http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/ en-us jpl@showpage.org 2010-02-02T09:30:55-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/archives/000476.shtml Here are some simple facts: 1. We have reached peak oil production. In spite of the price of oil climbing drastically over the last several years, production remains flat. We can expect to spend more money on oil in the... 476@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/ Society 2010-02-02T09:30:55-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/archives/000475.shtml xkcd.com is a geeky online comic strip. Sometimes it's way out there, sometimes it really hits close to home. Here are a few of my favorites: Natural Parenting (674): Unreal Tournament and Nachos (654): Maybe This Would Work For Me... 475@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/ 2010-01-25T13:12:40-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/archives/000474.shtml I thought I'd share some of my favorite YouTube videos: The Eagles: Phantom of the Opera: Freddy Mercury's greatest performance: End of the World: These ladies do more for classical instruments than anyone: Although these two do okay too: And... 474@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/ 2010-01-24T20:17:11-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/archives/000473.shtml Lately, people have been asking me about getting started in dancing. I thought I would write a longer blog entry about it, something I could point people to. In October of 2008, I sent email to the "Contact Us" link... 473@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/ 2010-01-16T09:22:15-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/archives/000472.shtml I thought I'd share the latest photos of The Newt. The first two were taken a couple of weeks ago. Getting Newt to hold still for them was a trick. The remaining photos were taken Tuesday during a Single in... 472@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/ 2010-01-08T12:25:35-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/archives/000471.shtml Chrome OS The article discusses Google's plans for Chrome OS, due out in 2010. Amongst the features: Chrome OS machines will have no hard drive. All apps will be browser-based and exist on the internet. So will your data. That... 471@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/ 2009-11-20T08:35:13-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/archives/000468.shtml Sunday night and Monday morning found me in a pretty dark mood. They happen. What can I say. Lunchtime on Monday started to turn things around. I received an email from Rebecca. "I'm teaching salsa tonight at the Centennial Lakes... 468@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/ 2009-09-02T11:05:06-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/archives/000466.shtml I have an interesting puzzle for all you geeks. Is there some unit of measurement that can be defined in absolute terms without reference to some other relatively arbitrary unit of measurement? I'll use some counter examples. The definition of... 466@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/ 2009-08-28T15:24:10-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/archives/000463.shtml I get a total kick out of this video: The Guild is the brain child of Felicia Day. Some real geeks amongst you might recognize her name from Buffy fame (final season, I believe), but if you know who she... 463@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/ 2009-08-20T16:15:12-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/archives/000460.shtml I did something really fun yesterday. I held a party for Single in the Cities at my new house. It was a combination BBQ / photo shoot. The idea was to get photos for people who needed them for updating... 460@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/ 2009-08-10T09:35:00-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/archives/000459.shtml You know you've been watching too much of a particular TV series when.... .... you have a dream about one of the characters from the show. *wanders away whistling quietly*... 459@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/ Society 2009-08-08T22:19:10-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/archives/000458.shtml Have you noticed... As soon as someone invents a new means of communication, someone else finds a way to abuse it? In the beginning, the only mass communications involved personally talking to people. You stood on a street corner or... 458@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/ 2009-07-13T08:03:41-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/archives/000457.shtml I've been under the weather today. I think I got nuked by allergies something fierce. When I'm not feeling well, I also get moody. I sat on the couch all night, downloading (from iTunes) and then watching the last several... 457@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/ 2009-07-10T00:18:44-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/archives/000456.shtml There's a young lady -- I'm guessing about mid-20s -- in the Wednesday night group dance class at Four Seasons. I attend the intermediate Swing class at 6 and then stay for the Ballroom class at 7 when a lead... 456@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/ 2009-07-09T11:05:23-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/archives/000454.shtml For lunch today I ran out to a nearby Chinese restaurant. Like many Chinese restaurants, this one appears to be family run. Normally there is a young (20-something) man who seats people and handles the register. He was clearly born... 454@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Musings/ 2009-06-26T13:07:10-06:00