Posted on October 31st, 2009 by Gary Petersen
Or at least a really good story writer. I can’t say I’ve ever actually heard him tell a story, but he does know how to write a good story. Wil Wheaton, formerly of Star Trek fame (no, make that formerly of Star Trek, still currently of Star Trek fame) writes on his blog and demonstrates [...]
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Posted on October 25th, 2009 by Gary Petersen
I’m thinking about buying a netbook computer – mostly for when I travel. Do you have any thoughts or recommendations? PCWorld reviewed the Toshiba NB205-310 highly. It tested with a battery life of nine hours, which is pretty good. Best Buy has a slightly newer version, the NB205-N325BL, that comes with Windows 7 Starter Edition. [...]
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Posted on October 23rd, 2009 by Gary Petersen
Dailey & Vincent received the 2009 IBMA award for Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year a few weeks back for their song, On the Other Side. Here’s a video they created for the song. It is very fine music.
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Posted on October 22nd, 2009 by Gary Petersen
Doug Ellison combined the collection of images into a tremendously cool 3D video of the travels of Spirit, the rover that has been traveling the surface of Mars for the last few years – much longer than was expected. See for your self. Hat tip to Fred Langa for noting the link.
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Posted on October 13th, 2009 by Gary Petersen
Courtesy of the Del McCoury Band, we can listen to their new, soon-to-be-released CD, Family Circle, for free online. Interestingly, the CD is available now for download purchase, but the CD version won’t be released until October 26. Here is the player.
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Posted on October 2nd, 2009 by Gary Petersen
Not so well. Don Surber points out actual unemployment numbers compared to what the White House predicted if the stimulus package was and was not packaged. Hint: They were wrong – very wrong. I maintain that President Obama was not only wrong in his predictions, but in the usefulness and effectiveness of the stimulus. And [...]
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