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2013-05-21 21:35:39 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Going to do a Happy Dance tomorrow!

Getting a brand new hot water tank to replace the old one that failed and was leaking anti-freeze into the hot water. Also getting some shiny new valves and parts for the oil boiler that was over-pressurizing and over-heating!

Going to spend a ton of money I had not planned for!!!!!

WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

2013-05-20 22:11:49 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Imagine this as a return address:

69 Spanker Lane, Shittington, England

Only in the U.K.........

2013-05-18 20:13:49 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Kangaroo 1, Poly - 0

2013-05-18 16:04:34 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

I'm out mowing the lawns today!

2013-05-18 15:02:42 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

OK. This time I wore a dust mask... So far, so good.

2013-05-18 01:08:18 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

My accent is still a problem.
Somehow Jack-arse is just not the same as Jackass...

2013-05-17 21:16:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

My wife bought me all sorts of glasses

2013-05-17 20:52:10 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

The Kirkstile Inn

Stopped here after a hike in the Lakes Region on my Birthday trip to the UK a couple of years back. Great beer and one of the best Steak Pies I have had anywhere. Have to go back there some day.....

2013-05-21 20:38:56 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

One of my favorite parts of #IO13 ....

Hugo Barra on stage ... everyone clapping and cheering after he finishes each sentence... the guy could have farted and everyone would be clapping .... then the big finale ....
"The Galaxy S4 will be on sale in the Google Play store for a Price of $649 " - awkward silence follows. Audience sitting there looking at each other - "this sux" ... "do we clap?" ....

2013-05-17 19:33:48 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Google Image Search - Drag to desktop

I just figured out that I can just drag an image from Google Image Search (in Chrome) right to my desktop. No need to right click and download.

How behind the times am I?

2013-05-17 18:39:48 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2013-05-17 18:21:07 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

IN YOUR FACE

With the old G+, if I were browsing the stream with someone shoulder surfing and an image popped in that might be a little NSFW or in other ways obnoxious, a quick flick of the mouse wheel and it was gone.

Now with the new interface and a 27" high resolution monitor, there is just no missin' the ugly!

2013-05-15 22:26:23 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

One Stream
Two Stream
Red Stream
Blue Stream

Try it.... You might like it

#IO13  

2013-05-15 22:25:15 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

The 617 Boston Strong Patriots jersey is now on display at The Hall at Patriot Place presented by Raytheon.

2013-05-15 21:50:28 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Do I need a faster PC just to get decent performance out of the new G+?

2013-05-15 21:47:01 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Got the new experience .... so far performance REALLY SUX

2013-05-15 18:28:40 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Google+ update brings more than 41 new features

2013-05-15 12:59:36 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

First Leisure Suit Larry and now Karateka!

All sorts of fun for the old fogies.

2013-05-14 23:54:28 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

A truly Happy Birthday

2013-05-14 23:51:17 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Pie and Dead 'orse for dinner tonight

Very unhealthy, but only one birthday a year.....

Thanks to KO Catering and Pies of Boston and my beautiful wife of-course.

2013-05-14 16:20:22 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

There are some that advise you to be careful on social networks and control your "brand" image ... then there are those that advise you to Write Naked ..... 

Which are you?

2013-05-13 13:21:28 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Does anyone out there actually PAY for the news?

A number of Newspapers around the world are trying to make money this way. With all the free news out there, do they provide enough value to get people to pay?

2013-05-12 21:23:44 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Toronto
by photographer Tom Ryaboi

http://www.tomryaboi.com/

Amazing work

2013-05-12 20:22:43 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Spanish Food

One thing that kinda irks me here in the United States is how people refer to things that are south of the border as "Spanish". Last I checked - Spain is on an entirely different continent. Having had the opportunity to travel to Spain (I particularly love Barcelona), I miss the music (hint - it's NOT Salsa) and the people, the history,  but more than that - the FOOD!

I just love how SPANISH food is so fresh and simple and yet so tasty! I like South American and Mexican food as well, but it is not Spanish.

2013-05-12 20:03:24 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

PSA - Allergy relief

I've been informed that a good quality local beer is the best allergy prevention money can buy. But it MUST be locally brewed, with local ingredients.

Last year when I handed out this advice on G+, some smug, smart-Alecky, ding-wad showed up and tried to convince me that I was wrong and it was honey. Yeah right! - blocked his ass!

2013-05-11 23:32:52 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Bostonians drink the most beer in the U.S.

Per-capita that is. And I honestly thought Aussies were the only ones that used that "per-capita" trick!!! Well played Boston, well played. At least the Aussies still have the .... most in the Southern Hemisphere trick.....

2013-05-11 01:35:36 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2013-05-11 01:27:04 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2013-05-10 22:42:09 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

How do you cut Pizza?

We have one of those Pizza cutter wheel things (left) but I find it more convenient to use my Asian Cleaver (right). Actually - that is my go-to knife for EVERYTHING.

2013-05-10 19:38:25 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

The Hobyahs

I remember telling my kids this story from my childhood. They were mesmerized, since nobody had told them such a gruesome, scary story at bedtime before ....

Some stories are like family recipes - a little bit gets added or taken away over time. I found this version that is close to the one I remember. I often think of this when I get angry with my dogs barking late at night...

Once there was an old man and woman and a little girl, and they all lived in a house made of hempstalks. Now the old man had a little dog named Turpie; and one night the Hobyahs came and said, "Hobyah! Hobyah! Hobyah! Tear down the hempstalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the little girl!" But little dog Turpie barked so that the Hobyahs ran off; and the old man said, "Little dog Turpie barks so that I cannot sleep nor slumber, and if I live till... more »

2013-05-10 18:21:25 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Kai-Lan

Chinese Broccoli has become one of my favorite vegetables. We have a Vietnamese/Thai restaurant nearby that serves authentic (not Americanized) Thai food. There is a simple dish with Chinese Broccoli, Crispy Pork and Oyster Sauce that is absolutely great!

2013-05-10 13:59:26 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

WWW.AMAZON.COM

Seems to be down?

2013-05-10 13:35:30 (102 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Why are there seemingly intelligent theists?

I am an Atheist because so much of what Religion says and it's followers believe is just nonsense and out of date information that has been debunked by data/fact. Yet I still encounter some very intelligent Religious people for whom I have a lot of respect despite their glaring flaw.  

How can this be? Intelligence = Reason != Religion.

2013-05-10 13:01:53 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

How does Whats Hot and Recommended Work?

I am a BIG Mark Knopfler fan, but I am trying to figure out how this is on the Whats Hot and Recommended list.......

Only 5 +1s
2 Comments
No re-shares.

How does this work?

2013-05-10 01:18:35 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

2013-05-09 21:41:49 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

So Leisure Suit Larry is coming to Android eh?

A whole bunch of old men are soon to be heading down memory lane .....

2013-05-09 20:34:43 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

oooh Big News!

Our company is moving to a new expense reporting system ... "The new system will have enhanced capabilities for travelers such as: scanning and attaching receipts versus mailing, and a mobile app to prepare, submit and approve expense reports from iPhone/iPad/Android/BlackBerry."

This might be the first time I have seen our company acknowledge the existence of Android!!!! That's progress.....

2013-05-09 20:00:00 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

"DISRUPTIVE" seems to be the latest overused word on LinkedIn profiles, CVs and in technical and business articles. 

So I am adding it to the Rubin Dhillon banned words list to make sure it does not end up in my own writing.

2013-05-09 18:30:31 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

9 Year Old Indian Boy Drives Ferrari

Doing a pretty good job too! But he got his dad arrested.....

NEW DELHI -- Police in India have arrested a man who allowed his 9-year-old son to drive his Ferrari.

Mohammed Nisham was arrested on charges of endangering the life of a child and allowing a minor to drive, said Inspector Biju Kumar. He was released after posting bail of 5,000 rupees ($92), Kumar said.

Nisham's wife filmed the boy driving the sports car on his 9th birthday two weeks ago with his 5-year-old brother in the passenger seat. The video was widely watched on YouTube and created an outrage across India, causing police to file charges.

India's economic boom has created a class of super-rich, whose excesses are frequently in the news.

Police Inspector M.V. Verghese said the boy's father, who has a thriving tobacco and... more »

2013-05-09 14:54:41 (30 comments, 3 reshares, 9 +1s)

I stumbled across this interesting article on the Paleo diet

I keep seeing "Paleo" this and "Paleo" that here on G+. So I thought I should check it out. Sounds interesting. Anyone had experience with this? (The diet part - not the James Bond part)

2013-05-09 14:10:44 (11 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Listening to Sun Ra

Because of a conversation I had with +Curtis Wenzel .... I really do not think I can get a taste nor appreciation for this stuff in one sitting.

He did warn me.....

2013-05-09 13:51:32 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Have you stopped playing WoW? Did you ever start? I played for a few months a long time ago, but it never really had my attention. 

2013-05-09 13:32:35 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

The Real Reason Israel Attacked Syria

There is much more to Israel's recent attacks on Syria than we are being told by the mainstream media.

The REAL Reason Israel Attacked Syria

2013-05-09 13:19:54 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Nice Google Earth update out today.

2013-05-09 13:09:16 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Verizon truck just pulled up in front of my house with a couple of brand-new Telephone poles .... I think I better get all my calls in soon....

2013-05-09 12:59:33 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

How is your takeout delivered?

The famous Dabbawala or Tiffin Wallahs translates as one who carries the box. Tiffin is an old English word for a light lunch, and also the name of the multi-compartment metal lunch box that carries it. The Tiffin Wallah originated over a century ago when the many Indians working for British companies disliked the food served at work. Tiffin service was created to bring home cooking to the workplace. Today the city's 5,000 tiffin-wallahs deliver 200,000 tiffin-boxes filled with home-cooked food each day. 

According to a recent survey, there is only one mistake in every 16,000,000 deliveries and the system has registered a performance rating of 99.999999."

I bet you get your takeout in a plastic container that ends up in the trash (maybe some will be recycled) and can you say that you get a 99.999999 accuracy performance... more »

2013-05-09 00:46:36 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

New Leisure Suite Larry on Android soon!

Anyone feeling nostalgic?

2013-05-08 21:32:45 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Vegemite Worms

For those on my Sandwich thread who need a visual.

2013-05-08 20:44:53 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Okay fellow Googlers, I have a very important question that +Google can't seem to answer me about itself.

tl;dr: Google Image Search is playing music when relevant images are uploaded

I found this image on 4Chan and reverse image searched it (there's a button on 4Chan to bring you to the image search page with the relevant image already uploaded and searched) to find out what it is. I'm now aware that it is a visual representation of +The Cure's song "Friday I'm in Love", however this is not relevant to my question, only the example.

I am on the +Samsung USA +Chromebook (not sure if that is relevant) and when you upload this image to Google image search, either normally or though the 4Chan button, it starts playing the song "Friday I'm in Love" while you're on the search results page. I had this happen first a week ago andcou... more »

2013-05-08 17:55:32 (70 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

How do you make a sandwich?

I remember when I first met my wife and I made her a sandwich, she was shocked and sort of grossed out that I had used butter and not mayonnaise as the spread. Of all the cultural differences I encountered when I moved the the U.S., this was the most surprising. Where I came from - bread and butter ALWAYS went together, whether it was a ham sandwich, tuna fish, chicken, a simple cheese sandwich or just ... bread and butter. I have mostly adopted the mayonnaise thing for all my sandwiches now. Except for some - mayonnaise would completely destroy the classic cucumber and cheese sandwich I just had for lunch (for example).

Oh and the other surprise - how a bag of potato chips was standard fare along side sandwiches. Can't have a sammich without a bag of chips. I suspect with Subway now the largest fast-food franchise in the world, all this must be... more »