Archive for January, 2009
Now Reading: Cross the Finish Line! (Part One)
A number of unrelated deadlines are piling up over the next 30 days. A good time to dig up an re-read my copy of Cynthia Morris’s Cross the Finish Line! Five Steps to Leap Over the Hurdles to Completion. I hope to learn how better to become a ‘serial finisher’ as Cynthia calls it. In [...]
Humanity. A Global Perspective
Even the most jaded anthropocentric observer cannot deny the miniscule role of humanity in the bigger picture of Life on Earth (’till now, of course). Click, and zoom in to “homo sapiens”.
In: Life, Religion, Science
Colonoscopy!
Tomorrow is my first colonoscopy. Thanks to medical science advances, I’m betting it’s also my last. Lightening up my day with colonoscopy jokes. The best? We’ll now have medical proof that my head is not up there. [Edit: Well, it won't be my last. And it is a good thing I didn't procrastinate further!]
Beliefs to Live By
Over lunch today I read Life Story of Cynthia Morris, one of the writers I most admire. In part six, she summarizes the beliefs she lives by: • Life is a made-up story, so might as well make up a good one. • People are amazing. • You can do anything you want if you believe [...]
Windows 7 and SSD
Got my bootable USB drive with Windows 7 all ready to go for my HP Mini 1000 upgrade and chickened out. Solid state drives don’t do well with NTFS and Win 7 requires NTFS. Waiting to hear how others fair but came across this note and this from last november. Tim Sneath’s new post “The bumper list [...]
Moon at Perigee
Last night’s full moon is the largest of ’09. Here it is, captured as a 4-exposure HDR. Open the full version.
In: Photography · Tagged with: HDR, Long Pond
Another Reason to Spike that Eggnog
Must remember this for next year… Dr. Rebecca Lancefield’s Eggnog Recipe Friday, December 19th, 2008– Ingredients 1 dozen eggs 1 quart heavy cream 1 quart light cream 1 pint bourbon 1 quart rum nutmeg sugar to taste (1/2 – 3/4 lb) Beat eggs, add bourbon and rum slowly with stirring to prevent precipitation of egg [...]