Archive for February, 2007

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Cingular 3G Wireless issue (and solution)

So, there you are, happy with your Cingular 3G Wireless service, using the Cingular Communications manager with you Sierra Wireless AirCard 875 PC Card and then it happens.  You boot up like you normally do, and your greeted with:

“Warning! There are duplicate profiles contained in this file.  All duplicate profiles wil be imported with (n) [...]

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Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Find the best articles and journal references

Found this out of the WorldChanging book: http://www.citeulike.org/
It allows you to see the most favored references instead of the most sited.

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Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Moms must read

A  man came home from work and found his three children
outside,still in their pajamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes
and wrappers strewn all around the front yard.
The door of his wife’s car was open, as was the front
door to the house and there was no sign of the dog.
Proceeding into the [...]

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Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Algebra problems to get you thinking

My 8 year old son wanted to learn calculus the other day.  So, I thought he should study a little algebra first.  Here are a series of problems that are similar to the ones that I gave him:
x-5 = 10
He had no problem with that one
2X = 10
He thought that X needed to be a [...]

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Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Saving the environment through good choice on power

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how we impact the environment.  Look a how much gasoline, electricity, water, and other things that you consume.  Now multiply that by 6 billion (estimated population of the Earth).  What do you think about that number?
Do the same with the garbage and sewage that you produce?  What do you think [...]

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Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Library: Random aisle… many good books: WorldChanging!

At a recent trip to the Barbara Bush Harris County Library near where I live, I decided to radomly select an isle and look for a good book.  Here is what I found:
 

 
It appears to be a very good book.  It has a lot of ideas on how we can change the world for the [...]

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Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Babel - the Bible

After watching the preview to the movie Babel, I decided to refresh myself of the original story from the Bible.  This is what I found:
Genesis 11
The Tower of Babel
 1 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. 2 As men moved eastward, [a] they found a plain in Shinar [b] and settled [...]

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Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Babel the movie

I just got through watching Babel the movie.  I bought it from Amazon’s Unbox service which is always a joy:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NMW6M0/ref=amb_link_3468052_2/002-3038050-2676018
If you are looking for a movie that will make you laugh or a movie with a lot of action, then this movie is not for you.  But if you would like to experience the trouble [...]

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