Yes folks its that time again. Time to be ready. The national weather service in Wakefield Virginia says snow (source: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/akq/). For those, like me, believing the white powder stuff will come later, now *is* a good time to check winter storm preparations from last year. A dry run of sorts. Why? because we theRead… Read more »
Yes folks welcome to round three of govenment shutdown show. This Friday April 8th will either see the sequal to the ’95 finacial hit or another extension. This go round has more players Homeland security does not look to be involved. Those with multi year contracts are not involved. Ventrans affairs and “quality of life”Read… Read more »
Yea there is an app for that. This one just helps people find the information they want. We can find a resteraunt in our area but not the federal government. One more piece of federal work is easier to find. Recovery.gov can show where the money is – being spent or not spent in yourRead… Read more »
More than discussion sensative material, embarrasing an agency or starting a movement – do not be “Big Brother” This includes personal identifiable information. How identifiable? Zip codes, phone numbers – along with normal informaion. Oddly Facebook and Twitter where not covered. Whole article at http://fcw.com/articles/2011/03/24/dhs-sets-privacy-policies-for-social-media-tools.aspx?s=gov2_310311&admgarea=TC_GOV20
Geeks or g33ks leading social media way? Web site explains a new USB attachable processor for reading lights, switches and sensors while controlling motors, LEDs and speakers. Web site : http://www.arduino.cc/ Not news worthy per se for people at large. Why blog about geek toys? Its what social media can learn. They have open source,Read… Read more »
How are race relations question was asked back in February. Tomorrow, St Patrick’s day, is a great example that we are living well together. Today is the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil war – tomorrow many people regardless race, creed, color or gender will party as “The Irish” Many will dress up.Read… Read more »
While we should be prepared for all sorts of problems NOAA and FEMA joined forces to started warning people about spring floods. If everyone does this they will be prepared or partialy prepared for other problems like rain storms, hurricanes, blackouts, etc. How? The basics are teh BASICS! Flashlight, alternate place to go, camping stove,Read… Read more »
Tech Republic has a quiz on identifying all those little holes in your PC that things plug into. Yes there are even some PS/2 or IBM PC ones for those working with PCs in 1980’s (a.k.a. the anchient days) Sadly there is no score so write down your answers. Though you can see how othersRead… Read more »
YouTube may be making our lives better, perhaps easier. YouTube is still focused on their core mission. They are just trying to grow content – not quantity. The new company should help grow YouTubes fan base. Its not only trying to build the partner base up from 15,000 – some of whom earn over 1,000Read… Read more »
How comfortable do you feel without a Cell phone? A G.P.S. ? An iPhone/Droid multi function device ? Would you take a trip out of state without a cell phone or G.P.S. ? Some people do. No cell phone and just a AAA map. What if, god forbid, Google went down for two days ?Read… Read more »