It's snowing!
Well, so far just light flurries, but I'm hoping for more!
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Friday, December 22, 2006
Secret of Google's Search Success
Have you ever wondered how Google is able to return what are, sometimes, eerily precise results to your web searches? Me, too! Well, the answer is... pigeons! Or, more precisely, PigeonRank, a system which arranges pigeons into low-cost pigeon clusters (PCs). Who knew?
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Animals I've Eaten
in no particular order:
- rabbit
- squirrel
- deer
- elk (maybe)
- alligator
- ostrich
- buffalo
- cow
- pig (so many wonderful meats come from these)
- wild boar
- hot dog (frankly, who knows what's really inside these anyway?)
- chicken
- turkey
- fish (various varieties)
- frog (just the legs)
- calamari (yes, I know that's squid)
- clam
- scallops
- crab
- lamb
- lobster
- shrimp
- duck
- quail
Our Previously Dark Tree
Last night, with assistance from Timothy the Valiant and Bethany the Fair, I put additional lights on our Christmas tree, added some silvery garland, and put up blue, silver and clear ornaments. Our tree is dark no more!
After putting on all the light strands, I of course switched on the power to them. Immediately, I was nearly blinded by all the lights on that tree!
There is a downside to having our Christmas tree now fully decorated for Christmas... the cats now have ornaments to bat at. There weren't any ornaments on the floor this morning, though the cats may still have been blinded by all the lights. I expect to find at least one on the floor when I get home from work. Hopefully, the ornament wil have put up a good fight before having been pulled from the tree.
After putting on all the light strands, I of course switched on the power to them. Immediately, I was nearly blinded by all the lights on that tree!
There is a downside to having our Christmas tree now fully decorated for Christmas... the cats now have ornaments to bat at. There weren't any ornaments on the floor this morning, though the cats may still have been blinded by all the lights. I expect to find at least one on the floor when I get home from work. Hopefully, the ornament wil have put up a good fight before having been pulled from the tree.
Our Dark Tree
As is the tradition in our part of the country, we recently put up a Christmas tree in our family room. As is the tradition in our family, we put up an artificial Christmas tree. The best thing about using an artificial Christmas tree? No sap! Well, not usually, anyway.
As is the tradition for my wife, she asked me to run a strand around the Christmas tree's center pole while I was assembling the tree, so that there would be light coming from inside. Mission accomplished!
As is the tradition for me, I then proceeded to test our various remaining strands of Christmas tree lights, of which we have many, to determine which ones to put on our tree, and which ones we'd donate to the seagull farm, if you know what I mean. Well, all of the strands had problems! At best, on any one strand, 50% of the lights lit up. All the strands will be "recycled".
So, there our Christmas tree stands, our single working strand of lights wrapped around its center pole, and the dark star on top (no nearby strand to plug it in to). At night, when I turn the tree's lights on, the tree gives off an eerie multi-colored glow from within its depths. So eerie that, the first time I turned on those lights, trick-or-treaters showed up at our door! No garlands or ornaments adorn the tree yet, as it is still waiting for more lights.
On the plus side, the cats haven't tried to pull the tree down yet! (In past years, they usually tried at least once, claiming that the ornaments made them do it. Yeah, whatever... we all know it was the catnip.)
As is the tradition for my wife, she asked me to run a strand around the Christmas tree's center pole while I was assembling the tree, so that there would be light coming from inside. Mission accomplished!
As is the tradition for me, I then proceeded to test our various remaining strands of Christmas tree lights, of which we have many, to determine which ones to put on our tree, and which ones we'd donate to the seagull farm, if you know what I mean. Well, all of the strands had problems! At best, on any one strand, 50% of the lights lit up. All the strands will be "recycled".
So, there our Christmas tree stands, our single working strand of lights wrapped around its center pole, and the dark star on top (no nearby strand to plug it in to). At night, when I turn the tree's lights on, the tree gives off an eerie multi-colored glow from within its depths. So eerie that, the first time I turned on those lights, trick-or-treaters showed up at our door! No garlands or ornaments adorn the tree yet, as it is still waiting for more lights.
On the plus side, the cats haven't tried to pull the tree down yet! (In past years, they usually tried at least once, claiming that the ornaments made them do it. Yeah, whatever... we all know it was the catnip.)
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