I was listening to some random music and the song “Log Driver’s Waltz” by Kate and Anna McGarrigle came up. It’s one of my favorite songs, probably because of it’s premise of a girl falling in love with the lowly log driver because he was light on his feet… Continue Reading…
When headlines go wrong
I saw this headline in the local paper today and thought to myself, “Wow, I didn’t know they had a problem with child labor in greenhouses…”
I hate these ISPs…
I hate how some ISPs seem to think they need to be your own little IT department and take over everything. All they are is a carrier and all they should do is provide a connection. Period.
Well, maybe they should provide email services, but most of them fail at that too… Continue Reading…
Leap into 2009
Did you feel it? Did you get just a little bit more done today? A few minutes ago, at 6:59:60 pm local time, an extra second was added to the calendar. That’s right, after second #59, there was #60, then #00. It was done then because it was midnight in Universal Coordinated Time, UTC. It’s called a Leap Second.
So why add a second? Who’s going to even notice? Probably not you or I, but people in science doing precise measurement, especially of celestial objects, needed it. Do you need to reset your clock? Not unless you’re really obsessed with accuracy. Continue Reading…