Posted by Kirk M on 20 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: Just Thinkin
Just a quick entry to let everyone know I’m still here. After my first full week at work, I’ve been completely wiped right out when I get home and I couldn’t crank up enough brain power to write anything. So it goes as they say.
I’m heading down country today to the White River Jct VA [...] Read more »
Posted by Kirk M on 18 Aug 2006 | Tagged as: Just Thinkin, Life at home
I read the news today (oh boy). Seems that they’re very close to finding the missing gene, genome, whatever, that makes our brains so much different than a chimpanzee’s and why we’re so much more “intelligent” (do tell).
Well, well, well. It appears to me that the next step to be taken after they do find [...] Read more »
Posted by Kirk M on 14 Aug 2006 | Tagged as: BackWoods tech, Just Thinkin
The more I read the (tech) news these days, the more I hear about the Microsoft’s latest doing’s and the less I like what I’m reading.
I have been an MS user from the PC’s “BW” era (Before Windows). I did have my choice at one time though. My Sound [...] Read more »
Posted by Kirk M on 12 Jun 2006 | Tagged as: Just Thinkin, Life at home
Seems like the only time I get to post anything these days is during the weekend and that’s usually only one day and one post per blog but that’s ok since I’m only doing this because I can and I enjoy it, not to make deadlines or money for that matter. Just for fun. And [...] Read more »
Posted by Kirk M on 06 May 2006 | Tagged as: Just Thinkin
Patrick Kennedy’s “disorientation”: Heavens to Betsy, I’m just SHOCKED!
Google and child porn: Oh grow up. Read this.
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes: (OK. I’m late on this one. I’ve been busy). Aaaarrgghh!!! Enough already. He’s absolutely loony. Loving and harmless but absolutely loony.
Mission Impossible III: Can they possibly hype a movie any further? Do you want [...] Read more »
Posted by Kirk M on 17 Apr 2006 | Tagged as: Just Thinkin
Looks like the team at WordPress had a little problem but they got it fixed ok it seems. Bully for them.
While I was sitting at the computer this morning before work (reading the news) our cat BV decided to keep me company whilst I tried to find out if the world was still there (it [...] Read more »
Posted by Kirk M on 08 Apr 2006 | Tagged as: BackWoods tech
My lady turned me on to a story about the latest development in the battery improvement area. Virus built batteries.
Here’s the news article from Gizmodo
Viruses Engineered to Make Batteries
READ MORE: Batteries, Gadgets, Viruses, research
“Researchers have engineered viruses to attract metals and spin them into battery components.
Modifying viral genes so the outside viral layer would bind [...] Read more »
Posted by Kirk M on 29 Mar 2006 | Tagged as: Life at home
And not much really going on up here at the top of Vermont besides a week of temps in the 50’s which will be just what we’ve needed after a couple weeks of raw 30’s. I hear White River Junction down in Central Vermont might actually hit 70 on Friday. January thaw in March? Ya’ [...] Read more »
