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WWVB radio controlled clocks
2008-02-09 19:44:00 It’s a good bet that by now you have seen those amazing clocks that set themselves automatically, even adjusting for the time changes in the spring and fall. Although they are sometimes mistakenly referred to as ”atomic clocks”, they are actually controlled via a 60 khz radio signal which is broadcast by NIST Radio Station WWVB near Fort ... More About: Clocks
Anyone planning to fly onto the island of St. Maarten?
2008-02-09 04:31:00 A couple of days ago I featured a crazy photo of a jet landing on the island of St. Maarten as the “Picture of the Day” on TodaysPhoto.org. Well, a few minutes ago my brother sent me a link to an amazing YouTube video of a landing that is even more ”interesting”. Click this link to check ... More About: Planning , Island
Our first year with Houdini
2008-02-08 16:38:00 Well, it’s been a year since our beautiful, friendly, and quite large Great Pyrenees Houdini adopted us, and what a year it’s been! First of all, he has managed to completely take over the house as if his name is on the deed instead of ours, and as if that isn’t bad enough he bucks ... More About: Year
Windows Vista after its first year
2008-02-07 00:13:00 Well, it has been a little over a year since Microsoft unleashed Windows Vista on the world, and even though it is already a cash cow for the company, it has been a rather rough year indeed. Vista was released with much fanfare on January 30, 2007, and almost immediately it became one of the most vilified ... More About: Technology , Windows Vista , Microsoft Windows
Memories of my trusty old Radio Shack TRS-80
2008-02-06 18:14:00 The first computer I ever owned was the original Radio Shack TRS-80, and even though computer technology has advanced by leaps and bounds since then, I have never owned a machine that I loved quite as much as that simple gray and black plastic number. In 1976 the home computer industry was in its infancy. An ... More About: Technology , Memories , Radio Shack
6 tips for dealing with suspicious emails
2008-02-05 01:55:00 If you have been sending and receiving emails for more than a day or two, you no doubt receive more than your fair share of suspicious email messages. And unfortunately, the problem is most likely going to get a lot worse before it starts getting any better. By now you have probably been clued-in to the ... More About: Technology , Tips , Emails
Quick - find me another Ronald Reagan!
2008-02-04 21:05:00 Well, tomorrow is “Super Tuesday”, the quadrennial multi-state primary showdown that often leaves just one man (or perhaps this year, one woman) staggering down the path towards the White House after fighting tooth and nail for his/her party’s nomination for President of the United States. When the primary season first began, there were dozens of ... More About: Find , Quick , Reagan , Ronald Reagan , Ronald
The wisdom of King Solomon
2008-02-03 17:29:00 1 King s 3:16-28 16 - Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. 17 - And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. 18 - And it came to pass the ... More About: Wisdom , Devotions
2008 to be a banner year for digital cameras
2008-02-03 17:00:00 Last year the world of digital photography grew by leaps and bounds with new digital cameras and related equipment being released virtually non-stop, and if January was an accurate indicator, 2008 is shaping up to be even more exciting! Along with each new technological breakthrough comes smaller, more powerful, and more energy efficient components that just ... More About: Technology , Digital Cameras , Cameras , Digital , Banner
Mr. Sullivan?s hand-carved rooster
2008-01-31 03:45:00 Cheria and I have a good friend who loves to whittle, carve, and create all types of wooden crafts, including decorative roosters like the friendly fellow pictured above. We had the opportunity to take my 80 year old mom to visit them a few days ago, and before we left Mr. Sullivan presented this fine ... More About: Rooster , Hand , Roost
The 2008 presidential race gets a little less crowded
2008-01-30 18:07:00 The field of candidates in this year’s Presidential race has gotten a little thinner after yesterday’s Florida primaries. John Edwards has already announced that he is ending his futile bid to be the Democratic party’s nominee, and Republican Rudolph Giuliani is expected to follow suit later today. Of the two, Edwards had perhaps the best chance ... More About: Race , 2008
Flat panel televisions are taking over the market
2008-01-30 17:37:00 If you haven’t paid a visit to your favorite home electronics retailer lately, you just might be surprised what you’ll find over in the television section. Over the course of the last year or so the once ubiquitous “Tube TV” has been more or less replaced by flat panel models. In fact, that’s all you’ll ... More About: Technology , Market , Panel , Televisions , Taking
Wireless memory cards
2008-01-30 17:06:00 A few months ago a company by the name of Eye-Fi released an SD memory card that can transfer the image files it contains directly to a PC attached to a wireless network without removing the card from the camera. In fact, it can even transfer those files over the Internet to over a dozen ... More About: Technology , Wireless , Memory , Cards , Memory cards
Yet another unconscionable lawsuit
2008-01-29 16:48:00 Here’s the scenario: In 2004 a man was driving his Audi A8 through the La Rioja region of Spain at over 100 miles per hour (the speed limit was 55) when he struck and killed another man who was riding a bicycle. The ensuing investigation revealed that the cyclist was partially at fault for the accident ... More About: Lawsuit
?Seat belts?
2008-01-28 20:46:00 I absolutely refused to wear “safety belts” when I first started driving. After all, they were completely optional then, and as a strapping 16 year old I was invincible, completely immune to even the possibility of becoming involved in an auto accident. Then one by one I started hearing about people my age and younger who had lost ... More About: Seat , Belts
Why ?Talk Radio? is a bastion of conservatism
2008-01-23 22:29:00 Like it or not, it’s a proven fact that with the exception of the Fox News Channel and a relative handful of fair-minded newspapers and magazines, the majority of America’s print and broadcast news outlets report the news with a strong liberal bias, but talk radio is by and large a bastion of conservatism. Have you ever wondered ... More About: Radio , Talk Radio , Talk , Conservatism
Diane Keaton?s cursing on live TV
2008-01-22 16:35:00 By now you have probably heard about actress Diane Keaton ’s use of a variation of the “F” word on ABC’s “Good Morning America”. Keaton’s so-called slip-of-the-tongue is just the latest in a series of foul-mouthed appearances on live TV, and thanks to a June 2007 ruling by the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals it appears ... More About: Live , Diane Keaton , Cursing
Excitement over the unexpected death of a celebrity
2008-01-20 20:42:00 It seems like there is always some celebrity in the news whose personal life is completely out of control. Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Anna Nicole Smith and a long list of others ultimately lost their battles with themselves, ending up in a cemetery way too early and leaving their fans and critics alike just shaking ... More About: Celebrity , Death , Excitement , Excite
This tiny speck called earth
2008-01-19 18:28:00 Our planet is an amazing creation, an 8,000 mile wide ball of rocks, dirt, water and gases that is hurtling through space in perfect coordination with the rest of our solar system as it spins its way around the Milky Way galaxy. But as massive at it seems to us, the earth is but a ... More About: Earth , Tiny
My turn at catching a virus
2008-01-19 16:46:00 A couple of days ago I chronicled my latest battle with a computer virus, but right now I’m battling one of my own. And I sort of had a feeling that it was coming… On Thursday evening I dropped my granddaughter Olivia off at basketball practice, then returned 90 minutes later to pick her up. While I was ... More About: Virus , Turn
Those aggravating computer viruses
2008-01-18 04:43:00 Well, it has happened yet again. It seems like about once a month or so my work PC ends up catching a virus, a trojan horse, or some other piece of malware. Today it was a virus, and it was a particularly nasty one. First of all, it corrupted one of the most important Windows XP system files ... More About: Computer , Viruses , Pet Peeves
Ford cars now running Microsoft Windows
2008-01-16 15:58:00 How’s this for a scary thought? Several of Ford ’s 2009 model vehicles will be running Sync, a communications and entertainment software platform based largely upon Microsoft Windows CE technology. Yep, the two companies have indeed joined forces to bring the world of computer crashes and endless security holes onto the world’s highways. At least a couple ... More About: Cars , Running
The difference between believing in Jesus and being saved
2008-01-12 22:00:00 Having grown up under the sound of the gospel, I have always heard folks refer to those who have been saved as “Believers”, but are all believers actually saved? The surprising answer is no. After all, satan himself is a huge believer in Jesus as the Son of the Living God because he dealt with ... More About: Difference , Devotions , Diff
The accuracy of political polls
2008-01-10 17:30:00 You know, sometimes things just don’t turn out as expected. If you don’t believe me, just ask Barack Obama. All the polls taken right before last Tuesday’s Democratic Presidential Primary election in New Hampshire indicated that Mr. Obama would easily defeat top rival Hillary Clinton, perhaps even by a double-digit margin. What’s more, exit polls taken throughout the day right up ... More About: Political , Polls
?Country Roads?
2008-01-09 18:10:00 “Country roads, take me home To the place, I belong…” If you’re like me, there are probably a number of songs that were popular back when you were a child that have stuck in your mind through the years, always ready and waiting to spur a special memory or two every time you hear them on the ... More About: Roads
Politics, politics, politics?
2008-01-08 05:10:00 Well, the 2008 Presidential race is now in full swing, and as usual the field is a bit crowded in both major political parties. A couple of also-rans dropped out of the running on the Democratic side immediately following last Thursday’s Iowa Caucuses, and I also expect to see a “thinning of the herd” after the dust settles in New Hampshire ... More About: Politics , Presidential campaign
The Carter Family Fold
2008-01-06 20:55:00 At the foot of Clinch Mountain in the tiny southwestern Virginia community of Hiltons sits a rather plain looking wooden building. It sprawls out on a hillside, and if you were driving by and happened to miss the sign you would think it was a barn. But trust me, this amazing building is like no other ... More About: Family , Carter , Fold
Putting on the armour of God
2008-01-05 04:51:00 Ephesians 6:11-17 11 - Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 - For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 - Wherefore take ... More About: Putting , Devotions , Armour
Publishing the ?Picture of the Day?
2008-01-03 04:59:00 As regular visitors to RickRouse.com surely know by now, one of my favorite pastimes is picking up my camera and heading off somewhere to take some pictures. I’m not a professional photographer, but every once in a while I do manage to capture a pretty decent image, and when I do I usually end up ... More About: Picture , Publishing , Picture of the day
Litterbugs
More articles from this author:2008-01-01 20:23:00 As I was taking Houdini for his morning walk, I couldn’t help but notice that the side of the road that borders our long field was littered with dozens of bottles, cans, fast-food containers and various other pieces of garbage. During the summertime I clean up the roadside at least once a week so that ... More About: Pet Peeves 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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