Category Archives: technology

Friday, 19 April 2013

Posted on 19 April 2013 by Robert Bruce Thompson

07:38 – Congratulations to the FBI and Boston Police. It took them only three days to identify and track down the two terrorists responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings. As I write this, one of the terrorists is dead, killed … Continue reading →

Posted in Barbara, news, technology | 21 Comments

Thursday, 24 January 2013

Posted on 24 January 2013 by Robert Bruce Thompson

07:42 – Barbara’s sister, Frances, took their mom to the neurologist appointment yesterday morning. He changed her medication, which they’re hoping will help their mom’s mental state. Then, yesterday afternoon, Barbara took her mom and dad to the audiologist appointment … Continue reading →

Posted in Barbara, government, technology | 49 Comments

Thursday, 22 November 2012

Posted on 22 November 2012 by Robert Bruce Thompson

09:01 – Barbara is leaving late this morning to meet her parents and sister to spend the day celebrating Thanksgiving. I’m not much for holidays, and certainly not religious holidays, so today is just another work day for me. Barbara … Continue reading →

Posted in Barbara, science kits, technology | 20 Comments

Thursday, 8 November 2012

Posted on 8 November 2012 by Robert Bruce Thompson

07:52 – It wasn’t as minor as we’d hoped. Barbara’s dad had a bad fall yesterday afternoon about 1400. No one notified Barbara for almost an hour. She and her mom and sister spent the next eight hours or so … Continue reading →

Posted in Barbara, technology | 26 Comments

Friday, 26 October 2012

Posted on 26 October 2012 by Robert Bruce Thompson

10:07 – Colin and I finished series five of Heartland and started again with series one. It’s interesting to watch Amber Marshall reset from a 23-year-old woman playing 20 to an 18-year-old girl playing 15. The rest of the cast … Continue reading →

Posted in government, politics, science kits, technology | 140 Comments

Friday, 28 September 2012

Posted on 28 September 2012 by Robert Bruce Thompson

09:04 – I’m still hard at work on the documentation for the life science kit. It’s easy to understand why so many Border Collies end up in rescue, often at about the age Colin is now. For the last few … Continue reading →

Posted in dogs, technology, writing | 29 Comments

Monday, 10 September 2012

Posted on 10 September 2012 by Robert Bruce Thompson

07:52 – Today is Barbara’s and my 29th wedding anniversary. Barbara has now been married to me for half her life. I’ll have to wait until our 30th anniversary next year to have been married to Barbara for half of … Continue reading →

Posted in Barbara, personal, technology | 44 Comments

Saturday, 8 September 2012

Posted on 8 September 2012 by Robert Bruce Thompson

09:15 – I misspoke yesterday. Barbara’s parents are actually moving into their actual apartment today, rather than the guest apartment. She left a few minutes ago for her parents’ house to start hauling some of their boxed up stuff over … Continue reading →

Posted in Barbara, science kits, technology | 9 Comments

Thursday, 7 June 2012

Posted on 7 June 2012 by Robert Bruce Thompson

08:00 – The Roku box lost its mind again yesterday evening. It decided that it couldn’t connect to our WiFi AP. At that point, the only solution is to repeatedly attempt to connect. That may require anything from several attempts … Continue reading →

Posted in science kits, technology | 43 Comments

Thursday, 12 April 2012

Posted on 12 April 2012 by Robert Bruce Thompson

08:16 – The taxes are in the mail. Another year until I have to worry about that again. The US DoJ has finally filed suit against Apple and two of the major ebook publishers. (The others had already settled.) The … Continue reading →

Posted in ebooks, technology | 18 Comments