Category Archives: General

Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog’s owners, Ron, his wife Lisa, and their little boy Shane, were all very attached to Belker, and they were hoping for a miracle. … Continue reading →

The Doctor, without a Companion, becomes a Time Lord.

A miniature tree door of unknown origin just showed up one day in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, and has been captivating neighborhood residents ever since. “When I see the door, I think of the word ‘delight,’” Richmond District Blog … Continue reading →

This is a horse and a colt:  

“Let me make you an offa you can’t refuse…”

Tough decision. But as a wise man said several years ago… Well, never mind what a wise man once said. I’ll certainly miss all of you, especially those of you who followed me here from The Hardedge. It’s been a … Continue reading →

…I’d close the place for good and go home. A couple of months back, eBay had this vile, annoying, sliding notice that appeared on the first item on my bidding list. Simply put, it contains no new information and no … Continue reading →

It’s probably just me getting crankier as I get older but is anyone else getting tired of the unfailing levels of condescension wafting out from tech support? Two days ago I had a conversation with Cablevision tech support. Yesterday it … Continue reading →

Depending on your location, you perhaps have more of the day left than I do here in the, still rather chilly, mid-Atlantic region. That’s a good thing if you are looking for your next external hard drive, because today Amazon … Continue reading →

After a computer glitch sidelined NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity late last month, another problem has it down again. NASA reported that Curiosity put itself into safe mode on Saturday after a software bug caused a command file to fail a … Continue reading →

Editor of mine has asked me to do a “slideshow” type piece for her. It consists of about 10 picutres and dialog blurbs about current, similar, items (gadgets, gizmos, products) from different manufacturers. Somebody took away my vrayon because I’m … Continue reading →

Last year, a group of researchers at the Vienna University of Technology in Austria refined a 3D printing technique that allowed the construction of sophisticated structures (an F1 racecar and a cathedral) smaller than dust mites in about 4 minutes. … Continue reading →

On Saturday, Defense Distributed—America’s best-known group of 3D gunsmiths—announced on Facebook that its founder, Cody Wilson, now has a federal license to be a gun manufacturer and dealer. The group published a picture of the Type 7 federal firearms license … Continue reading →