Don Herbert, better known to a generation of TV watching geek wannabes as Mr. Wizard, has passed away at age 89. From 1951 to 1964, Mr. Wizard graced TV screens with his Ask Mr. Wizard series, wherein he explored science with a laid-back, decidedly not cutting edge presentation, most of which used ordinary household items [...]
February 13, 2007 – 9:02 pm
I recently, and silently, changed tbbs-land’s comment policy. I used to halt comments after 30 days, in an effort to trim spam.
In view of Akismet’s having done a stand up job in dispatching spammers to the sludge pit, I decided on a whim to enable comments, trackbacks, etc, on the whole magilla.
I [...]
University of Iowa Regent Distinguished Professor of Physics , James Van Allen, has passed away at age 91. Professor Van Allen had designed much of the instrumentation carried aboard the first successful US satellite, Explorer I, which went into orbit in 1958. This tiny satellite discovered bands of intense radiation around the earth; [...]
Three recent posts, gathered from here and there, are prompting me to consider another facet of being an Uplifter. Not Uplifter 2.0, or something equally cheesy, but a fundamental characteristic which excites me as much as the DIY techie media part. I’ll briefly recap the posts in chronological order:
Dave Slusher’s vegetarian post.
I’ve [...]
James recaps the action. And embeds video in his blog. Yep, his daughter is still cute. But you already knew that.
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Having spent today wrapped in a blanket and mostly sleeping, and with my up-and-down workload now taking an up trend, I have decided that I can’t make it to the Uplifter Carolina meeting this coming weekend.
I’m not particularly happy about that; I really wanted to be there amongst the first meetings. I also [...]
Two weeks hence, to Conway SC. Drivin’ down, to lift up. Lord, creeks, etc, willing.
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Tescott KS, population around 340. My dad’s hometown. The site of numerous visits to Grandpa Nelson’s house when I was a little guy. Population then, around 440 or so. A small town, off the beaten path, in Kansas. I’d thought that the local schools in Tescott had all been absorbed into [...]
February 7, 2006 – 8:41 pm
I’ve been contributing a bit to The Uplifter Wiki. This is my first time as an active participant in a wiki of any kind.
Most wikis I’ve encountered are nothing more than out of the box shells, which contain a bunch of empty page stubs, no articles, no contributions. Such wikis are like undecorated Christmas [...]
February 1, 2006 – 6:30 pm
The first OneWebDay is scheduled for September 22, 2006. OWD’s mission is:
OneWebDay is one day a year when we all - everyone around the physical globe - can celebrate the Web and what it means to us as individuals, organizations, and communities.
The organizers hope to make OWD an annual event, every September 22. They [...]
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