Author: Dr Wingnut

  • Yeah, Take It Off

    COMMENTARY • Weather • Environment • World • ISSUE 47•28 • Jul 12, 2011By SummerWell, hello there.  It’s been a while, hasn’t it?Now, now, don’t be shy.  Come a little closer.  You remember me, right?  Of course you do.  I come around this time every year.I must say, you’re looking pretty hot.  I mean, how…

  • Birthday Wishes from UNLV

    That’s nice!  Also got wishes from my Mom, AARP, the dentist, and the Sierra Club.

  • Happy Independence Day

    Does it seem strange to anyone other than me that we haven’t had a sitting president that has had male children living in the White House since the Kennedy “Camelot” Presidency?  Of course Ron had Ronnie, and George had Dubya, but neither of them actually lived in the White House.  Maybe we don’t vote for…

  • Your Birthday Today

    Your birthday today: You’ll act on behalf of others and will be promoted to a special position.  This month brings financial luck.  Many will seek your expertise and opinion in August.  A special relationship grows closer quickly in September, and you could find yourself forming your life around another.  Business will flourish in November.  Invest…

  • No one needs more that 640K of RAM

    If I could, I would repeal the Internet.  It is the technological marvel of the age, but it is not — as most people imagine — a symbol of progress.  Just the opposite.  We would be better off without it.Robert J. Samuelson, Opinion, 2013-06-30, Washington PostA new front runner for the dumbest technology quote ever.

  • Locking my Mac

    For quite some time, I’ve used Quicksilver to host a trigger that allowed me to lock my Mac with the option-l keystroke, but recently I decided that that wasn’t good enough, so I wrote a little AppleScript that I tied to the trigger that also pauses iTunes.  This way I can lock my machine, and…

  • Work

    The only way to do great work is to love what you do.  If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking.  Don’t settle.Steve Jobs