Posts from February 2002
Storms
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through November 30. The East Pacific hurricane season runs from May 15 through November 30. But why wait? Get a jump on Nature’s Greatest Storms by visiting the Tropical Prediction Center now! Or just take a blink over to the Weather Underground for your not-yet-quite hurricane season
Gravity
What does gravity smell like? Visit The Smell of Gravity to learn. I first discovered this link back in the 1900s. I can’t believe it’s still on line.
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away …
The 106-bed facility … features robot bears whose sole purpose is to watch over the elderly residents. … The fur-covered robotic assistant, simply known as Teddy, hides a microcomputer and a local network connection. It is the latest in a series of companion robots … Previous efforts included cats and a surprisingly appealing wombat. link
DNS
I just used the Earthlink.Net “live chat” feature to ask if I was using the best access number for my area. (I was.) The person/autobot on the other end suggested that I change my primary DNS from 207.217.77.82 to 207.217.126.81. So I did. Things are – surprisingly – a little bit speedier now. <grin>
It’s A Wacky, Wacky World
Outlook Pain
Q. Is there any way to work around the Outlook security update? A. Way One Way Two Way Three
Got Sleep?
Sleep hogs beware. A new study suggests that individuals who sleep eight hours or more a night actually have an increased death rate compared to those who average fewer hours. Study subjects who slept seven hours a night had the best survival rates. Those sleeping eight hours a night were 12 percent more likely to
Raiders
Indiana Jones on DVD
FavIcon
The Dastardly “favicon.ico not found” Error There have been two burning questions among developers recently: “What is that favicon.ico not found error that is filling my Error_log?” and “How do I get a custom icon next to my bookmark link in Internet Explorer?” These may sound like unrelated questions, yet both can be answered at
Pedro!
Baseball news