What's The World Like In The 21st Century?

I found this in my email reading today…It makes you wonder if the modern world is really all that modern after all. Apparently for about a third of the world’s population not a whole lot has changed in 21 centuries…

Cooking and Heating in the 21st Century.

Some two billion people around the world, (Lakshman) Guruswami notes, [...]

Weather Patterns And The Incongruences Of The Web

This afternoon I finally started working my way through my Google Reader subscriptions. The sequence of stories brought me up short and I tried to capture a screen shot. Evidently I had left the laptop running for a bit too long because when I opened Photoshop all I had was a black image when I [...]

From Spring Back Into Winter...The Difference A Day Makes.

The Weather

Yesterday, when I went through my daily email, this is what I saw from the weather gurus at My-Cast.com…

Currently (on Fri 6:22AM CST from Pearland Regional Airport)

Thunderstorm
Temp:
70°

Dewpoint:
64°

Wind:
S 10 MPH

Today’s email brought this…

Currently (on Sat 6:06AM CST from Pearland Regional Airport)

Partly Cloudy
Temp:
37° (Wind Chill 30°)

Dewpoint:
27°

Wind:
NW 9 MPH

What a difference. Even the heat pump is complaining. It looks [...]