I added a small picture to the side. I decided instead of adding a small picture to every post like a lot of blogs do, which is a pain and kinda redundant in my opinion. I found out with the limited amount of characters you can use on Twitter (www.twitter.com) I’m having to learn to [...]
Coming up on this week’s R.I.S. is that I am going to do a bit a delving into Soy Milk. Heard on the NO Agenda podcast, that John C. Dvorak said that he had heard that soy milk was bad for you. I know someone who drinks soy milk, so I thought that I would [...]
I added a Twitter flash badge to the site. Will see how it goes. Might remove it. Never know. My Twitter is www.twitter.com/mlmanley and my pownce is www.pownce.com/mlmanley.
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This week I give Kudos to KBUR for putting Leo Laporte’s radio show on thier programming schedule. My first computer was the Timex Sinclair 1000. I have been involved with computing ever since the early 80’s. I found out the John McCormick of “For Our Birds” has his radio show “Back Yard Birds” on KBUR on the [...]
I just heard on the radio that the average cost to operate a vehicle is now up to 54¢ a mile. The increase is due mainly to, you guessed it, gas prices. Imagine that! Harley Davidson’s profits are down 13% and they have laid off 8% of their workforce, the most they have had [...]
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This week is about Oil, it seems. There was a new discovery on the Bakken. Exxon’s CEO got a big fat raise off gas prices. Oil hits new record per barrel. KeoKon comes to Keokuk. Radio Station of week - KBUR. Podcast of week - Tekzilla. Local website of week - For Our Birds, [...]
Finally, a sunny day and no rain in the forecast for almost a week. Yea! Tired of getting a wet basement. When I left last night around 8:00pm, for the first time I could still actually see the sunset, which means the days are getting longer. Usually I like the cold and winter, but not [...]
As most people are familiar with, the saying about Iowa weather is just wait… it will change. And sure enough, as if proving not to dissappoint, the weather has changed dramatically once again. On Friday morning the temperature was in the mid 50’s and on Saturday mornig it was in the lower 30’s with [...]
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This week:
Oldest Recorded Sound,
Grain Prices from Meekers,
Fuel Prices,
Auslogics programs,
SD+LL/mlm
I think I got the search fixed. And I do believe that all the RSS feeds are now working properly, so I cross my fingers and hope for the best. /mlm