Introducing the iBeam: floppy phones fixed

Despite the fact that only nine customers (out of 10 million orders) have reported problems with iPhone 6 bending, the alleged phenomenon has spawned numerous memes and generated its own Twitter hashtag, #bendgate.  Since the internet is never wrong about stuff like this, I immediately recognized that this is a world-class problem in desperate need… Continue reading Introducing the iBeam: floppy phones fixed

Running Thoughts

Some random observations arising from yesterday’s run… It’s amazing what a 10° difference in temperature makes. A week ago, with temps in the low 90s, I was struggling after only a couple of miles. Yesterday, I made almost five miles (I stop at 45 minutes regardless of distance) and felt good. OK, “good” is a… Continue reading Running Thoughts

Driving Mr. Crazy

Everyone who drives slower than me is an idiot, and everyone who drives faster than me is a jerk.  –Me, and probably every other driver in Midland, Texas Last week, while driving home after work, I encountered the following at consecutive intersections: A driver in a pickup turned left in front of me after the… Continue reading Driving Mr. Crazy

Nest Report

One of the guys at work claimed he’d seen a hummingbird nest in one of the trees outside our new office building. I was skeptical; in all our years of putting up feeders and watching the little guys, I’d never seen a hummer’s nest. So, today after lunch, Debbie and I walked past a live… Continue reading Nest Report

Camera Sunday

I spent some time last Sunday afternoon wandering around the grounds, camera in hand, looking for photo ops. As usual, once I focused on the trees instead of the forest*, a number of interesting details emerged, most of which involved flying creatures of the six-legged variety. This insect goes by the rather unappealing name of… Continue reading Camera Sunday

Arachnophotos

I’ve never made a secret of my dislike for spiders. There are people for whom I have great respect who think spiders make great pets, but I’d just as soon invite a family of cobras to live in our bedroom as tolerate a single eight legged freak. We recently transplanted a couple of tall junipers… Continue reading Arachnophotos