Yet Another Great Photo Gallery

This one has some real surprises. Nice suprises.

Word of the Day:senescence

senescence \sih-NEH-suhn(t)s\, noun:
The state of being old; the process of growing old; aging.

Senescence is from Latin senescere, "to grow old," from senex, "old." It is related to senile. The adjective form is senescent.

Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes

Planets, moons, comets, meteors, nebulae, galaxies? They're all out in the night sky (especially here in the boonies).

The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics makes it easy to identify and locate those various heavenly bodies.

I'll think about y'all when my head lady and I look up a sky chart, then grab some cold sparkly water, and turn off the house lights to guarantee a dark much darker than city folk ever see. Then we head for the hot tub and sky watch the night away.

Talk about a heavenly body....

Making Windows Accessible

The Windows Accessibility Wizard can make computer us easier for people with failing sight.

--Click Start>>Settings>>Control Panel
--Double-click Add/Remove Programs
--Select the Windows Setup tab
--Click Accessibility so it is highlighted, then click Details
--Be sure both boxes are checked.
--Click OK
--Click Apply
--You will be prompted to put your Windows disk in the CD drive.
Do so, and let Windows install the necessary files.
--When the installation is complete, click OK.

To use the wizard, click Start>>Programs>>Accessories>> Accessibility>>
Accessibility Wizard. The wizard gives you two choices for larger type.
It then opens the Magnifier, which allows even more choices.

There Are Losers, and Then There Are LOSERS

You'll know which you are if you lose your Windows XP password. You can be prepared for such occassions by making a password reset diskette.

Creating a password reset disk is quite simple.
- open your Control Panel and go to User Accounts
- on the top left hand corner under the Related Tasks bar you should see the "Prevent a forgotten password" link
- click that to open a wizard
- follow the instructions and you're set
- once you've created your password reset disk store it in a safe place

Where Did The Time Go?

Where Did The Time Go.com can help you figure out just how much time you've wasted.

Based on personal information such as age, gender, number of children, and such, this site will tell you how many years you've slept, how many years you've given to "the man", and more... Before believing this, I'd like to know
1. if the site developer had kids, which would quick warp the sleep numbers
2. if the site developer surfs (waves, that is); surfers are notorius for missing work; ask any beach-town boss

A Really Interactive Map

Any good on-line map has a zoom-in/zoom-out capability. This one gives you eye candy, plus the usual: points of interest, restaurants, movie theaters, hotels, yada-yada.

Let me know when one of these map sites has surf reports and parking information.