56 episodes of Star Trek. All at once!

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This is cool!

OK, Scotty, NOW you can beam me up!

The weirdness of Google, et al

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Google, Yahoo, Bing, Alta Vista…  and literally dozens of others of which most of us have never heard.  Search engines to find anything and everything on the web.  How they operate is a mystery, and one that we seldom think much about, if at all.  For those of us who obsess over the “stats” on our blogs, however, those algorithms can mean fame, or ignoble invisibility.

On this blog, I’ve noticed a steadily increasing number of hits, and I’ve patted myself on the back on my increasing readership.  Then I noticed something that pretty much deflated my burgeoning ego.

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Wise Words From A Wise Man

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Wesley (Wil Wheaton) and Scotty (Simon Pegg) have plans for the Enterprise D

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I love it when creative people get creative right in front of me.  It’s fun to watch, and sometimes you can learn something.

Read this exchange between Wheaton and Pegg from the bottom up.

LLAP – Nimoy has done both

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Now it’s Leonard Nimoy’s turn.  “Spock” is 81 today.

Spock was a major influence on my teenage years.  The rational, intelligent outsider, whose presence was always required to save the day, helped me get through times when I thought I might not.  His quest for knowledge, his acceptance of what was,  his ability to suppress emotions so they would not overwhelm, served as a role model for me.  Perhaps not the best role model for a real human being, but one that helped me immensely.

And a couple of episodes where he got his shirt off didn’t hurt, either!  (Shatner’s constant “shirt on-shirt off” didn’t have the same effect, for some reason)

Happy Birthday, Mr. Nimoy.

Live long, and prosper.

 

Shat’s almost 81?? Say it… ain’t.. SO!

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William Shatner,  AKA Captain James T. Kirk (and to some younger fans, T.J. Hooker, and for the *really* young ones, Denny Crane) will turn 81 on March 22, 2012.

First, it’s difficult to think of Captain Kirk being that old, and second, he’s held up pretty well!  He’s had some rough times in his life, but looks remarkably hale and hearty.  Even if he’s had some “work” done, and I don’t know that he has, he’s a great example of how to age gracefully, with style and humor.  I really liked his Priceline commercials, and it’s sad to see his participation in those end, but the industry always moves on.  I think it’s important not to take yourself too seriously, and be able to have fun with your own image.  Shatner has done that, and it speaks to his being a classy man.  He has had a reputation of being a difficult person to be around, especially professionally, and there are apparently plenty of hard feelings towards him from his fellow actors through the years.  He may be/may have been a jerk to know personally or as an actor to work with, but it’s his public personae I’m talking about here.  His public image is genial and friendly.  It would be nice to think he’s that way in his private life, but you never know.  He is, after all, an actor.   Regardless, I think he’s done well since his Star Trek days, and I wish him continued success (and personal growth even at 81!) in the years ahead.

Ahead, warp factor 2, Mr. Sulu.

Holmes and the Doctor – jees, guys, get a room!

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What Dreams May Come…

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Meet Ted.

I’ve known him for about 16 years now, and a better friend nobody could want or have.

A hottie, yes?

Well, the other day I had a dream about him.

Not so much about *him*, but he’s the reason for the subject matter of this particular dream.

Before I met him, I had a smidgen of computer smarts, hardly enough to even call them that, but a bit.  I’ve learned a lot since then, and 99.9% of it from Ted.  I’m sure he’s had to bite his tongue a time or two, and probably wonders why it takes so much repetition for me to finally learn something so simple!  But after 16 years of his expert tutoring, I’m actually seen by others (folks at work, family, a few other friends) as being a computer geek who they can turn to if they need computer help.  Generally, I can help them, and not blow up their machines in the process.  If I don’t know the answer to what are usually fairly simple issues, I can refer them to someone who can.

The dream?  I only remember a bit of it.  (I’m not one who wakes up with a clear memory of my dreams) It did have to do with sliding something in and out.

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Say Huh?

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Today’s experience with my iPhone demonstrates that I am losing the ability to hear certain tones/pitches. I was shaving, with an electric razor (buzzing noise inches from my ears) when my phone rang. I was in the bathroom, and the phone on a table next to my bed in the next room. The ringer volume was set to maximum, but I did not hear the ring. I did, however, hear the phone vibrating as it lay on the table.
I thought it was a bit odd, that I completely missed the ring-tone, but could hear the vibrating noise well enough to turn off the shaver to see where that odd buzzing was coming from.
The moral of the story? If you call me, and I don’t answer, be sure and leave a voicemail! I might simply have not heard the phone!

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Time Marches On

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I dug out an old picture of my sister and I, and paired it up with one I took of us the other day.  I suppose you could say bookends for the past half-century.  I can remember the photo shoot on the left, and in years to come, I’ll probably remember it better than the latest one!

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