Monthly Archives: May 2006

Hacked Electronic Road Signs

I don’t usually think these things are funny, but I had to include this one. “With only a few minutes of road sign hacking, I had programmed an homage to the 1951 sci-fi film The Day The Earth Stood Still, the phrase that was used to stop Gort, the robot in the film, from taking […]

Carlos Colina and the Straight Up Blues Band – gigs

My brother’s band is gigging in Nyack this Friday. It’s free so there’s no reason not to go. It’s at Casa Del Sol on main street at 9:30. One of the cool things about a rocking blues band is that people get up and dance. I love to watch swing dancing. I will go down […]

Fantasy and Science Fiction

40 years ago I got a job working the counter at a coffee shop and for the first time made enough money to buy what I wanted. What I wanted was reading material. I spent hundreds of dollars at second hand shops acquiring over 2000 paperback books – almost all science fiction. I also bought […]

Blooming Yard

The first wave of spring flowers has died back. Here are the May flowers: These azaleas came in a package about the size of shoebox. Thirty years later they are huge. The Bleeding Heart plant is at least 20 years old Last year was the first big year for our blueberries. These flowers look like […]

Fawn Found

Check my Too Many Damn Cats Blog and read about the fawn in out back yard.

Terry Brooks

I’ve been listening to Terry Brooks lately. I bought Angelfire East (unabridged), the third book in a series. It came in a lot of a dozen other books. I listened to it, even though it was out of order. I then bought A Knight of the Word (unabridged), in another lot and I listened to […]

12小节BLUES

A chinese site translated my 12 bar blues page on harptab.com. It’s cool to see my words in chicken tracks all over the screen. 中国口琴音乐网 – 学习资料 – 如何用口琴演奏12小节BLUES

Cell Phones Full of Clues

I enjoy writing stories about current technology with just a twist to make it science fiction. I read a blog called Defense Tech that summarizes current military technology. The article below is a Defense Tech summary of NY Times story about how cell phones are being used to catch criminals. I have seen the idea […]