Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 is, in almost every respect, a “me too!” application, trying desperately to incorporate features that have long been available in Mozilla Firefox. One really cool feature of IE7, though, is the ability to view a tab full of thumbnails of all the screens you have open in other tabs (IE [...]
Nice essay from sfgate.com about the possible demise of the Hummer and the recent demise of a certain evil televangelist. I was hooked by the opening paragraph:
The late Rev. Jerry Falwell? He was exactly like a Hummer H2. Oh yes he was. Bloated, arrogant, offensive to millions and deeply wrong in a thousand ways [...]
Today is special for two reasons. The most significant is this: Gina graduated from pharmacy school today! She completed their PharmD program; henceforth, she is Dr. Gina! I’m incredibly proud of her, of course. Speechless, in fact.
Today is also my birthday! Thirty seven. Am [...]
First: Stick a fork in me. The spring semester–my first semester of teaching a fully-online academic class–is over, my grades are in, and I have three weeks to beat things into shape before the summer term starts. Of course, this is my part-time job we’re talking about. Work at my “real” [...]
It’s Confederate Memorial Day here in South Carolina. I’ve lived in the south my whole life, but I was unaware of the existence of this holiday until I moved here, though it is also celebrated, on different days, in several other southern states including Texas, where I was born. You might assume that [...]
This is the second installment in a very infrequently published series here at wheatblog. You can also read the premiere installment.
Three things that don’t suck:
Bose SoundDock
Some audiophile will no doubt write to tell me that these do, in fact, suck. But having played in rock bands my whole life, my ability [...]
. . . but it’s still mighty satisfying to savor the possibility that Paris Hilton might be spending forty-five days in the LA county jail. The joy of seeing the poster child of tacky excess and privilege finally in a situation that money can’t remedy is a dark pleasure, and one shared equally by [...]
Netflix is running a promotion, now through May 16th, where you can try their service out for free for a month. Their usual trial period (the one that got me hooked) is two weeks. But you, dear wheatblog readers, by nature of being close, personal friends, are entitled to better. So, if [...]