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High Power Rocket Launch

Sunday, July 10th, 2005

This weekend’s fun was attending a high-powered model rocket launch, sponsored by Huntsville Area Rocketry Association. They got permission to use a huge sod farm for their launch, plus a waiver from the FAA for flights up to 12,000 feet.

Post Office Charges a Penny

Sunday, June 19th, 2005

Credit card companies charge merchants a series of fees for each transaction, that’s how they make their money. Because consumers demand to pay with credit cards, and because consumers are likely to spend more money, merchants are happy to pay a monthly connection charge, a fee around $0.35 per transaction, plus a percentage of the [...]

New Vending Machine in Post Office Lobbies

Saturday, May 21st, 2005

The post office has been hyping these new machines that only sell postage with a credit card and also take your picture.

MP3 Disc Player is Neat

Monday, May 2nd, 2005

Two weeks ago I got an MP3 player. Most of them on the market are made by Sony, but since my $2000 Sony Viao laptop failed after less than 60 days and Sony refused to fix it, I refuse to do business with them. I got a “Memorex” player for $23 at Target. It works [...]

Buying an Inkjet Printer

Saturday, April 30th, 2005

I’m thinking about buying a new printer. Right now, I have a desktop laser printer. I’ve been very happy with laser printers. They work fine with recycled papers, whereas inkjets waste a lot of ink on them. The recycled paper is kind of sponge like and absorbs the ink. The ink also scatters a little, which makes the image look fuzzy. Laser is always sharp. Best of all, the laser’s cost per copy is dirt cheap compared to the $350/gallon cost of ink jet ink.

FAA Sends Video of New Laser Warning

Tuesday, April 26th, 2005

I’m a private pilot. The FAA sent me an e-mail today regarding the new laser warning system used to alert pilots who accidentally fly into restricted/prohibited/ADIZ areas. They even show video footage of what it looks like to pilots. I think that a lot of people who are not pilots would like to also see this, so I reproduce it here…

Cancelled XM Radio

Monday, April 11th, 2005

I cancelled my XM radio for all the reasons I mentioned earlier. “Reason for cancellation” was one of the fields the customer service rep had, so I listed “displeased with Clear Channel as a corporate citizen” as the reason.

Transparent Laptops

Saturday, April 9th, 2005

After seeing an article on BoingBoing showing off this “transparent laptop” illusion, I just had to try it out myself.

Letting some domains expire

Wednesday, April 6th, 2005

I think I’m going to let some of my domain names expire. I own or manage hundreds of domains. When competion entered into the domain name market place and the cost of domains fell to under $10, I started buying more of them. I bought a lot of them that were cool or that I [...]

Google Answers – Followup

Wednesday, March 30th, 2005

I’m very pleased with my Google Answer.

                  

 
     
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