The reason I haven’t posted much in the last few days is that I’ve been busy getting some new things online. In 1982, I started Eskimo North as a single line BBS on a Radio Shack TRS-80 model III with … Continue reading
After messing with Gallery for a while, I came to the conclusion that it was painfully slow and the interface was counter-intuitive at best. CopperMine is another photo gallery which I’ve decided I like much better. It is WAY faster … Continue reading
After fixing the problem with PHP, I decided to retry some of the other applications I had tried in the past, one of which was Gallery. It works now! Yeah! Shortly I shall have my photos online in an organized … Continue reading
We’ve got a Great Dane sized red Doberman named Draco. He has never been your typical high energy Doberman. I’d guess he sleeps an average of about 20 hours a day. Recently he got sick. At first he started eating … Continue reading
My viewpoint on this issue is biased by my early experience. After that experience I am convinced we are visited by beings from elsewhere. My experience had little in common with most reported. Although arrival at the landing location wasn’t … Continue reading
Seth Shostak of the SETI Institute wrote an article which describes in brief what will happen when a candidate signal is received. It does leave out some of the verification tests, but you will note in this article that when … Continue reading
I took this photography from my back yard through a small tree with the moon illuminating some clouds in the background. This was taken with a Mamiya DTL1000 camera and Kodak Gold film (prior to the change to Royal Gold). … Continue reading
First their was the “Wow” signal, and then it seems about once a year someone claims that SETI has discovered an extraterrestrial civilization. These have been real signals detected by SETI but discarded as not originating from an alien civilization. … Continue reading
It’s hot today, at least for Shoreline, 90ºF out. Yea, I know for some parts of the country that’s a cold snap but for here, where it’s usually overcast and 55ºF, that’s hot! This brings up a question, anybody know … Continue reading
I have many interests and this blog will jump around from topic to topic as a consequence. However, I do have one fairly central concern, and that is with the future and sustainability of our planet and civilization. To allow … Continue reading