Alex at Neatorama saw my Tech Woes post, and posted it there to ask for suggestions. I got a huge response, and I’m still working my way through the tips. Honestly, I have been living with these computer problems for years, and I only wrote about them because I needed a post intro! But thanks, I appreciate them all. I have recovered Safari, but the typing is still slow. No doubt all the diagnostics people have told me about improved the system’s overall function. The family survived spring break, with the help of relatives who are willing to babysit, although I did have trouble with deadlines on the net. We didn’t do much cleaning -just straightening up the house, although we did get the pond cleaned and stocked. I have twenty new little fishes! I just hope they last a while.



BigDog Beta

Admit it, when you first saw Boston Dynamics’ BigDog robot, you thought the same thing.

This little robot scans the area to find a surface it can drum on! Can you say “adorable”?

The Ten Most Historically Inaccurate Movies. Hollywood never lets the facts get in the way of a good yarn.

You know someone just like this guy. Like the Guy Manual says, don't ever admit guilt, even in the face of overwhelming evidence.

Six March Madness Tournaments (without basketball)! Totally online and sports-free. 

You may be tired of Linerider videos by now, but you haven’t seen anything until you’ve seen Transcendental. With 126,000 lines, it runs as smoothly as silk.

The early days of Saturday morning cartoons were experimental and therefore delightful. Take a video look back at the years 1960-1964.

A 1995 Newsweek editorial dismisses the internet as a “cacophony” that resembles CB radio. How many wrong predictions can you count in this article?

The Top Ten Jackie Chan Stunts. This makes me hurt just watching it.

CHURCH SERVICE

The shapely topless dancer went to Mass dressed in her working clothes, but was stopped at the door by the priest. "Miss," he said, "you can't go in like that."

"But, Father," protested the churchgoer, "I have a divine right."

"Aye, and your left isn't bad, either," the man of the cloth responded, "but you still can't enter the church without proper attire."

 

The stories of nine disabled people who did exactly what they were not supposed to be able to do.

Virtual Sand. (via Bits and Pieces)

Hello, I am Mr. Google.

Seven Mysterious Disappearances. Read what happened plus the wild speculations of what might have happened to these people who were never seen again.

The 5 Most Ridiculously Over-Hyped Health Scares of All Time.

The Weirdest News Stories of the Week.

Tech Support

(Thanks, Rich!)
Cust : "I'd like to complain about the screensaver on my computer."

Tech : "What seems to be the problem?"

Cust : "It doesn't work."

Tech : "Ok. What's on your screen now?"

Cust : "Nothing. It's broken."

Tech : "Broken?"

Cust : "Yes. The screensaver didn't work."

Tech : "Of course it wouldn't work if your monitor screen is broken."

Cust : "Look! We had a break in at our house. They vandalized the place and smashed the screen with something."

Tech : "I'm sorry you were broken into, sir, but a screensaver won't work on a broken screen."

Cust : Angry now, "If the screensaver did what it's supposed to do, then my screen would not have broken. When they hit it, it didn't save my screen."

PMS Survival Tips (Thanks, Suzanne!)

Thought for today: The e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail.

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