Summer Adventure

I had planned to post this morning about the refresh that I am giving The Agora,  but that will have to wait till some other time.
Instead, I will write about my capsize, getting hypothermia, getting rescued by the police, and how that affects my fall plans.
I’ve previously posted about how I am preparing for a [...]

More Fall Plans Fall Into Place

This is a follow up post to this one.
Since that post I’ve decided to go with a canoe, so I have purchased one.  I’ve bought flotation devices for me and Smokey, ordered a couple of paddles and done quite a bit of research.
I’ve allotted 2 weeks to go the 500 miles, that is about 35 [...]

Speaking truth to statistics…

An interesting article at xbit labs.
Be sure to read the first comment too.
Certainly, Apple is a trend setter.  Just look to the impact they have had on the smart phone market in such a short time.  But they are a trend setter in the same way that Mercedes or BMW are trend setters. Not really [...]

Of portals and such…

When I first started using the internet, web portals were all the rage.  I remember I used Excite, even having an @ Excite email address.  There was also Alta Vista and others.  With the advent of Google the web portal went into decline although its shell is still visible at such places as Yahoo and [...]