Archive for November, 2004
How Faith Works
Coffeeswirls has a very nice article about faith and how it works. From my limited understanding of other major religions, he’s done a good job of capturing how each deals with faith: Buddhism: Ignorance is the roadblock to salvation. Ignorance is found in your belief that you and the world actually exist. If we stop [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )Big Brother and Your Laser Printer
I saw this news article last week, but my brain was compressed by Thanksgiving turkey and I didn’t remember until this morning. Did you know that every document you print on a color laser printer or color copier has tiny little yellow dots with the serial number in it? According to experts, several printer companies [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Santa Versus the Snowman
See if you can find the “Christ” in this Christmas movie: Santa v. the Snowman Santa vs. the Snowman follows a lonely snowman on his quest for friendship. Mesmerized by the magic of Santa’s village, the Snowman devises a plan to take over Santa’s job and win the adoration of children around the world. What [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 6 so far )Mechanical Investing for December
Mechanical Investing was good this month; in fact, I’m holding almost everything for another month, so turnover is light. I’m still following the SOS_Ancer and H52 screens primarily, and they’re working out well this year. I’m going to try to change the format a little; the software I was using to calculate returns is a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Deer Lease Available
My friend Ryszard has 5 openings on a deer lease. I expect there aren’t a whole lot of Texas hunters that stop by Chasing the Wind, but you never know. Drop a comment and fill in your email address if you’re interested and I’ll see that he gets the message: Howdy! Hope your hunting season [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )StoryCorps
Sean sent me a link to StoryCorps, dedicated to record an interviews with your favorite person. They take care of all the technical details, including helping with the questions you can ask. You get an hour long recording of the experience for only $10. Have you wanted to interview your grandmother? An uncle? A favorite [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Broadband over Power Lines
My brother has been waiting for this for some time… high speed internet over electric power lines. It’s coming, bro! BURNET — High-speed Internet service is coming to about 120 homes in this town of 5,000 using a novel technology that connects residents to the Web through power lines. Broadband Horizons, which provides Internet access [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Happy Thanksgiving
May you have the happiest of Thanksgivings today. I’ll be counting my blessings today, one drumstick at a time.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Power of (Grilled) Cheese
How much would you pay for a 10-year old grilled cheese sandwich with a bite taking out of it? MIAMI (Reuters) – An online casino won the eBay bidding for a decade-old cheese sandwich bearing what some people consider a likeness of the Virgin Mary and immediately began hawking Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese T-shirts. GoldenPalace.com’s [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 9 so far )Dan Rather Cleans Out His Desk
I lost respect for Dan Rather over the whole Memogate; I was irritated that a news organization, portraying itself as independent and factual, was trying to bring down President Bush by using fake documents. And they weren’t even quality fakes, they were inept fakes. I ranted about this amoral behavior here and here and here [...]
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