All I can say is “let it snow let it snow let it snow!”
 |
 |
Images from WSDOT via flickr
Merry Christmas — 2010
PC Delete vs Mac Delete
See that key? Macbooks don’t have one. Well, let me be more specific…they have a key labeled delete but it acts like the key on a PC keyboard labeled backspace. Not a big difference…Backspace deletes from the cursor to the left while delete deletes from the cursor to the right. I googled it and found an article telling me that fn + delete on a Mac acts the same way. More learning to do…..
Image from m i x y via flickr
Tron cost $170?!
According to this article on the BBC page today, Tron 2 only cost $170 to make! I’m sure they meant $170m (million) but just missed it. But, I thought it was a funny error.
Christmas 2010
Amazon Affiliate Program
I just joined Amazon’s Affiliate program and wanted to let everyone know. This means that if you click a link to a product on Amazon from my site, I’ll get a kickback from Amazon. I seriously doubt I’ll make money from this scheme (scheme used in the British way to simply mean plan). BUT….over the past 2 months, I have sold 5 kindles for Amazon from simply telling people about mine. My 4% of those sales would have bought me 1 or 2 kindle books.
Don’t worry…I’m not going to start advertising on the site. I’m doing this, like I said, because I’ve sold several kindles for Amazon recently and I want a nice simple way to build Amazon product links. I also want to review books from Amazon that I’ve read on my Kindle. Most are free–or at least I got them for free–but why not get something.
Image from factoryjoe via flickr
[Update 12-02-2010 07:15:38] I’m changing how I do book reviews. Instead of simply posting a screenshot of the cover, I’m going to begin using an iframe. It will do the same thing, show the cover, but I think it will make it clearer that I’ll make a few pennies if someone clicks my links to get to amazon.
Bakewell Tart
Last night for desert, I had a piece of Bakewell Tart (or did I have a bakewell tart? who knows….). I didn’t hear what the waitress said so I asked her what she said. She had been to the US and she took the time to explain what it was. She said, “it’s very English.” I said why not…I’ll try it then. I did and it was good.
What is it? It is a pastry–pie crust–some jam/jelly, and a sponge (kind of like a falvored angel food cake thing). The filling tasted like almonds. It was served warm. With vanilla ice cream, it was good.
Image from tonydolor via flickr
Airport Snow Removal
Ever wonder how they keep airports up and running when it snows? The BBC has an article and video showing how Heathrow keeps open when it snows.
Image from Michael @ NW Lens via flickr
There’s something Psycological…
When you hear the temp is -2 then you remember that it is -2 C (only about 28ishF). So, sure, it is cold, but it isn’t really cold (like 0F or below). But there’s still something psycological that makes you double-think things.
image from bbqjunkie via flickr
I couldn’t
Well, I couldn’t do it. Tonight, I went to this semi fancy shmancy restaraunt for dinner and just could not bring myself to eat like the British with my fork in the left-hand all the time. I don’t know what it was…I spent most of my life as a child grumbling about how goofy it was to switch hands. I’ve even done it in other restaraunts before. But there, in this semi fancy place, I just couldn’t do it. I felt like such a hick eating the wrong way (from an American perspective). So, even though I heard the 2 waitresses make a comment about me switching hands, I just couldn’t do it any other way. My parents should be proud! Their manners stuck!
Oh…BTW…just like with units of measure (such as the cup and gallon), the US maintains the older traditions. It is the rest of the world that moved away from us.
Image from jefe317 via flickr