That was quite a week with my parents here. We didn’t really do internet stuff until the last couple days. I set up a blog for Phil on blogspot and showed him how to use it (lesson 2 will be blockquotes, links, and italics) and spent some time with my mom explaining how to browse …
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Hello, Canada
Guest Entry from My Stepdad Hello, Canada, As of 12/27 I finally see the sun shining in Montreal. But then, we can go for weeks in Minneapolis under clouds. My only previous trips to Canada were to Thunder Bay, and that’s not Montreal. Now, this is Canada. For the first time I wish I had …
Boxing Day
Boxing Day: what the hell is it? Since this time last year, I’ve had a really difficult time answering this question. And since Christmas is over, the guests are gone, and now my parents want to know too, I naturally jumped up and did a websearch for the definition of Boxing Day, only to discover …
Uh-Oh
Well, the parents arrive later this evening. I was hoping to pontificate on a wide range of matters, but that may now have to wait through a bit of a dry spell over the next week or so. I am totally going to try and get guest entries out of my parents, but no promises. …
DXing is not Dead, Not Even Close
This site comes courtesy of slashdot. I often tell my students that the best way to understand early radio is to think of it as ham radio. Which gets a lot of blank looks because nobody knows what that is anymore. — There’s so much more to tell — about other things. More soon.
Snow Use
The view out our back. Peaking out from under the snow is our grill, and believe me, the cats make think they want to go outside, but if we opened the door, it would be another matter. The first real snow of the season arrived, and like everywhere else, it’s a doozie. We spent a …
Stand Up for Accountability
Stephen Harper’s “Accountability” ad (click “Accountability” in the right hand column of the conservative site) looks like it was made during 9th grade Video Arts class. The conservative site also looks a bit amateurish. That is all. Good night.