Carrier Not Recognized
The new TSA Pre-check process is a potential breakthrough for getting more expeditious processing through the security check for airline travel. To use the new expedited process, you have to be a Trusted Traveler. Once you become one — in theory — you not only get routed to a much shorter line, but you do […]
Big Pocono Day
It was a hot hazy humid August summer day — perfect for a Harley Trike ride around the Pocono Mountains of Northeast Pennsylvania. Our first stop was at the Mount Airy Hotel and Casino in Mount Pocono. The Mount Airy building is very large, but it does not compare with The Grove Park Inn in Asheville, […]
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Caught in the Act of Landing
It was exciting news to learn that Curiosity touched down on Mars successfully. We will be even more dazzled in the days and weeks ahead as the stereoscopic and HD content streams from 345 million miles a way to our devices. So far, the coolest thing I have seen was when the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter […]
Happy Birthday GPS
Twelve years ago geocaching suddenly became useful to citizens. Prior to May 2, 2000, the GPS satellite network had a “feature” called Selective Availability that provided an intentional degradation of the GPS signal so that only the military could use it with accuracy. When President Clinton signed an order to permanently turn off the feature, civilian GPS […]
Back from Florida
The weather was so nice, it was difficult to leave and come home. I feel very fortunate to have been able to spend a bit more time in Florida this winter. Thanks to FaceTime, Skype, Polycom, iMessage, email, and the web, it was easy to participate in board meetings remotely. I was even able to […]
