How to Open Microsoft Office

Ok, these are just too good not to share! I had several laughs while enjoying these websites. First, have any of you actually encountered any problems trying to open Microsoft Vista or the new version of Office? This Flickr site (I like it best in slide show mode) makes it clear how much of a hassle it can really be!http://www.flickr.com/photos/ucsfpharmacy/sets/72157600095134188/Second, have you ever attended a technology event and the speaker just couldn't quite pull it together? Check out some of these "worst case scenarios" (aka "worst practices") humorously put together by MEDC team at … [Read more...]

Google Maps Humor

1. go to www.google.com2. click on "Maps"3. click on "get directions"4. type "New York" in the first box (the "start" box)5. type "London, UK" in the second box (the "end" box)6. scroll down to step #23How long do you think it will take?? … [Read more...]

Hamsters really ARE rats…

We have a really cute, placid, and fat hamster named Pippy Lu or, alternately, Lulu depending on which Katie Jo. Normally, hamsters are just little, fluffy balls of cuddly goodness. But every now and them Emily takes it upon herself to bathe the hamster - usually if it's getting a little bit rank. Once you see them wet, you realize that they are indeed rats. Just with cuter fur...These poor little critters are native to the deserts of Syria (exploring archeaologists first brought them back for their kids in the 1920's). So they naturally don't like getting soaked and actually can get pretty … [Read more...]

Thinking about Inventing Your Own Language

Here's an interesting website article that tells you all about creating your own language - http://zompist.com/kitlong.html#alien. So if you're thinking about writing the next great American science fiction novel, then you might take this into account. It's kind'a funny and fun to read. It takes into account things that I hadn't considered such as adding in language components that are foreign to English, but well-known in other languages such as Mandarin.Best regards,-Kev … [Read more...]

Book Reviews

I've been traveling way too much this year already and it's only February. The bad news is that my heavy travel schedule is set to continue for a couple more months before it calms down again. The good news is that I've been reading some great books that have been a lot of fun.First, I have to give props to Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. This books was a blast to read. It tells the story of Elphaba, the infamous green witch of Oz, and how she came to be so imfamous. I won't spoil the story except to say that you'll want to watch the "Wizard of Oz" all over again … [Read more...]

Favorite Political Blog Comment of the Day

"Expecting the Bush Administration to get it right this time isn't even really like Lucy pulling the football out from under Charlie Brown. It's more like if Lucy managed to mishandle the ball each time so badly that it ended up embedded in Charlie Brown's colon, and Charlie kept letting her hold the ball."Now that's a visual image I could NOT have come up with by myself.-Kev … [Read more...]

A Child Prodigy…

Check this out. Here's a girl who's only 12 and has sold millions of dollars worth of her art. Akiane Kramarik :http://www.artakiane.com/home.htmHer website: http://www.artakiane.com/akiane_art.htm, including images of paimtings since she was 4 years old.Wikipedia bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiane_KramarikI'm not crazy about her topics of art, a bit too kitch for me. However, her skill is amazing and I think she'll be of great significance later in life.The comedienne Kathleen Madigan says that we all have a hidden genius, it's just that most of us don't ever discover ours. I wonder … [Read more...]

Random Trivia

Random, But Fun Trivia...• Every gallon of gas burned in a car releases enough carbon dioxide to raise the temperature of the Earth 10 -32 degrees Fahrenheit.• The coating of wax on an average apple in a grocery store is equal in volume to one eighteenth of a Crayola crayon.• Every year, seemingly due to New Years' resolutions, sales of cigarettes drop by about 30 percent in January, but then regain half that in February, and are back to normal levels in March.• When first introduced in 1885, Dr Pepper was colored green and billed itself as an alternative to absinthe.• Approximately 1 in 175 … [Read more...]

New Japanese Game Show

To say that liabilities laws are different in Japan is an understatement!Check out this new game show in Japan ---http://www.glumbert.com/media/tonguetwister-Kevin … [Read more...]

Mommy, can we keep a kitten?

These poor kids don't know what they're in for! I guess the rain water forced them out of their den... … [Read more...]