Good morning! The kids are all in school. It's a beautiful autumn day here in southern NH. It's the kind of color that autumn in New England is famous for. Sadly it only lasts a couple of weeks before it fades. Which reminds me, I should schedule a time to get my snowblower delivered...
Just back from Golds where I took a Step class with Michelle. She was eager to get out and get some exercise. Now back to work for the rest of the day...
The kids are all home now and trying out their Halloween costumes. Michelle got some of 'em today when she went out to buy some new tops for her Amazonian self.
At the eye doctor again. This time the visits are for Claire and me.
Happy to be back home. My eyes are fine and my prescription hasn't changed. Going to be wearing sunglasses for a few hours while I enjoy the evening in this cloudy, eye-dilated world.
Good night all!
Bookmarks I made today:
After arrests, grief and fear set in
Comment: Most of the Souhegan Valley has been reeling from a truly senseless murder that occurred last week. This Telegraph article starts to investigate the psychology of this murder... http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009910089997
Excerpt: It may not seem like it at the moment, but in New Hampshire, we’re actually safer than we were 30 years ago. In Northern New England, we have the lowest homicide rate in the country.
Stop Making Sense 15th Anniversary Trailer
Comment: Suddenly feeling old. Next week Talking Heads concert film "Stop Making Sense" turns a quarter of a century. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P6Pi1JaIm8
Excerpt: This is the trailer from ten years ago.
Toro Power Max 1128 OXE
Comment: Just called the Engine House in Milford. My snow throwin' beast gets delivered tomorrow. 11HP, dual stage, 28" cut. *grunt* http://www.toro.com/home/snowthrowers/gastwostage/1128oxe.html
Excerpt: Every inch of our Power Max snowthrower - from its skid shoes up to its Quick Stick chute control - has been re-engineered, resulting in the most user-friendly, advanced snowthrower ever made.
A new climate-modeling supercomputer will use the processors now found in cellphones and other porta
Comment: Went out to grab the postal mail and the latest IEEE Spectrum arrived. It had this interesting story on the front cover. Because cell phone processors have such great compute *per Watt*, the authors discuss building a huge climate modeling supercomputer using cell phone like CPUs. http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/computing/embedded-systems/lowpower-supercomputers
Qualcomm's Mirasol Ultra Low Power Display Is Almost Magic
Comment: It's funny how they mention this kind of tech could eclipse the Amazon Kindle e-book reader. What they don't realize is that Qualcomm makes chips that go into the Kindle too. If I wanted a Kindle, I get a "company discount" on it. http://gizmodo.com/5377250/qualcomms-mirasol-ultra-low-power-display-is-almost-magic
Excerpt: Ebook readers suffer because they use E-Ink, which isn't in color and doesn't refresh fast enough to do video. Qualcomm is quietly showing off its Mirasol display, now in full color with 30-frame-per-second video. See for yourself: