drank a glass of water with some apple cider vinegar in it. That helped. […]
I’ve been tagged by Sassy Spark for this meme. So here goes: Name one thing you do every day. Beyond the necessities of eating, brushing teeth, peeing, nothing. I’m not that regular. Oh, wait: There is a new one for 2008: Daily blogging! See the Blog365 in the sidebar? Name two things you wish you […]
My post yesterday may make it look like I’m saying, “Oh, no! Everything’s wrong because the world’s all heating up and stuff!!!” I’m not. I have noticed that our winters have been getting progressively milder – since the 1970’s, with a bit more escalation after we entered the 21st century – but flies in January […]
There was a time when, when fall came, everything died off or went into hibernation, and for about a half year, nothing grew or bloomed or buzzed or flitted. However, as those older and wiser like to remind us, nothing ever stays the same. I’m sure they aren’t referring to global warming, but how else […]
About a month ago, Paula did this meme, and now it’s my turn. The rules are: 1) For each question, type the answer into Google search. (I use Google image search, safe mode “off”.) 2) Post a picture from the first results page. Age at next birthday A place I’d like to travel (according to […]
The newest OS for Mac, called Leopard, uses the album cover flipping display in iTunes (known as “Cover Flow”) to show regular files on the ‘puter. It’s basically a peakpeek inside the file rather than at its icon. As I was browsing files the other day, Leopard accidentally produced a work of art.
I’ve spent the afternoon futzing around with astrology programs because the one I had doesn’t work on my new Mac. That, however, didn’t give me anything to write about. Luckily a friend of mine (he’s an animal! I mean, he’s Animal) inspired me to do this: What Muppet are you? You are Kermit the Frog. […]
Couldn’t leave you, dear reader, with just a “one-liner” today, so Imagination Prompt to the rescue, asking me to name five things lying around my computer: Big box of Kleenex. My nose tends to run. Don’t know why. I have no allergies and I’m not sick. Mirror. I turned my desk 90 degrees when I […]
I had a client today who came to me in a near-panic, exclaiming, “I need professional help!” At times like that, I am grateful I do know how to shut up. 😉
On this planet we have deaf drummers and composers. Our planet may now be fostering blind astronomers. Via Phil Plait’s Bad Astronomy Blog, I have learned of a woman who had a marvelous idea: Making astronomy books you can touch so the seeing impaired, too, can discover what’s up in the sky. Head over to […]
I claim that wars are no longer economically useful. It has been said numerous times that entering World War II was what brought the US out of its depression. Sending surplus workers overseas as soldiers coupled with an increase in the production of war materials (everything from uniforms to battle ships) made unemployment virtually disappear. […]
It is fitting that a funicular that climbs a very steep hill up to a mountain with a spectacular view is a Capricorn. It is also fitting for a Capricorn that the company that runs it, is the only transportation company in Bergen (if not Norway) that has no debt and wants to expand its […]
I surfed a page at Apple’s web site today. I was checking out the latest “Get a Mac” ad. When the ad finished, it displayed a picture of an iMac. And I got all giddy and happy, because it is just so cool to see your own brand new glory of a computer pictured elsewhere!
A Roll in the Universe 