Musings

As I said in my first Google+ tweet-that’s-not-a-tweet: what a time-suck!

Hey, that title’s funny to archaeologists….

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JCB special I “borrowed,” I liked it so much….

I guess technically this would be a side light, but I always enjoyed the architectural detail, too. Wouldn’t want a house with ’em, mind you (would feel like the world could peek in at me at will), but I enjoy looking at ’em now and then.

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Yesterday at the Bot Garden, we discovered…nascent strawberries! The berries are already forming right there in the flower-centers. I think these plants must have been “forced” in a greenhouse; they seem a bit ahead of the normal plant-speed—although today’s weather has aided and abetted plant progress—whew!—we broke 80 on the Farenheit scale….

The Guru and I wrangled technology, and did some pressure washing. Until the technology “sat down” on the job, and pffft!—no more progress. Well, the back porch is in good shape, and the side has gotten a good tending (REALLY needed it!). The front, the public part of our presentation to the world—untouched.

Conclusion: machine may now be “dead.”

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That’s me playing the (iPad GarageBand) bass. Believe it or not!

We bought a new app today! And it’s super-fun!

Yes, the new GarageBand for the iPad. Wow! It is sensitive to the amount of pressure from your fingers, recognizes when you drag the “strings” of the guitar or bass sideways, and myriad other seemingly impossible, powerful features.

Actually, as I understand it, since the surface of the iPad only can tell if you’re touching it or not, ya gotta wonder how it can be pressure-sensitive. I have it on God Good Authority (yes, from The Guru) that it senses minute changes in the position of the iPad that result from your pushing, and translate that into touch-pressure. So the total iPad movement is a proxy for screen touch-sensitivity. Cool!

Y’all know me, that I don’t tout apps and that I have little in the way of musical talent, but this, THIS, I recommend!

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The blooms keep coming.

As do the spell-binding products of Apple.

This new iPad (finally, have gotten used to that name, as forecast), called number two, wow!

So, opinions—black or white? I go back and forth….

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I’m still (ha! always?) catching up with old New Yorkers, so forgive me that this statistic is from the Dec 20/27 2010 issue: prediction—by 2014, the computer network in the USA will require the amount of energy used by the whole country of Australia (now? author David Owen isn’t clear) to power it.

Add to that the power it takes the rechargers, and, whew, how efficient Wal-Mart makes its buildings and delivery trucks pales.

The article is called “The Efficiency Dilemma,” and starts here. Owen gets the statistic from Stan Cox, I think from his book Losing Our Cool.

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JCB and I have different zones of awareness. Of course, I almost walked by this, but he probably spotted it as we started down the block!

I was focused on a crocus or two, I think.

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I like that all you can see of the technician is the top of his hardhat.

We took a fast-paced stroll to the library this afternoon under bleak skies. The Guru, whose eyes are tuned to such things, noticed some major high-altitude wiring underway, probably associated with an upgrade in communications technology*. (Me, you know me, I’m most often keeping track of what’s underfoot—even if it isn’t icy!) Anyway, if those big black covers appear on the wires in your neighborhood, a barrage of advertising about bundling options may follow.

Ah, speaking of technology…yesterday began Year Six of this blog!!!

* U-verse, or something like it….

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With all the typographic doodads, the official name is Logitech Revue™ with Google TV™.

The box arrived with a keyboard (and, I think, other hardware) to facilitate the computer-television content interface, the result of a Logitech-Google collaboration.

Somehow, the Guru wrangled it from Logitech without paying a cent.

Of course, one of the Guru’s first checks to see if the setup was working…showed that it was on the Internet, but, um-hem, Google’s own page…um, didn’t appear.

Needless to say, this made a very poor impression….

At least I didn’t think that Google has a new web address….

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Just what do you think the world-wide annual sales are of horsefly earbuds?

Yick.

Oh, wait, “Play. Listen. Love.” is on the lips earbuds package….

And, my dictionary has earbud as a compound word….

BTW, horseflies: family Tabanidae. FYI.

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