Archive for February, 2007
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
I Work, They Supervise
Technorati Tags: cats
2 Comments » - Posted in Random Stuff by Rana
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
Tabbed Tabs Firefox Extension
Picked this one up from MacUser, who picked it up from LifeHacker. The post is called, “But How Do I Tab My Tabs?: “In my opinion, tabbed browsing was one of the greatest inventions since bookmarks. I honestly do not know what I would do without tabs–be they in Safari, Firefox, Camino, or (it pains [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Surfing Entry by Rana
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
Switching to a Mac: The True Story
The Truth About Switching: What It’s Really Like to Move to a Mac: “Poke around the net for a while searching for information on what it’s like to switch to a Mac, and you’ll quickly get a face full of hyperbole, zealots, platform bigots, feature weenies, and naysayers – from both the Windows and Mac [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Surfing Entry by Rana
Monday, February 26th, 2007
39DollarGlasses.com – Thumbs Up
My earlier post describing my successful negotiation of lower-priced eyewear was on a whole positive, but I did concede that going back to a lined bifocal, while cheaper, was not ideal for computer work.
After about a week of getting a crick in my neck looking for the sweet spot on my lenses (and never finding [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Opinion / Current Events by Rana
Monday, February 26th, 2007
TXU Buyout – Saves Us from the Coal
A Buyout Deal That Has Many Shades of Green – New York Times: “Early Monday, after several weeks of marathon negotiations that brought together both environmentalists and Wall Street bankers, TXU announced that its board of directors had approved the bid from Kohlberg Kravis and Texas Pacific for about $45 billion, which would be the [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Surfing Entry by Rana
Sunday, February 25th, 2007
Starbucks on a Sunday
Sure there are plenty of people ready to say Starbucks is nothing but an evil corporate empire. Maybe it is, but I still love my neighborhood SBux. The baristas remember my name, know my drink, and ask me pertinent questions about my life. In short, they spoil me, make me feel special, and make a [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Slice of Life by Rana
Saturday, February 24th, 2007
Dust Storm
What our world looks like today.
Technorati Tags: environmental, slice of life
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Saturday, February 24th, 2007
Pondering: The Winds over North Texas
We are having a day of high winds in North Texas with heavy clouds of dust turning what was a blue sky just an hour ago an eerie golden brown. At such times my mind always turns to the central character of Dorothy Scarborough’s novel The Wind, a young woman driven mad by Panhandle dust [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Opinion / Current Events by Rana
Friday, February 23rd, 2007
Overheard: In the Grocery Store
Small Boy to His Mom – “Dad doesn’t like broccoli either.”
Mother – “Your father is a grown man. He can eat what he likes.”
Boy – “So kids have to eat stuff they don’t like ’cause they don’t have rights?”
Mother – “Jeffrey Daniel Smith.”
Boy (muttering and putting the broccoli in the cart) – “This is child [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Overheard by Rana
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
Mom, Can I Stay Home From School?
This morning I read the ABC News story, “How Sick Is Too Sick for School?” by Dan Childs with no small degree of amusement.
As the author described the typical series of events, “It’s a familiar scene for every parent of a child in elementary school. The lethargic, shuffling steps into the kitchen. Coughs and complaints [...]
