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Hot Shoe Burnin' Down the Avenue (Panama!)* 22 Jun 2013 | 01:59 am
Kathy and I will be leaving early Saturday morning (June 22) for a week's vacation in Panama that she won while on Wheel of Fortune last year. The prize package was put together by Caravan Tours, and ...
New -Jobs- Trailer: Does It Look Any Better Now? 22 Jun 2013 | 12:05 am
Released today: new trailer for -Jobs- with Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs. The clip released a few months back looked terrible. This first official trailer looks a bit better. Thought? Opinions? Go!
Proofreading Apple 14 Jun 2013 | 11:40 pm
I got this email from Apple yesterday: Granted, Apple is made up of fallible people just like any other company, and I'm the first to admit I make enough errors of my own. Nevertheless, I was still s...
Accordance for Windows: Yes, It's Real 14 Jun 2013 | 02:43 am
Optional headline: A significant temperature decrease in Hades has been reported. Click on image for a larger view. What you're seeing above is an internal beta for Accordance 10.x for Windows, runn...
OakTree Releases Nestle-Aland 28th Edition Greek New Testament with Apparatus for Accordance 17 May 2013 | 11:36 am
Yesterday, OakTree Software released the new 28th edition of the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece (or Greek New Testament) for Accordance Bible Software. The NA28 first appeared near the end of 2...
Review: Microsoft Surface RT 4 Apr 2013 | 01:21 am
I switched from Windows to the Mac as my main computing platform in 1998 for reasons I’ve discussed elsewhere before. Of course, I never left Windows completely behind. I’ve kept up with it over the y...
Review: The Hobbit (An Unexpected Journey in More Ways than One) 17 Dec 2012 | 10:55 am
"Saruman believes it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. I found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small ac...
The Old Spinning Wheel 6 Dec 2012 | 09:14 am
John and Maurene Mansfield - 1939The photo above is the only (to my knowledge) wedding picture from my paternal grandparents, John and Maurene (Fowler) Mansfield. They married in late 1939. I've been ...
Watch Kathy Today on Wheel of Fortune 23 Nov 2012 | 09:42 pm
My wife, Kathy, and I flew out to Los Angeles in September so that she could tape an episode of Wheel of Fortune. The show will finally air tonight (check your local listings for time). They also as....
Hotfoot 16 Nov 2012 | 09:18 pm
In my reading of the Revised English Bible, I've come across an interesting translation choice that I thought I'd quickly share. I admit that personally, I don't use the word hotfoot in everyday con....
