I recently ran across an article from the February 25th 1995 issue of Newsweek (http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/1995/02/26/the-internet-bah.html) written by Clifford Stoll entitled “The Internet? Bah!”. In it he asks “Do our computer pundits lack all common sense?” and states that online databases won’t replace our daily newspaper that CD-ROMs can’t take the place of a competent teacher … Read more
Welcome to fall, again… We have a few interesting tidbits to shed some light on… NHC has designated Ophilia a hurricane. It’s forecast to safely miss the US. as of this writing it’s moving NNW at 10 knots and it’s packing 100kt sustained winds with gusts up to 120kt and a Tropical storm warning is … Read more
Well I thought I’d write about this… We thought we had wifi so we could post here while we were in the cabin. Well we were less than impressed that there wasn’t internet available so we went to the realty and rented a MiFi… MiFi is a service available from Verizon that is basically a … Read more
Today was our first full day here. We drove up Friday, left late so we stopped for the night in Fort Payne, Alabama, home of the country band Alabama. We went to the fan club and museum and then resumed our way towards Gatlinburg. When we get to Pigeon Forge, we had to find our … Read more
In July of 2004 we set out to pull up the parquet floors and put white tile down. after 7 years I kind of regret taking the wood up but what’s done is done. We took a lot of pictures during the process but didn’t think to do before and after pictures. I’ve had them … Read more