Sunday, August 27, 2006
Breast Cancer Donations
SunChips® brand is donating $1.00 to The Weekend to End Breast Cancer™ for every person who signs up online to show their support, up to $100,000. It’s free to you, and a simple way to make a difference.
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Number of Planets Reduced to Eight
Pluto is apparently no longer a planet. Its status has been reduced to "dwarf planet" because its orbit is not round enough and occasionally crosses Neptune's.
What's also interesting is that Pluto is not even the largest dwarf planet -- it's Xena.
I guess we'll have to rewrite a lot of textbooks!
Read more here.
What's also interesting is that Pluto is not even the largest dwarf planet -- it's Xena.
I guess we'll have to rewrite a lot of textbooks!
Read more here.
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Google Suggests
We all know about Google, but do you know about Google Suggest? It's a great new way to use Google -- As you type, Google will offer suggestions. Just use the arrow keys to navigate the results.
If you're running Firefox, there's an extension available that lets you use Suggest from a toolbar. See http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/suggest/ for details.
Google Suggest is available at http://labs.google.com/suggest.
If you're running Firefox, there's an extension available that lets you use Suggest from a toolbar. See http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/suggest/ for details.
Google Suggest is available at http://labs.google.com/suggest.
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Sudoku Portable
Last semester I was getting the class to play Sudoku to help them with problem solving. I've finally found a good Sudoku program that is freeware. And it's a "portable app" to boot, which makes it even better (run it from your thumb drive or iPod).
It's called Sudoku Portable (what else?) and is available at http://portableapps.com/apps/games/sudoku_portable.
It's called Sudoku Portable (what else?) and is available at http://portableapps.com/apps/games/sudoku_portable.
From the Daughter of a Soldier
From the daughter of a Soldier:
Last week I was in Trenton, Ontario. Attending a conference. While I was in the airport, returning home, I heard several people behind me beginning to clap and cheer. I immediately turned around and witnessed one of the greatest act's of patriotism I have ever seen.
Moving thru the terminal was a group of soldiers in their camo's, as they began heading to their gate everyone (well almost everyone) was abruptly to their feet with their hands waving and cheering. When I saw the soldiers, probably 30-40 of them, being applauded and cheered for it hit me. I'm not alone. I'm not the only red blooded Canadian who still loves this country and supports our troops and their families.
Of course I immediately stopped and began clapping for these young unsung heroes who are putting their lives on the line everyday for us so we can go to school, work and home without fear or reprisal. Just when I thought I could not be more proud of my country or of our service men and women a young girl, not more than 6 or 7 years old, ran up to one of the male soldiers. He kneeled down and said "hi," the little girl then she asked him if he would give something to her daddy for her. The young soldier, he didn't look any older than maybe 22 himself, said he would try and what did she want to give to her daddy. Then suddenly the little girl grabbed the neck of this soldier, gave him the biggest hug she could muster and then kissed him on the cheek.
The mother of the little girl, who said her daughters name was Courtney, told the young soldier that her husband was a Corporal and had been in Afghanistan for 11 months now. As the mom was explaining how much her daughter, Courtney, missed her father, the young soldier began to tear up. When this temporarily single mom was done explaining her situation, all of the soldiers huddled together for a brief second. Then one of the other servicemen pulled out a military looking walkie-talkie. They started playing with the device and talking back and forth on it.
After about 10-15 seconds of this, the young soldier walked back over to Courtney, bent down and said this to her, "I spoke to your daddy and he told me to give this to you." He then hugged this little girl that he had just met and gave her a kiss on the cheek. He finished by saying "your daddy told me to tell you that he loves you more than anything and he is coming home very soon."
The mom at this point was crying almost uncontrollably and as the young soldier stood to his feet he saluted Courtney and her mom. I was standing no more than 6 feet away from this entire event unfolded. As the soldiers began to leave, heading towards their gate, people resumed their applause. As I stood there applauding and looked around, their were very few dry eyes, including my own. That young soldier in one last act of selflessness, turned around and blew a kiss to Courtney with a tear rolling down his cheek.
We need to remember everyday all of our soldiers and their families and thank God for them and their sacrifices. At the end of the day, it's good to be a Canadian.
Red Friday
Just keeping you "in the loop" so you'll know what's going on in case this takes off.
RED FRIDAYS ----- Very soon, you will see a great many people wearing Red every Friday. The reason? Canadian who support our troops used to be called the "silent majority". We are no longer silent, and are voicing our love for God, country and home in record breaking numbers. We are not organized, boisterous or over-bearing. We get no liberal media coverage on TV, to reflect our message or our opinions.
Many Canadians, like you, me and all our friends, simply want to recognize that the vast majority of Canada supports our troops. Our idea of showing solidarity and support for our troops with dignity and respect starts this Friday -and continues each and every Friday until the troops all come home, sending a deafening message that.. Every red-blooded Canadian who supports our men and women afar will wear something red.
By word of mouth, press, TV -- let's make the Canada on every Friday a sea of red much like a homecoming football game in the bleachers.
If every one of us who loves this country will share this with acquaintances, co-workers, friends, and family. It will not be long before Canada is covered in RED and it will let our troops know the once "silent" majority is on their side more than ever, certainly more than the media lets on.
The first thing a soldier says when asked "What can we do to make things better for you?" is...We need your support and your prayers.
Let's get the word out and lead with class and dignity, by example; and wear something red every Friday.
THEIR BLOOD RUNS RED---- SO WEAR RED! --- Lest we Forget, Lest we Forget. HAVE A GREAT DAY!
Last week I was in Trenton, Ontario. Attending a conference. While I was in the airport, returning home, I heard several people behind me beginning to clap and cheer. I immediately turned around and witnessed one of the greatest act's of patriotism I have ever seen.
Moving thru the terminal was a group of soldiers in their camo's, as they began heading to their gate everyone (well almost everyone) was abruptly to their feet with their hands waving and cheering. When I saw the soldiers, probably 30-40 of them, being applauded and cheered for it hit me. I'm not alone. I'm not the only red blooded Canadian who still loves this country and supports our troops and their families.
Of course I immediately stopped and began clapping for these young unsung heroes who are putting their lives on the line everyday for us so we can go to school, work and home without fear or reprisal. Just when I thought I could not be more proud of my country or of our service men and women a young girl, not more than 6 or 7 years old, ran up to one of the male soldiers. He kneeled down and said "hi," the little girl then she asked him if he would give something to her daddy for her. The young soldier, he didn't look any older than maybe 22 himself, said he would try and what did she want to give to her daddy. Then suddenly the little girl grabbed the neck of this soldier, gave him the biggest hug she could muster and then kissed him on the cheek.
The mother of the little girl, who said her daughters name was Courtney, told the young soldier that her husband was a Corporal and had been in Afghanistan for 11 months now. As the mom was explaining how much her daughter, Courtney, missed her father, the young soldier began to tear up. When this temporarily single mom was done explaining her situation, all of the soldiers huddled together for a brief second. Then one of the other servicemen pulled out a military looking walkie-talkie. They started playing with the device and talking back and forth on it.
After about 10-15 seconds of this, the young soldier walked back over to Courtney, bent down and said this to her, "I spoke to your daddy and he told me to give this to you." He then hugged this little girl that he had just met and gave her a kiss on the cheek. He finished by saying "your daddy told me to tell you that he loves you more than anything and he is coming home very soon."
The mom at this point was crying almost uncontrollably and as the young soldier stood to his feet he saluted Courtney and her mom. I was standing no more than 6 feet away from this entire event unfolded. As the soldiers began to leave, heading towards their gate, people resumed their applause. As I stood there applauding and looked around, their were very few dry eyes, including my own. That young soldier in one last act of selflessness, turned around and blew a kiss to Courtney with a tear rolling down his cheek.
We need to remember everyday all of our soldiers and their families and thank God for them and their sacrifices. At the end of the day, it's good to be a Canadian.
Red Friday
Just keeping you "in the loop" so you'll know what's going on in case this takes off.
RED FRIDAYS ----- Very soon, you will see a great many people wearing Red every Friday. The reason? Canadian who support our troops used to be called the "silent majority". We are no longer silent, and are voicing our love for God, country and home in record breaking numbers. We are not organized, boisterous or over-bearing. We get no liberal media coverage on TV, to reflect our message or our opinions.
Many Canadians, like you, me and all our friends, simply want to recognize that the vast majority of Canada supports our troops. Our idea of showing solidarity and support for our troops with dignity and respect starts this Friday -and continues each and every Friday until the troops all come home, sending a deafening message that.. Every red-blooded Canadian who supports our men and women afar will wear something red.
By word of mouth, press, TV -- let's make the Canada on every Friday a sea of red much like a homecoming football game in the bleachers.
If every one of us who loves this country will share this with acquaintances, co-workers, friends, and family. It will not be long before Canada is covered in RED and it will let our troops know the once "silent" majority is on their side more than ever, certainly more than the media lets on.
The first thing a soldier says when asked "What can we do to make things better for you?" is...We need your support and your prayers.
Let's get the word out and lead with class and dignity, by example; and wear something red every Friday.
THEIR BLOOD RUNS RED---- SO WEAR RED! --- Lest we Forget, Lest we Forget. HAVE A GREAT DAY!
Monday, August 21, 2006
Lean that Bike!
Doesn't the guy in this video know how to drive???
Even more outrageous is the response from the idiots in the car. Why would they think the "bikers" would "beat their asses"? I ride with many of these "bikers" as a member of the Southern Cruisers Riding Club, and I don't know one of them who would even consider hurting the idiots in the car.
It's a shame that people on motorcycles have such a bad reputation. It's undeserved, and only due to a very small minority of bikers (jeez, I hate that term) who choose to behave like idiots. The ones I know are not in this minority.
SCC#238305
SCC#238305
Test Document from Writely.com
This is a test document to test the new Writely online word processor. Google bought the Writely company and will soon be integrating it into the Google accounts. I used my Gmail account to register to hopefully make the transition easier.
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
| test | test |
| you can insert rows by hitting tab in the last cell | How do you merge two cells? |
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So far, it looks very capable as a basic word processor. I really like that I can post to my blog, and update the blog entry with a simple menu selection. However, there are a few problems I've discovered that keep it from becoming my main writing tool:
- When published to my blog (www.beens.org/blog), the photo in this document did not publish correctly (border shows, but no picture). (Update: I can't publish any new documents to my blog, only this one!) (Update 2: If you change the HTML of the picture line to "src="http://www.writely.com/File.aspx?id...", then the picture displays correctly.)
- When published to my blog, the spacing above and below this list changed and it leaves extra space at the end. I maybe shouldn't fault Writely for this, as I have experienced similar problems when publishing to my blog from email.
- When published to PDF, the image proportions changed and the image ended up distorting (correct width but too short).
- There is a feature that allows you to email a document into your Writely account, but it does not appear to be working.
- I can't see how to merge cells in a table.
- You can't change the line spacing of part of a document, only the whole thing.
- You can't set the page size.
- You can't link from images.
Hmmmmm, now how will I use this word processor? Email me your ideas.
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