Year: 2005
Happy Fourth of July!
So there I was, standing out on the sidewalk in front of somebody’s house at midnight, holding an umbrella over my camera, which was mounted on a tripod and aimed out over the rooftops toward where some people I don’t know were shooting off fireworks. I’d had to drive around to find a place with… Read more
One More Great American
Now that the search for the Greatest American is over, I’d like to add one more name to the list. This gentleman didn’t even make the top 100—probably because his greatest contributions occurred outside the United States—but he could well be the greatest American of all. I’m speaking of Dr. Norman Borlaug, winner of the… Read more
A Little Modern Crime Fighting
Here’s a really cool example of Chicago Police and residents working together to catch a criminal. The crime isn’t a huge one, but it’s interesting how this worked: The North Edgebrook community…police and residents were faced with an unusual problem: someone was vandalizing neighborhood signs and spreading large roofing nails at a busy intersection. The… Read more
Google Earth Public Release
Wow! 5000 hits today! Although I’d love for you folks to stick around and check out my blog, I suspect you just want to download the latest release of Google Earth Plus—3.0.0336 (beta)—which you can get here: http://www.desktop.google.com/download/earth/GoogleEarthPlus.exe Enjoy! Update: Google has suspended downloads. Better check the official page: http://earth.google.com/ Read more
Don’t Touch That!
I got some interesting email today. It was titled “Link exchange proposal,” which I assumed was some other blogger who wanted to swap links with me. But as I was clicking on it, I realized that this had to be some kind of link scam. Bloggers don’t make agreements to link to each other. If… Read more