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Measurements and Metrics from Snowmageddon
…And, we’re back. Didn’t lose power or satellite TV, but the internet went lights out about 5 hours into this weekend’s storm. Some metrics from the storm: 32″ at the homestead vs. 18″ at Reagan National (it always skews low there – must be all the hot air from up river…) 14,180 ft3 of snow…
DoD Blocks Websites
Guess lunchtimes will be a bit duller around DoD offices these days: WASHINGTON, May 14, 2007 – The Defense Department is blocking access to many popular Internet sites from department-owned computers due to bandwidth issues, U.S. Strategic Command officials said today. Joint Task Force Global Network Operations, which directs the operation and defense of the…
Saturday Matinee
Mike wonders aloud at how the VAW community seems to have a surfeit of talent when it comes to making videos – *we* all know it comes from our regular dosing of Vitamin R in the form of the megawatt+ of energy we haul around with us. How else can one explain the likes of…
Sunday With Calvin
Our favorite grade-schooler and tiger have been absent too long from these pages, something we’re rectifying today:
Paul Leonard Newman: 1925 – 2008
A racer who supported his racing habit by acting – that’s how Paul Newman wanted to be remembered. An accomplished winner in both fields, Paul Newman died Friday, Sept. 26, after a long battle with cancer. He was 83. Newman came to racing late in life, driving his first race car in his 40s. Bob…