from a Lee.org rant (not related to me in any way): People die all the time from so many other reasons than bombs and guns. In 2001, 41,000 people were killed in America by cars. That’s more than 100 per day. But when was the last time you saw a news flash of a car-crash…Continue Reading…
Walnut High School is doing the play Guys & Dolls. I have nothing to do with it, but I liked the tune of the “can do, can do, can do” song in it. So I’m posting here the lyrics for your enjoyment. Fugue for Tinhorns Lyrics At the bottom is a link to download the…Continue Reading…
Ah. I think my essay looks good, but I’m afraid it’s going to look stupid when I read it tomorrow (and I’m not as sleepy).
Wow! I’ve never heard of this before, and I haven’t tried it yet, but apparently you can use standard hardware and get 1.72 MB (almost a 20% gain) out of standard 1.44 MB floppy disks. Format standard 1.44 MB disks for 1.72 MB using standard hardware (Almost 20% gain in capacity). This is achieved without…Continue Reading…
People living in some of the most inaccessible areas of India are enjoying an improved postal service – thanks to the combining of e-mail with traditional ‘snail mail’. Post offices in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh will take a customer’s handwritten letter and computer scan it. Then the letter can be e-mailed to remote,…Continue Reading…
Now THIS is neat.