I have always considered the world of Television Entertainment a huge wasteland with the occasional islands of value. It has never exceeded that expectation for me. It is not that I don’t watch it, I do. Many times I am left wondering why. I remember “Pay TV” when it was first promoted was to be the saving relief from advertising. I’ll bet, at least for anyone who has the capability of reading this, the really...
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iPad FLASHback
I have still not seen any evidence that Apple will release specifics to Adobe to allow them or anyone to develop an Adobe FLASH viewer for the iPhone or the soon to be released iPad. Many web sites use Adobe FLASH for animating their sites. Check your iPhone if you have one. No FLASH animation as well as several other video modes that don’t work, like in Facebook. Grrrr… I mentioned this defect in the previous...
Continue reading...Salute to FedEx
Funny, I always thought FedEx was one of the better shipping companies. If you think so, take a close look at the pictures. Now I don’t know how it happened. All I can do is show the world the end result. Clever how the package handler tried to zero in on the GLASS sticker. The klutz missed the mark but not by much. Also note the PLEASE HANDLE WITH CARE _FRAGILE_THANK YOU. That must be...
Continue reading...Christmas Snow of ’09
Just like the song, we had a white Christmas this year in Frisco, Texas. This is enough snow to pretty much stop everything in its track here near Dallas. Thank God it is not as bad as the rest of the USA had to endure. In fact, the folks in my birth state of Ohio and cousin David in Buffalo, NY are probably rolling on the floor laughing at this “sprinkle”! But for us in North Texas, the...
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