Learn something new all the time – Variegated and Chimeras

I was looking up growing Ivy last night and ran across the word “Variegated” in the context of describing types of Ivy. I initially assumed this was a typo of “variated” as in “colors may vary”. But, my inquisitive mind decided it was worth googling. Wow, neato. Wikipedia says: Variegation is the appearance of differently coloured zones in the leaves, and...

How does the Canine Squad work?

A bit of humor… I went to the gas station earlier this evening and parked next to a police squad car. When I got out, I heard a series of loud barks from the car and a dark figure jumping about in the back seat. I figure it was a dog part of the canine squad, but I didn’t see the “K-9 Unit” plates. I didn’t bother taking a closer look to investigate since I...

Have you heard of REX84 concentration camp plan??

I have never heard of this before so it was a shock to read this. I know Roosevelt detained Japanese Americans during WWII and that Bush was praised for not doing this following 9/11. Eek....

Programming Math101 : Modular Arithmetic

The below is a article I wrote for TCPHP mailing list in 2005. I thought of it today and decided to re-post it. ——————- Hi, This is the first part in a small series of requested math  articles  as it pertains to programming. Please critique the  article and give  me feed back offlist. Let me know if this is  too mathy, too ...

More Housework Bits

Toni comes back in 6 days. There is a lot of stuff i want to try to get done yet before she gets back. I assume that I will be trying to soak her up for a week or two trying to make up for lost time, hehe. Anywho, during lunch today I pulled out another plaster cast and poured another. I expect to have enough casts made by the end of Thursday to be suffiently confident in the shape to call this...