If CS never existed, many of you would have between 5 to 10 hours available each week to do something else.
That time could be used to learn a new language, go back to college and complete a degree, learn piano.
For me, I would like to carry on with scientific experiments where Nikola Tesla left off...
I've always admired the song writing skill/talent of Paul McCartney.
Having only seen him perform live once about 12 years ago when ticket prices were $250, I coughed up the money. It was the last show of his US tour and I didn't think there would be another South Florida Show after this.
I went with a friend who was a dedicated Beatle fan and the people who were behind us caught Paul's 2 previous concerts in Florida. They joked about being arrested for stalking him.
79 year old famed bassist, guitarist, pianist, singer songwriter, vegetarian, positive thinker, billionaire, grants interviews and acknowledges fans who have bought his music and followed his career for more than 4 decades.
Giving up the ghost and letting his white hair show through the dye, he's been overdue for another face lift.
In an undated interview, Paul gives out some interesting background to some of the collaborative efforts that went into Beatle and solo songs.
Have a listen...
I've always been a procrastinator. World class at that. I remember having school assignments with specific due dates and the night before, I would stay up late, often crashing but setting the clock for 4am and finishing the assignment with only a few minutes to shower and get to school. It amazed me (and my family) when I would get a really good grade for the work turned in.
Yesterday, was 2-22-2022 and I had a busy day planned. I read in a few places that it would be a good day for many.
Eye exam at 10:00 as one in the late afternoon (after 6 hours of computer work) failed.
My eyes couldn't focus then, but the exam in the morning was successful.
11:30 I met with a contractor to recheck a microwave/steam oven dimension that was in storage for a kitchen remodel I released to production.
Driving 30 miles for a 1:30 appointment, the client already tore out walls, kitchen and flooring. He was literally ready for cabinets. When I asked why he didn't call sooner, his response was the guy before me only gave him a 'chicken scratch' drawing of what he planned for the new layout. He's obviously not getting the job.
2:30 another appointment on the way back to the office to measure a wall unit. The client liked my suggestions along with photos of previous projects I completed.
4:00 meeting on the east side of Boca Raton and I walked in to a 7 million dollar home where a designer painted a dark wood kitchen all white. The client threw him off the job as he didn't sand and prep the old cabinet doors, failed to use a primer and instead of removing each door, he spray painted them in place! You could run a fingernail over the door and the paint will chip off! The client decided to have the entire kitchen replaced so we went over a new layout that I'll present to them in showroom.
6:00 back to the office to make notes for the appointments (while the details are still in my head) and head home at 7:30.
8:00 and my phone is nagging me Google has some new features that old phone didn't know about. Sheesh...
2-23-2022, enjoy your day.
Musician Gary Brooker, frontman of rock band Procol Harum, passed on last week. Cause of death listed as cancer. He was 76 years old.
Brooker was the singe, keyboard player and composer with the band.
Here's Gary in one of his most memorable performances from 2006...
News today that actress Sally Kellerman who suffered with dementia passed away at the age of 84.
Her career lasted more than 60 years with M*A*S*H probably being her most noted role as Maj. Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan.
She also appeared in the first episode of Star Trek "Where No Man Has Gone Before"
I did a blog last week about my desire to make rice pudding the conventional way.
The first comment was from Melody with a YouTube video of a no-bake recipe for a Venezuelan rice Chicha.
I tried a modified version 'American style Chicha' or maybe better described as Chatillion's Chicha. What's the difference?
The sugar was omitted. Low fat milk replaced the water. No ice cubes. Blender only, no whisking. Ginger and Cinnamon added.
Yes, it was nice. I'm on my 2nd cup and will pour the rest into paper cups and place into the freezer. I'm expecting they will make really nice frozen deserts.
Thanks for the idea Melody!!
They (whoever they is) say the proof is in the pudding. Or in this case, the proof is in the Chicha.
Actually, I'm going to drop a banana into the blender and see what that flavor is like!
A married man finds birth control pills in his wife's drawer...
However, he had a vasectomy a few years before they were married.
Is that a reason to be suspicious?
20 years ago I had a computer monitor go bad while under warrantee.
I returned it to the manufacturer's repair center and rather than wait for the repair, I was offered a refurbished unit they could ship the same day.
Not knowing what refurbished meant (exactly) the manager said all their new monitors go through a 24 hour burn-in test. Unfortunately, a small percent fail in the field. Those are repaired and returned.
The refurbished units not only get repaired, they go through extensive testing to find out what caused the problem in the first place.
Electronic components usually have a manufacturer's tolerance of 10% on resistors and diodes that are allowed to pass their standards for specifications. In the chance too many components are close to being out of tolerance (yet still acceptable) other components in the circuitry may fail due to the tolerance.
Guitarists may test out a few different amplifiers and pick one that sounds better. While they are wired with parts that pass standards, there are some that all the parts are ideally 'on the money' and exactly in tolerance.
I took that monitor he offered and used it for many years until it was time for something larger.
I've been shopping for a cellphone. My phone is maxed out on the SD memory with more than 5,000 photos and videos. I do monthly backups and purge old photos no longer needed. It's roughly 4 or 5 years old and the battery won't make it a whole day.
New models are around $1,200 and one drawback to many is you cannot add/extend memory as they don't have a slot for SD memory.
Samsung is offering 'refreshed' models that are a few years old. They have been thoroughly checked out, new batteries installed and screens, cases replaced if they have signs of wear. The operating systems are updated, unlocked and serial number with ID's are all new. One year warranty (same as a new phone) included. Priced about half of a new phone.
Some of the other models have dropped off the sales page and no longer available. Rather than risk the model I want to disappear, I made the purchase and expected it to arrive in 10 days or less.
I'll be cloning my old phone to the new phone and a few hours of updating apps and passwords should get me into another phone for a few more years.
The smell of my fingers after eating peel & eat shrimp is enough to make me wash my hands at least 5 times and if it lingers, I'll add a few rounds with alcohol.
I doubt other people resort to this... but that's the way I'm wired.
Police responded to a tip to search a New York home seeking a girl who was abducted more than 2 years ago. They found the girl after an hour search in a makeshift room under the staircase in a house they had searched before.
While the story was creepy and had lots of hype, I find it strange that someone would abduct a kid and the 2 of them hide away. The residents of the house allowed this to happen and denied knowing about the whereabouts of the girl. For what purpose?
Did the abductor have foresight more a day or two of what the outcome would be?
It's not like Tarzan who raised by apes and survived in the jungle for so many years.
Too weird!
Link to the story here:
With a few cold fronts into Florida this winter, I've been thinking about cooking 'stuff' as it reminds me of a time when my parents were alive and the kitchen was always warm from a gas stove. My dad liked to grill and stove top. my mother was the boiler and baker of the family.
For some (possibly) unknown reason, I thought of rice pudding. Maybe it was the flan custard from a party not long ago. We buy rice in 25 pound bags so there's never a shortage of rice... thinking that I could get a recipe wrong and have to drop the entire disaster into the dumpster!
I made pancakes on Sunday morning... the kind where you only need to add water. Well, I added 2 eggs and used low fat milk in place of the water. Of course it tasted better that way.
Out of milk from Sunday, I went shopping tonight and grabbed the low fat milk again... maybe next time it will be whole milk so I can make some rice pudding.
If I should add raisins or not is open for debate.
I went through Macy's department store and was amazed to see how many different styles of jeans for women that have the knees already shredded. They aren't cheap either!
Personally, I wear clothes until they are torn... like the ones in my report of the high-efficiency (HE) washing machine that prematurely wears out jeans. I've got a few with the crotch wearing through, but that wasn't from the washing machine.
Side note: I knew a college girl who knew which side of the zipper a guy hung his junk on from the worn spot on his jeans. I'm sure her research was more than their appearance.
There are YouTube videos describing how to take new clothing and cut holes in them with back stitching to keep the shredded look exactly the way you want.
I doubt this fad is going to end anytime soon...
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