Real time flight info

This is so cool. My wife was flying back from New York and I wanted to know if JetBlue had updates on their web site about flights. Sure enough, there is a place to enter the flight number and up pops a ton of information, like current air speed, altitude, departure time, arrival time, and the best part, a real time graphic that shows you the flight...

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For my reading and viewing pleasure

I picked up a couple of new items today. The first is the Star Trek: Voyager Season 2, Disks 3 and 4 (of 7) on DVD of course. I've been waiting a few weeks for them to come into the library.The second is a book called Extreme Programming Adventures in C#. I first sawthis book on the XProgramming.comweb site. Since I'm learning more and more about xtreme programming and agiledevelopment in general I thought this would be a good book to read.The few hours a day I spend riding the bus has allowed me to make some pretty good head...

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Marines Prayer

Marine’s PrayerAlmighty Father, whose command is over all and whose love never fails, make me aware of Thy presence and obedient to Thy will. Keep me true to my best self, guarding me against dishonesty in purpose and deed and helping me to live so that I can face my fellow Marines, my loved ones, and Thee without shame or fear. Protect my family.Give me the will to do the work of a Marine and to accept my share of responsibilities with vigor and enthusiasm. Grant me the courage to be proficient in my daily performance. Keep...

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Listening to the sounds

My Wife bless her heart is learning to play the piano. It'swonderful. She plays on a piano that she inherited from her deceased Mother. Wehave had that piano for almost 10 years. All three of my daughters have hadpiano lessons but never really got into it. But my Wife is discovering a lot ofhobbies as she finds more time on her hands. This is funny because she reallydoesn’t have that much extra time. But she's finding it.I'm sitting here in the office while she is playing in the living room. It's beautiful.It's mostly hunt...

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9/11 Remembered

Remembering those who lost their lives on September 11, 20...

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