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That’s a lot of aeroplanes!

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Check it out on the biggest screen you have. It updates about every 10 secs. or so. Scroll around, too. Zoom in! What fun! And to think… soon the skies will be empty as will the map. (Though I think there’s a setting to track gliders.)

The Standard Dictionary: One Final Thought

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Remember this…? From the first post in January’s Crappy old Book of the Month series? The days of the cave man have passed. Physical strength no longer gives prowess to the individual. What the twentieth century demands is the trained intellect. The man who knows is the man of the hour. The Standard Question Book and Home

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Welcome Back, 1975

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2019 – 1975 = 44. Forty-four isn’t really a lot of years, is it? But in 1975 if you wanted to photograph (get this) the President in the White House… Hank Arron clouting one over the fences… a U.S. Olympic track star… your favorite actress receiving an Academy Award you would need to read four

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As per usual…

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TV antennas are making a comeback in the age of digital streaming When we had the new tin roof put on, the fellow asked if we wanted to remove the antennas. We said no. I once hooked one up to an old stereo receiver and it was awesome. I like technology just as much as

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Photo gigs

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As you will come to understand in the weeks which follow, it’s clean up time! Everywhere. Tuffer’s gone, so the Bunkhouse and Storeroom need a thorough going over and put back together again. Daughter C and the J-Man are moving out but not really which is to say they will be taking the stuff they

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Graphs 101

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How to Critically Look at a Simple Graph Source: US Department of Education.  Let’s pick this apart, shall we? Not in a snarky, negative way, but in a way to keep my brain in practice and to give you a few pointers on how to  critically look at graphs.  While I find it somewhat unbelievable

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“mushroomrecordsthisismikecanihelpyou.”

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I swear to God, this is the best thing you will read all day. Maybe even all week. The Fine Art of Bullshit Killed by Google Thursday Night in New OrleansApril 1994 The lazy ceiling fan spun in the humid Louisiana night. It was weighted poorly, letting out a loud squeak every fifth revolution. Annoying, but fixing

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In the Inbox

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A while back, Mr. Big Food forwarded to me an email he’d received from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.  “For ‘Phen?” Mr. Big Food queried, “He needs to add some cell biology to his current educational regime.” I couldn’t agree more. I am not kidding– and this has been independently confirmed in the flesh by

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Configuring Cinderella

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It’s official. The Farm has entered the 21st century! A few months ago we kicked Verizon’s JetPack Mifi “unlimited” internet to the ditch (we don’t have curbs out here) and signed on for AT&T’s Fixed Wireless Internet. It’s faster, cheaper, and for all practical purposes really unlimited. And for that, we thank you! We could

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No. I do not know what happened.

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But then again, as I said yesterday, tinkering with the guts of WordPress is not among my many talents. I can dissect a rat, but I cannot figure out why posts and comments are disappearing. I can grow celery, but I cannot figure out why some browsers show a post as soon as I post

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A host of issues

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Good morning! I am having some issues with the blog as it currently exists on the World Wide Webisphere. Kat has helped with some, most importantly suggesting that I need a more responsive hosting service. And so… Bigfoodetc.com is moving to a new host. As you know, I have many talents but tinkering around in

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The Apple Environment | The Google Environment | & The Night Sky

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Not long ago Kat was talking about divesting environments– putting a little more Android in her life. We have a house guest. I thought the quickest way to give him the password to our AT&T FWI was just take a pic of the info on the side of the router and text it to him.

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I am not a meteorologist

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and I have no computer models. But I do have eyes. At the time I snapped this screen shot, 1:14pm yesterday, the conventional wisdom was that the storm would track along US49 across Jackson before it entered the ArkLaMiss delta region– roughly the line I’ve drawn on the map. (I posted a shot of tropical

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Marica

Status

You’ll note I’m making some changes to the blog. They are not finished, so if you see something that looks off, it’s probably because I had to stop doing what I was doing and tend to Real Life. This will be sticky until I’m satisfied with the total package.

1-2-3… 1107

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How did this happen? How could I possibly have written over one thousand posts with no category? Here’s how. First, I wrote a post and forgot to categorize it. Then I did the same thing with another. After seven years of doing this, they start to add up! I don’t so much mind that I

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It’s almost like living in the modern world!

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I am pleased to report that our internet speeds with AT&T Fixed Wireless Internet continue to surpass my expectations. Download speeds are still about 4 times faster than they are using Verizon’s Jet Pack (or my phone as a hotspot). Upload speeds are… let me do the math… roughly 80 times faster. 80x. From about

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So I have a new piece of tech==nology

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goof lorf=d. Lets see— let’s see if my no-ew piece of technology is capoe cape capable whew! Of of learning Smart humans are smarter than smart tecx   WWAIAT! What just happened? good lord.   So now i have to learn how to do swipe and === swippinga= snipping and keyboarding on one thing .

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Maybe If I Hit You Harder You Will Understand

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Calm down. I’m talking to my phone. Gallery>Select> funny little symbol>bluetooth> Marica’s Macbook Pro>send. Sending 8 files. And where are those 8 photos I want to send from my phone to my computer? Who the heck knows. RESET.  

Rules of Behavior: Don’t Believe Everything You See on Twitter

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Be not hasty to believe flying reports to the disparagement of any. G. Washington’s “Rules of Behavior” as found in Stepping Stones to Literature: A Reader for the Seventh Grades (1898)