One of the nice things abuot living in the San Francisco Bay Area is that the generally pleasant weather allows Classic Car owners to drive their cars year round… Continue reading

Egad! Research Says We Have More In Common With Baboons Than Previously Understood …experiments last month with baboons have proved that higher primates can perform software testing, traverse complex menus, and code simple XML schemas. Continue reading

An increasingly vocal debate in the Pennsylvania State legislature involves the selection of an official state cookie. Continue reading

BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) has finally opened four new stations on the Peninsula, and goes as far as the airport. This thing has been under construction since 1998 and was originally due to open well over a year ago. The Millbrae station also provides connectivity with CalTrain. The San Bruno station is just a… Continue reading

Two people in Burlingame, CA, (two towns south of oours) left a candle burning when they went to bed; the woman put the candle into the sink, but it fell in the drain, burned through the plastic drain, and ignited the chemicals under the sink. The cat woke them up howling at 2:30 am and… Continue reading

Today is Easter Sunday in the western Christian (Gregorian) calendar. Eastern Christian churches that follow the Julian calendar tend to celebrate Easter on a different date. Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox (the paschal moon) — unless that full moon falls on the equinox, in… Continue reading

Today is one of my favorite days of the year. Today is the beginning of Daylight Saving Time. Winter is officially over. Summer is officially on the way. I hate winter. I hate short days and sundown before 5pm. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is real, as is its milder cousin, the "Winter Blues". But in… Continue reading