Thank you very much to someone using the internet service provided by Satyam Infoway (a.k.a. sify.net) in Delhi, India at 3:41:30 this morning. That was Windypundit's 100,000th visitor.The visit was, of course, to my Google Earth page, which is responsible for much of the traffic to this site. The referring URL was blank, but it's got to be a search engine.The first … [Read more...] about 100,000
Resolutions for 2006
Lots of people are making New Year's resolutions right now. Something about the list at Not Guilty made me decide to do my own: Windypundit's New Year's Resolutions for 2006 Same as everyone else: lose weight. I lost a bunch of weight in the first half of this year and then gained a bunch of it back. I weigh less than I did a year ago, but not by as much as I'd like. Take … [Read more...] about Resolutions for 2006
Trimming The Elements
How come criminalizing driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.08%—as measured by a machine that estimates blood alcohol by measuring alcohol in a person's breath, which it does by measuring chemical reactions in its sensor that are caused by alcohol-like compounds—is considered the law, but the constitutional presumption of innocence is considered a technicality? … [Read more...] about Trimming The Elements
Why I Want a Nikon D200 – Part 4
I'm posting a series of articles explaining my thinking in deciding that I want one of the new Nikon D200 cameras. I don't know if anybody out there is interested, but photography is a new hobby for me, and I enjoy writing about new things I've learned. In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series I explained the major technical advantages of a camera like the Nikon D200 over my … [Read more...] about Why I Want a Nikon D200 – Part 4
Happy Holidays Everyone!
And Merry Christmas to all my fundamentalist Christian readers! … [Read more...] about Happy Holidays Everyone!