September 2007 - Posts

• haystacks

  I just love Monet's haystack paintings. Well, for years I've wanted to see some art, a painting, photo, etc, of today's version of haystacks. I just found some. This artist makes lots of abstract scenery paintings. It's cool! Read More... Posted Sep 28 2007, 12:44 PM by misccubed

• I love this furniture

  http://www.jakecress.com/picture_gallery.htm I clipped out an article about this guy in 1991 and just found it while emptying boxes into the new bookshelf (it's done - yay!). I think my favorite is the one entitled "oops" Read More... Posted Sep 23 2007, 09:47 AM by misccubed

• I'm a Kinda Dorky High Nerd

  try this test, it's fun ;-) I saw it on Barb's blog . Read More... Posted Sep 19 2007, 06:21 AM by misccubed

• Religious Fundamentalism

  In today's Forward Movement wise words were used to describe problems of Religious Fundamentalism . They express my sentiments as well: The rise of religious and political fundamentalism in recent years alarms me. In general, the trend takes the form... Posted Sep 18 2007, 08:47 AM by misccubed

• Sand Hill Crane

  some people have deer in their backyard . . . Read More... Posted Sep 16 2007, 07:37 AM by misccubed

• Hack Attack: Turn Your Windows PC into a Media Center Powerhouse On the Cheap from Lifehacker

  from Lifehacker : If you've purchased a new Windows computer in the past few years that's running Windows Media Center Edition or Vista Home Premium or Ultimate and you aren't taking advantage of its baked-in DVR Media Center software, it's... Posted Sep 12 2007, 12:55 PM by misccubed

• My Golden Compass Daemon

  This is from a movie that's coming out 12/7. I looked at the preview, and it seems like it is Lord of the Rings meets Harry Potter meets The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe . Seems like it will be good on the big screen. Read More... Posted Sep 06 2007, 03:20 AM by misccubed

• How To: Teach a child to program

  from LifeHacker Wired magazine's How To Wiki has an interesting article on how to teach your kid to program. Since I have a budding twelve year old hackerino, I was intrigued by this information. Among the answers given were Logo, a kid-specific programming... Posted Sep 01 2007, 10:19 AM by misccubed