1 Out Of 3 Cats Prefer Orbit Sweet Mint Gum

I walked into the house. The orange cat, Georgie, ran upstairs like he'd just been caught doing something he shouldn't have been doing. The other two cats, Blackie and Chubbie, were sitting watching me, as if they were on look out duty. Behind them, on the floor, was a package of Orbit Sweet Mint gum.

When I picked up the package of gum to return it to the table it had been on, I noticed that a corner of the package had been eaten into, some of the gum inside nibbled on, and it was all still moist.

Hmmm...

I later held the gum package to Chubbie and he acted like he'd never smelled anything worse. Blackie just wanted to rub her head against it. And Georgie is still hiding, like a guilty child who'd gotten caught swiping a cookie.

Happy 50th Birthday COBOL!

COBOL, the computer programming language that runs the world, has turned 50.

"What's a cobol?", you ask?

COBOL is the programming language of business, running large companies all around the world on mainframe computers, good ole big iron. I've been working with it for two decades, first in the steel industry, then insurance, and now retail.

Below should be a box displaying for your reading pleasure fantastic COBOL facts. So, read up, gentle reader, and be amazed by all that is accomplished by this 50-year-old programming language.  Thank you, Grace!



Interested in following the celebration of COBOL's 50th?  Then check out Micro Focus' COBOL web site, www.cobol.com.

Twitter in 1935

from http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/twitter-in-1935/

The Obama Card (video)

International Hold Your Breath For One Minute Day

Yesterday was Earth Day.  A day to pause and reflect about our planet, trees, flowers, oceans, kittens, and nature in general.

Build-up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is believed by many to be a problem.  A serious problem in need of serious solutions, and serious actions.

As a follow-up to Earth Day, today, April 23rd, has been decreed to be International Hold Your Breath For One Minute Day.

Everyone around the world is encouraged to hold in their breath for one minute today at noon to help reduce the build-up of the carbon dioxide greenhouse gas. If you participate, then you too would be able to tell your friends, "I did something to help the earth!"

Don't you want to do something?