Lazer Eye Fixing

This Friday I will go under the light. I am having one eye corrected for distance vision and one eye corrected for optimal vision at 20 inches. I will be able to say goodbye to my glasses and contact lenses, hopefully, forever.

NCAA Basketball…What fun.

Went to a great basketball game last night. Aztecs beat New Mexico. Below is the student Section.

 

The Kite Runner

I am in the middle of the book “The Kite Runner”, what a great book. I plan on watching the movie after I finish. My sister, Linda, said I should read it and she was sure right.

E-Papar….E-Books.

I have been watching the advances in E-Paper  technology closely. Amazon’s Kindle  is a new E-Book that has finally broke through most of the problems with E-Paper E-Books.  E-Paper is great because it applies power to change a page but then the page is displayed in a powerless environment. The display is not backlit. The more light that hits the screen, the better you can read it – just like a piece of paper. Very easy on the eyes.

 

This Article really lays out the new features that makes it attractive. At $400 it is a little steep and it is the first version of the thing but it is tempting. I think I will wait for version 2.0 though.

 

Great “War on Terror” news web site.

http://www.longwarjournal.org/

Great news web site about everything to do with the war on terror. 

While the main stream media was calling Basra a defeat for Maliki, I was getting the straight scoop about how it is the beginning of the end for Al Sadr.

 

Left Brain – Right Brain test

Is she going clockwise or counter clockwise? How you see it says something about how you think. Clockwise: You are right brained. Counter Clockwise: You are left brained.

Nothing is absolute. It is just how you tend to think. Some people see it both ways.

Right Brain Traits

When given a task or assignment, you want to know why it’s important because you like the big picture.
You don’t need to do lists?you like to wing it!
You prefer molding clay into pottery over Sudoku puzzles because it is more creative.
When shopping for a new car, you pick what looks best, rather than what drives best because you are into aesthetics.
When traveling, you like to impulsive adventure. Why plan it all out and ruin it?
Because you are visual, you prefer textbooks to lectures.
You can remember a person’s face but not necessarily his name.
Your office is not necessarily organized, but you find what you need, eventually.
When trying a new software program, you install it and immediately begin experimenting with it.
You aren’t always on time, but you mean well.

Left Brain Traits

When given a task or assignment, you don’t always need to know why it’s important.
You get a great deal of pleasure in creating “to do” lists and checking off each item as it is accomplished.
You prefer Sudoku puzzles over getting messy with clay.
When shopping for a new car, you look at fuel efficiency and crash safety ratings over aesthetics.
When traveling, you like to have your itinerary completely planned down to the last detail.
Because you respond to verbal cues, you prefer lectures to textbooks.
You are good at remembering names.
Your office is neatly organized with a place for everything. Little time is spent looking around for lost items.
When trying a new software program, you prefer to use the instruction manual before playing with the parts.
You are almost always on time or early for meetings and appointments.

Add comments about how you see it.

Global Warming

My feelings on Global Warming:

1. There has been warming. The greenhouse effect is part of the reason. How much? very little.
2. The sun is the big determining factor in global weather on Earth.
3. We are going into a cooling period. We are seeing the results of an less active sun already. This past (northern) winter and (southern) summer were a huge break in the general increase in temperatures we have seen in the past. 1998 was the hottest (recent) year on record and the trend has been down since.
4. If everything the IPCC says about Global Warming were true, it would still be cheaper, by any measure, to mitigate the effects, than to try to reduce CO2 via artificial means.
5. Those who push for reducing CO2 at any cost, have not done a cost analysis.

Climatologists received a lot of funding to study nuclear winter. When the USSR broke up and the cold war ended, so did the funding for climatologists. Whenever you have a lot of unemployed scientists they are bound to find a way to make work for themselves. Enter Global Warming. It was a perfect storm. It made the environment a great issue again after environmentists won the clean air battle. It gave REDS a new method to control capitalism. It gave liberals a club to beat conservatives. And it gave funding to scientists who would otherwise have to change their focus to something else.

 

 

 

 

I started a blog

Aaron’s blog convinced me to start one. Here it is.