Slightly Off KIlter

Normal is overrated

  • Garbage In, Oil Out

    "This is a solution to three of the biggest problems facing mankind," says Brian Appel, chairman and CEO of Changing World Technologies, … "This process can deal with the world's waste. It can supplement our dwindling supplies of oil. And it can slow down global warming." A new process, soon to be in commercial production,… Continue reading

  • Tax Day Humor

    I was in the Post Office contract station today, at the shopping center near our house. I wasn't mailing my taxes; I do that electronically; but we'd been talking about taxes. A woman came in who said she'd been in the Millbrae PO earlier (Millbrae is the next town south of ours) and they were… Continue reading

  • Safari has Tabs!

    The latest Safari beta has tabs! It has AutoFill as well. My first and second most desired enhancements are now part of Safari. My new favorite browser now has everything I wanted!. Tabs have been a big deal since Safari shipped the first Beta. There are Tabs in Mozilla and (most) users like tabs (count… Continue reading

  • Wild Cat Adventure

    There's a group in the SF Bay Area called Leopards, Etc that I recently found out about! They do educational programs (public outreach, programs for schools, corporate and private events). They do 150 programs of some sort a year! Leopards Etc. is owned and operated by Rob and Barbara Dicely, experienced educators (formerly teachers), licensed… Continue reading

  • It’s raining, it’s pouring

    It may be spring but the winter weather isn't behind us yet, at least not in beautiful Bay Area CA. We had an arctic storm blow in over night. It's raining pretty heavily now (heavily for here; this is no patch on central PA, Maryland, or the southeast USA). We did have some good thunderbooms… Continue reading

  • Jury Duty – Not!

    Rich received a summons a few weeks ago for Jury Duty. Today would have been the day he had to report. The good news is that he didn't have to go; he called the number last night and his presence was not required. That happened to me the last time I was "summoned"; I guess… Continue reading

  • Booklovers’ Mysteries

    I have recently been reading, and enjoying, Julie Kaewert's series of "booklovers' mysteries". The protagonist, Alex Plumtree, is a publisher, collector and bibliophile, owner of a 100 year old small publishing house in London. I envy Alex his library, as well as the libraries of many of his friends and acquaintances. I think of an… Continue reading

  • Spring Ahead

    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

  • Not quite a Kraken….

    It's not Kraken sized, exactly, but it could try to eat a London bus. Researchers have retrieved an example of a colossal squid, yclept Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni . Then again, half a millennium or more ago, ships were much smaller. Columbus's ships averaged less than 3 times the length of the modern London bus. And this… Continue reading

  • Volume Control

    My sweetie is not only an all-around great guy :-), he's also smart and electrically talented. We recently purchased a pair of small radio tuner / CD player units; one for Rich's office, one for the bedroom. These are very nice and have an easy to use (especially in the dark) remote control, but the… Continue reading