tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63101622011-04-21T18:04:05.107-07:00Mark's Web LogAlways try the new stuff.Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590864119546249768noreply@blogger.comBlogger271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310162.post-18015820900095023012009-02-24T19:23:00.000-08:002009-02-24T19:43:37.178-08:00Astronomy is an amazing pseudo-science.I'm sitting here watching a show with astronomers talking about the Universe. How we can only "see" 13 billion light-years, red-shifting, blue-shifting, expanding Universe, the Universe is only 13 and a half billion years old, etc., etc.This, of course, depends on the speed of light being a constant, 186,000 miles per second.Several weeks ago I watched a Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590864119546249768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310162.post-45747683420519008222008-12-19T05:04:00.000-08:002008-12-19T05:13:08.871-08:00Dehydrator 0003Whelp, been going 11 hours now, and the 1/8" slice produces definitive chips. Both banana and apple are dry to the touch, just turned them, & will let them go another hour before bagging into zip-locks.Lucked out on the zip-locks several years ago. Sam's Club had them on sale so I bought a case of four boxes of quart size, only working on the second box still. 54 per box, so Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590864119546249768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310162.post-12117872592292888732008-12-18T18:31:00.000-08:002008-12-18T18:52:48.290-08:00Dehydrating 0002What I have...American Harvest Garden Master with 10 trays.This has serviced me pretty well for 6 to 8 years. What I've done with it so far is about 200 pounds of meat into jerky. I take it out every winter for a week or two or a month or two, get the Nesco spices, and go nuts. I love the jerky, but get tired of the prep work and clean-up and say the heck with it after a periodMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590864119546249768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310162.post-22488515812324442352008-12-18T12:50:00.000-08:002008-12-18T12:56:28.701-08:00Dehydration entry 0001Yes, I dehydrate food. Why? Beef jerky tastes better and costs less when you make it yourself. Beef and Venison, Pork and Venison taste great, and you can make it last forever by drying it. Bored with just eating an apple? Slice it, sprinkle with a little cinnamon, dehydrate it overnight, and you have a whole new taste sensation that is still good for you.Yes, I'm an Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590864119546249768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310162.post-48887614447706338812008-05-19T15:20:00.000-07:002008-05-19T15:53:15.211-07:00This will be a long one, so, if you actually read this stuff, relax, get your favorite beverage and continue.All I want is what I'm worth.Since I can't get that (nobody wants to pay it), what I'll take is what we agree on.How this comes up...I am a computer geek. I am not the kid that hacks the pentagon. I am not the game player that will hit the 100th level in the first sitting. I am the guy Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590864119546249768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310162.post-84771631269936756692008-02-26T07:33:00.000-08:002008-02-26T07:37:59.905-08:00I am now beginning to actively block e-mail with poor embedded URLs.What that means is that if I get an e-mail from some supposedly "help" organization, like ZDnet, I open an embedded URL, and the resultant web page is more ad than content, or if the freaking thing kills every browser I open it in, the sender gets put in the kill box.I don't mind bad web pages, as such, it's the ones that won't Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590864119546249768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310162.post-5090877990125181242008-01-14T14:44:00.000-08:002008-01-14T14:53:23.876-08:00Yeah, well I like MP4's. Why? I'm lazy. It's a hell of a lot easier to open a folder and click a name, than it is to get up out of my chair, look for an interesting DVD or whatever, pull it out of the box (sometime's a challenge in itself with all the stupid different boxes) put it in the DVD player, wait for the ads, the warnings, the fancy menu's and then maybe get to watch my movie in Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590864119546249768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310162.post-35406647522447621842007-06-08T14:10:00.001-07:002007-06-08T14:10:56.231-07:00The only way to stop those who would do ill in cyberspace is with a cyber/binary intelligence.Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590864119546249768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310162.post-71207828641920057982007-03-09T05:13:00.000-08:002007-03-09T05:15:09.193-08:00Is Ugly Betty really ugly?Well, no. I think I'm your standard guy, with your standard guy interests. I'd do Ugly Betty in a New York Minute.Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590864119546249768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310162.post-1116676199914130542005-05-21T04:49:00.000-07:002005-05-21T04:49:59.920-07:00Testing to see what the URL actually is...Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590864119546249768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310162.post-1111881937355661662005-03-26T16:04:00.000-08:002005-03-26T16:05:37.356-08:00Yet another step in the computing odyssey. Now it's five computers, including Mac, Windows and Linux.Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590864119546249768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310162.post-1107012201209842442005-01-29T07:15:00.000-08:002005-01-29T07:23:21.210-08:00Blogger's getting better! I don't really blog enough yet to see all the little changes, but everytime I come back to do something, there's something new, and it seems to be a little easier to do this stuff.
The Mac has changed, once again, my entire computing paradigm. OS X 10.3 and the G5 and the Xserve G5 are to past mac computing what windows 3.1 was to all previous windows. It's finally Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590864119546249768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310162.post-1099158392415958362004-10-30T10:46:00.000-07:002004-10-30T10:46:32.416-07:00Now have a Mac G 5 on my desk. Did the rest of the world tremble too? I've been a CP/M, DOS, Windows user since the late 70s, with light forays into Unix and Apple/Mac. To this point, I never saw any particular reason to change. But the rest of the world is starting to force changes on me. As the hackers and black hats continue their stupid depridations, we need to continue to look at new Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590864119546249768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310162.post-1099158152512172262004-10-30T10:42:00.000-07:002004-10-30T10:42:32.513-07:00Well, Blog This!Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590864119546249768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310162.post-1098731102103398402004-10-25T12:05:00.000-07:002004-10-25T12:05:02.103-07:00Cerious Software - The Home of ThumbsPlus!
Just gets better and better...Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590864119546249768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310162.post-1093379719442118092004-08-24T13:33:00.000-07:002004-08-24T13:35:19.443-07:00Moved to a smaller town, now I'm dealing with the vagaries of 768 kb DSL versus 1.5 mb cable modem. At twice the price. Phooey
Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590864119546249768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310162.post-1087849318206870802004-06-21T13:20:00.000-07:002004-06-21T13:21:58.206-07:00Crap. Somedays computers really suck. I'm re-building web servers, and none of the technologies I so carefully put together last year are coming together well this year. One of those damned annoying learning experiences, I guess.Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590864119546249768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310162.post-1082297358178734702004-04-18T07:06:00.000-07:002004-04-18T07:13:20.186-07:00Spelling correctly is very important it seems in doing web stuff. I think one of the greatest innovations in computing will be the AI factor, when computers can understand what you mean instead of what you actually say. I realize this will be difficult, since it doesn't really make sense that a computer should really be programmed to understand transposed characters in a word, but it should be Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590864119546249768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310162.post-1082296733900263762004-04-18T06:58:00.000-07:002004-04-18T07:02:55.200-07:00Trying out the Google button. It starts me out different than I'm used to, so this may take figuring out.Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590864119546249768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310162.post-1082296604916031392004-04-18T06:56:00.000-07:002004-04-18T07:00:46.233-07:00Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State UniversityMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590864119546249768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310162.post-1081528045977410712004-04-09T09:26:00.000-07:002004-04-09T09:31:15.500-07:00Beginning to investigate blogging with Google. It has that nice blog button, so it would really be nice to make use of it.Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590864119546249768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310162.post-1076215772145305762004-02-07T20:48:00.000-08:002004-02-07T20:51:56.860-08:00Rebuilt two of my machines today. It's amazing how much new stuff there is in the world from one month to another.Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590864119546249768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310162.post-107487321402006492004-01-23T07:53:00.000-08:002004-01-23T07:55:37.343-08:00Then again, who isn't after your money or your time in some fashion or another.Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590864119546249768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310162.post-1074826872038347622004-01-22T19:00:00.000-08:002004-01-22T19:03:15.343-08:00Well, I've been reading more about blogs and blogging, and spending some time looking at other people's blogs. I don't know, but it seems to me this might just be another way for someone else to get my money.Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590864119546249768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310162.post-1074045401079498312004-01-13T17:55:00.000-08:002004-01-13T17:58:31.250-08:00Been reading some other people's blogs. Well, people and organizations. It's really just the same thing, isn't it. Some amount of information presented in another format.Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590864119546249768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310162.post-1073736144426396422004-01-10T03:59:00.000-08:002004-01-10T04:02:42.733-08:00A couple other places I do. Personal and otherwise.
My Iowa State University page.
A page I web edit/master.Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590864119546249768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310162.post-1073735920871751272004-01-10T03:58:00.000-08:002004-01-10T03:58:59.203-08:00This is my new blog. We'll see if I use it.Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590864119546249768noreply@blogger.com