A recent visit to my sons school shows
me how inept New York City can be.
There is a supposed to be a special
entrance for the FDNY
but I am wondering - how they
are supposed to get over the concrete barriers that were installed?
So now you have 3 schools on a campus
that is fenced in with only one (main) entrance that the FDNY can use.
I guess I shouldn't tell you the road from the main entrance to the 3 schools
is too narrow for firetrucks to navigate. Unbelievable.
Is Chrome really the #1 browser?
Wed, May 23rd 2012 6:11a Jim Casale Recent headlines proclaim chrome is the
#1 browser on the World Wide Web. I have to question how accurate that
statement is and how did they get to the #1 spot if true.
You have to wonder how much software
bundling has to play in browser stats. It's no secret there are many "free"
software packages out there that bundle additional software. How many people
actually uncheck this option?
And there is the wonderful world of
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Is Windows Update dumb or is this just the way it works?
Thu, May 3rd 2012 5:05a Jim Casale Even though I have install Office 2010
without Outlook 2010 it's weird that Microsoft Update wants to install
updates for Outlook. I have checked and do not see the executable for Outlook
so I have to wonder where Windows Update is getting the information on
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office
outlook
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Why I donate
Mon, Apr 30th 2012 4:54a Jim Casale If you follow me on Twitter or 4Square
you have probably seen me check-in at Long Island Blood Services. For those
of you wondering it's not because I am sickly. I am there for my regular
platelet donation. Some of you may also be wondering why I donate, or better
yet, why I donate so often (every 2 weeks - and contrary to what I joking
say I will not end up looking like SpongeBob SquarePants in the SpongeBob
movie - a shriveled up sponge).
It all started about 10 years ago when
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Shuttle Enterprise
Tue, Apr 24th 2012 4:10p Jim Casale I am fortunate (or unfortunate sometimes)
to live about 15 minutes from JFK airport. Depending on the weather conditions
the landing flight path gives me a good view of approaching aircraft. Although
delayed until Friday I wonder if I will be able to get a birds eye view
of the shuttle
on its approach to JFK. The shuttle will be stored at JFK and won't be
at the Intrepid
Air Space Museum for months. I
doubt I will go to see it for a while because of its popularity
View of flights a [read] Keywords: enterprise
What's wrong with this picture - literally
Fri, Feb 10th 2012 5:05a Jim Casale A recent visit to my sons school shows
me how inept New York City can be.
There is a supposed to be a special
entrance for the FDNY
but I am wondering - how they
are supposed to get over the concrete barriers that were installed?
So now you have 3 schools on a campus
that is fenced in with only one (main) entrance that the FDNY can use.
I guess I shouldn't tell you the road from the main entrance to the 3 schools
is too narrow for firetrucks to navigate. Unbe [read] Keywords:
To Flash or not to Flash
Mon, Sep 26th 2011 5:41a Jim Casale What's the point of promoting a "HTML5"
site when the site depends on Flash?
Cnet
News says
"Today,
Pandora unveiled a dramatically overhauled site design. Beyond a welcome
new look, the code behind the site now uses HTML5 in favor of Adobe
Flash. In its own press
release, Pandora credits the switch to
HTML5 for opening up creative new cross-platform advertising opportunities
and allowing for a more flexible overall site design."
After not being able to run the new
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The saddest and happiest day of our lives
Sun, Sep 11th 2011 6:13a Jim Casale It was 10 years ago today America was attacked
by terrorists. Both my wife and I knew people who died at the WTC and know
NYC fireman and police officers who worked at ground zero.
It was 28 years ago today I made the
best decision in my life and married my wife (although some days I bet
she might wonder about her decision)
For the last 10 years we have unofficially
celebrated our anniversary on 9/10 although we have never really talked
about it. It's just something we did.
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