British Airways retired its Concorde fleet and generously donated G-BOAG to the Museum of Flight. Its scheduled arrival was 2:45pm today, but it was a half hour early. While on my way to Boeing Field, I saw it turn over Elliot Bay, making its final approach into 31L. By the time I parked, it had […]
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There’s a little known saying: when you have an electrical engineer, everything looks like it should be wired. I installed our ReplayTV and its broadband connection with a surprisingly minimal effort, though it initially didn’t start out that way.
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A simple physics question was asked yesterday at work, but it generated a lot of debate: “A guy’s on top of a 20 foot ladder when it falls over. How fast was he going when he hit the ground?”
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I’ve been flying for nearly nine years, however this was the first time I’ve done an actual BFR. Previously, I’ve met the recency requirements either through earning a new rating or participating in the Wings program. I had assumed it was going to be something with more check ride formality than a low-key brush up.
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My daughter received a talking “Cat in the Hat” for her birthday. It initially looked really cool: it reads The Cat In The Hat to your kids.
Mitch asked me what the most comments I’ve ever received on a blog entry was. I looked, and it’s currently 12 about the donotcall.gov program. I’m not sure why, but several of the folks visiting think I am the do not call list administrator. I’ve gone through different stages of thought about this… initially one
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Debbie’s dust story reminded me of my experience in learning another language, where my pile of how-to-speak books is much like her weight bench — thickly covered with dust and good intentions. But we’re going to force the issue. Next year I’m taking the family on vacation abroad
Picking up a second language (where should we vacation)? Read More »
Consumer Reports has an article on how bad software and product support is getting. In the last two weeks, I’ve had to contact various organizations’ support organizations for a variety of reasons, some tech and some not.