Dr Wingnut

Author: Dr Wingnut

  • Getting ready to ride

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    Went on a ride with Jill on Sunday, 24 May on the Gateway trail, got five miles and had two flat tires.  Ripped the tire the first time less than a mile out and I didn’t know it; and the second time decided to bag it because I found the hole in the tire.  Took…

  • Happy Birthday COBOL!

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    The world’s most demonized legacy software development language (See the world didn’t end because of the Y2K crisis) turns fifty-years-old today.  I think the talk of it’s certain demise in the 1990s was a little exaggerated.  And, although I haven’t used it in years, I still have my college COBOL textbook, and I fondly remember…

  • Aging

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    Without a sense of humor, you’re old in a hurry.Janice Clark

  • Where’s the rake?

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    We seem to be looking for things all the time; this month, it’s the watering wand.  Someone else is looking for the rake.  Where is it?  Find out here.

  • First Celebrity to Die from the Swine Flu

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    And we all know who the carrier is.via email from Martha Clark, Mon, 25 May 2009 15:49:58 -0700

  • Geek Pride Day

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    Today is a very special day!  Today is when we celebrate our geekiness and celebrate one of our favorite geeks, Douglas Adams.Show your geek respect today by carrying a towel all day, and participating in a nerdy event.See: Geek Pride, Towel Day, and Towel Day.org

  • Thanks for visiting…

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    I’d just been on a trip to Minnesota, where I can only kindly describe most of the people I saw as little houses.Anna Wintour, editor of Vogue, on the prevalence of obesity in the U.S.It’s a good thing she didn’t come to the State Fair.  Not everyone is over weight here, but there are lots…