 My new iMac is sitting in a wherehouse somewhere in Portland tonight...(Image from Fed Ex Website) |
 ...but in a few hours it will be on a truck and in my hands! Yea! (Image from apple.com) |
Thursday, November 30, 2006
At last...
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
"You'll shoot your...."
A leg lamp stands in the living room of the newly renovated house once used in the filming of the classic holiday movie 'A Christmas Story' in Cleveland on Monday. Owner Brian Jones plans to open the house a museum of the film on Nov. 25. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
Look what I found...
Ever put on a pair of pants and find a $20 bill in the pocket that survived the washing machine?
Well according to the Oregonian, Oregon state economists realized they have more money available than previously anticipated for the 2007-09 budget.
A lot more.
$245 million more.
Well according to the Oregonian, Oregon state economists realized they have more money available than previously anticipated for the 2007-09 budget.
A lot more.
$245 million more.
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Skyshow tonight
From kgw.com....
Astronomy buffs will be treated to a cosmic event this weekend courtesy of the
annual Leonid Meteor Shower.
“Just go out there and take a look, even a minute of
two,” said Jim Todd, planetarium manager with the
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.
He added that the best time to view the meteor shower
will be on Saturday night between 8:30 and midnight.
Observers should look toward the northeast part of the
sky.
Scientists said the annual Leonid Meteor Shower
happens because the Earth passes through a debris
field left behind from the comet Swift-Tuttle.
“What that means is that we’re going to have the
opportunity to see up to 100 meteors an hour,” Todd
explained. Particles comprised of dust and ice, many
no larger than a grain of sand, collide with the
Earth’s atmosphere creating what many people know as
“shooting stars.”
Astronomy buffs will be treated to a cosmic event this weekend courtesy of the
annual Leonid Meteor Shower.
“Just go out there and take a look, even a minute of
two,” said Jim Todd, planetarium manager with the
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.
He added that the best time to view the meteor shower
will be on Saturday night between 8:30 and midnight.
Observers should look toward the northeast part of the
sky.
Scientists said the annual Leonid Meteor Shower
happens because the Earth passes through a debris
field left behind from the comet Swift-Tuttle.
“What that means is that we’re going to have the
opportunity to see up to 100 meteors an hour,” Todd
explained. Particles comprised of dust and ice, many
no larger than a grain of sand, collide with the
Earth’s atmosphere creating what many people know as
“shooting stars.”
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Korean War dead memorialized on the Web
The message sent out was simple: write a letter to someone lost in the Korean War. Within a day, the responses started coming to the Korean War Project started 11 years ago by the Barker brothers. In the three weeks since the plea went out, the brothers have gotten more than 500 letters and e-mails from daughters who lost their fathers to veterans who lost friends to schoolchildren thanking those who died for their freedom.
The Barkers, inspired by their father, started the Korean War Project, an online memory bank for the 1950s conflict that claimed about 36,500 U.S. lives. They have helped comrades reconnect and tried to get relatives of the missing to submit DNA to the U.S. government to help with identification.
Korean War Project: http://www.koreanwar.org
The Barkers, inspired by their father, started the Korean War Project, an online memory bank for the 1950s conflict that claimed about 36,500 U.S. lives. They have helped comrades reconnect and tried to get relatives of the missing to submit DNA to the U.S. government to help with identification.
Korean War Project: http://www.koreanwar.org
Monday, November 06, 2006
Flipper walked among us...
Japanese researchers said Sunday that a bottlenose dolphin captured last month has an extra set of fins that could be the remains of hind legs, a discovery that may provide further evidence that ocean-dwelling mammals once lived on land.
Fishermen captured the four-finned dolphin alive off the coast of western Japan on Oct. 28, and alerted the nearby Taiji Whaling Museum, according to museum director Katsuki Hayashi.
Fossil remains show dolphins and whales were four-footed land animals about 50 million years ago and share the same common ancestor as hippos and deer. Scientists believe they later transitioned to an aquatic lifestyle and their hind limbs disappeared.
Fishermen captured the four-finned dolphin alive off the coast of western Japan on Oct. 28, and alerted the nearby Taiji Whaling Museum, according to museum director Katsuki Hayashi.
Fossil remains show dolphins and whales were four-footed land animals about 50 million years ago and share the same common ancestor as hippos and deer. Scientists believe they later transitioned to an aquatic lifestyle and their hind limbs disappeared.
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