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Frost every day

Getting colder and darker every day in AK.

Weather Cool in Anchorage

Summer started warm, but has cooled down for last week.

IPad no flash

Since the IPad does not have the "flash" software, many websites do not perform correctly.

Is there a person in your life who always has a hug and makes you feel better when they're around? Who is it – and what do you love about them?

Saw the two helicopters over Hagatna Bay that were showcased on local TV. They carried amphibious soldiers (AKA frogmen) of the Marine Corps.

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Home energy

If each home could supply 25% of it's energy,it would beca good start.

Eagle Creek Hovercraft

EagleCreek.Com has a lightweight line of luggage called"Hovercraft". Carryon has a limit of 22x14x9 inches, that some of this line fit.

Archos101Sold Out

Archos.com and other vendors, are sold out of the iPad analogue, the 101 model with ten inch screen ( diagonal).

Pocketbook 903 Pro eReader Does Handwriting

Two posts in early September 2010 by Charbax on ARMDevices.Net highlight a new tablet eReader series called the Pocketbook Pro.

Investigating further reveals it should be for sale in October 2010, will have several models, runs Android or Linux, is based in the Ukraine, and will be sold through Ingram Micro.

Configure Email Client Evolution

The email program named "Evolution" is the ordinary software for email that comes with the version of the Linux operating system known as Ubuntu. This post is for version 10, also known as "Lucid Lynx".

Here is how to configure Evolution for email with Google mail from the website "Gmail.Com".

Backpack Maxpedition Sitka

The "Sitka Gearslinger" from Maxpedition.Com is a single-strap backpack with several innovative features. It slings from being carried on the user's back to in front. This is ideal for reading field instruments such as a GPS latitude-longitude meter or clinometer, and writing results in a notebook.

Guam Public School System 2010-2011

The Guam Public School System 2010-2011 calendar is online at the Guam.Gov portal. School starts August 10, 2010, and continues to May 26, 2011.

Digital SLR Still Cameras For Video

Today I learned from a long-time friend whose family is in the graphic arts industry advice on modern, multipurpose cameras.

Namely, if funds are available, the best video camera to buy is a Digital SLR Camera that shoots both still images, plus High Definition Video with sound.

ARRL Book Remote Operating Amateur Radio

Live in an Apartment, or housing development where Ham Radio antenna are not permitted? Try this 2010 reference.

The Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL.Org) has a 2010 book entitled "Remote Operating for Amateur Radio".

Why Build Your Own Personal Computer?

Computers can be purchased from many retail outlets, and work right from the box. So why bother to assemble a "bare bones" set of components from a vendor like Tiger Direct? (Google Search).

A detailed justification can be found in this article from ExtremeTech.Com, dated July 13, 2010:

Nutsedge Control in Commercial Vegetables

A colleague asked about nutsedge control in vegetables. Also known as nutgrass, two common species are:

• Purple Nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus L.)
• Yellow Nutsedge (Cyperus escuelentus).

An article that ranks high on the Google search engine for "nutsedge control" is from Alabama Cooperative Extension Service (USA). It is dated August 2004 with identification code of ANR-1073.

Techie Bags Reviews Maxpedition

The reviewer behind TechieBags.Com has a series of reviews on the Maxpeditiion product line. The author appraises the luggage from the perspective of carrying information technology products.

SurfaceInk 12 Inch Linux Tablet

Charbax interviews a vendor of SurfaceInk at a trade show in June 2010 called the Freescale Technology Forum in Orlando Florida USA. Topic is a new 12 inch tablet computer running Linux by SurfaceInk.

Featherlite Model 8541 Horse Trailer

Most popular trailer by Featherlite is the Model 8541. Designed to carry horses, these trailers are suited to other uses because:

1. Made of corrosion-resistant aluminum.
2. Lightweight
3. Aerodynamic
4. Gooseneck attachment that fits in the back of pickup truck for steady driving and rapid turning.

Hidden DNA Gene Regulation

A new form of DNA gene regulation has been reported by scientists at Harvard University.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/06/expanding-genome/

nPower Personal Energy Generator

A company named Tremont Electric has produced the "nPowerPEG", a "personal energy generator" designed to be carried in a backpack or briefcase. As the bag swings with the generator inside, it generates enough electricity to charge small electrical devices like cell phones.

http://npowerpeg.com/