Every so often, someone comes up with a gadget that makes my brain go into buy-it-NOW mode, telling me, “You gotta get this!” Here’s the latest. A toaster with a built-in egg steamer has gone on the market to ensure that clock-watching commuters can tuck in without missing their train. The Toast n Egg from… Continue reading Want!
Tag: Useful
A call for comment, please
I’m grateful that many readers keep coming back to this blog. In the less than five months I’ve been blogging, visits are up to almost 80,000 already, which is very flattering. However, I’m a little puzzled by the lack of feedback in comments to my posts. Very few of you seem to want to say… Continue reading A call for comment, please
A bulletproof vest isn’t only proof against bullets
I’m very happy for Officer Larry Ashley of Dallas, TX – and for his family. Body armor is designed to shield police from flying bullets. But the protective gear took on an unexpected function late Thursday night after an officer’s squad car tangled with a suspected drunk driver in Oak Cliff. As it turns out,… Continue reading A bulletproof vest isn’t only proof against bullets
Paper Armor
My buddy Lawdog has hit another home run with the bases loaded. Check out his post on Paper Armor. If you’ve ever had to defend yourself, or if you think you may ever have to (the odds are pretty good that you will), you need to read this. Highly recommended. Peter
The Baby Name Wizard
A tip o’ the hat to Rob MacDougall for pointing me to the Baby Name Wizard. This site is intended (I think) to help parents come up with the best name for their offspring. However, to me, its most interesting feature is the NameVoyager application. It throws up a graphic on screen showing the popularity… Continue reading The Baby Name Wizard
One step closer to Heinlein’s “Starship Troopers”
Those of us who know and love the great Robert Heinlein’s science fiction will remember the Mobile Infantry of “Starship Troopers” (not the ghastly movie of a few years ago, which did more to damage the Master’s work than just about any other film adaptation of an SF novel, but the original book, of course).… Continue reading One step closer to Heinlein’s “Starship Troopers”
A really useful Web site
I’m delighted to have found a Web site that I guess I’ll be using frequently. It’s called Gethuman. It provides instructions on how to get through to a human telephone operator at hundreds of major companies throughout the USA (and some in other countries too). If you’ve been as irritated as I have over canned… Continue reading A really useful Web site