KDAE were hiking in the Smokies as we returned from Florida
Posted By RichC on April 27, 2023
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Leftover Florida rain, condo window & banana trees photos
Posted By RichC on April 26, 2023
It was impressive to watch weather moving across the ocean and while wrapping up our “new condo windows” trip, 
we saw a bit of impressive rain and “interesting” spring weather in Florida. 
The photo above captured nature’s impressive power and the 40 knots winds if caught out in this squall on a small boat would have been worrisome.
With the new windows, I’m getting an entirely “clearer” look out our bedroom window (banana trees).
A bit of news people news: Tucker Carlson is no longer at FoxNews
Posted By RichC on April 25, 2023
Although it is not unusual for news organizations to let very popular news opinion personality go … with FoxNews I can recall Glenn Beck and Bill O’Reilly … most regular viewers were probably shocked to see Tucker Carlson let go on Monday (April 24, 2023). It was interesting to hear Glenn Beck comment on it yesterday.
EDIT add: WSJ article offering up details and reasoning for Tucker Carlson’s dismissal (PDF).
Fox News' goodbye message to @TuckerCarlson sure looks like what they said when I left. I have a feeling this will KILL Fox. pic.twitter.com/oOFXnv4sKp
— Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) April 24, 2023
Mellow Music for Sunday: “Duke’s On Sunday” – Jimmy Buffett
Posted By RichC on April 23, 2023
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Archive: Catch-up photos from April 2023 trip to Florida
Posted By RichC on April 23, 2023
A trip to Florida would not be compete without at least one timeline marking photo of us … so this catch-up post with a few leftover photos from our “condo window installation” trip will start with a Brenda and Rich beach photo.
Between a few rain and heavy wind days, we had some sunny and warm days too. A surf fisherman fought about 45 minutes with a large Crevalle Jack and finally hauled it in. It was amazing that it did not break more than his reel and after seeing the very small ‘now’ bent hook, 
I was amazed it did not get away. Impressive.
Shortly after that, I stepped on a Sea Urchin and thankfully was able to pull out the single spine in my foot … although the venom and jab was painful. All is well though, as it only left a bit of swelling and a sore foot.
We both enjoyed seeing the turtle nests, the loon fishing in the surf (both below) and getting our 10,000 steps in on the beach, and from my non-medical point of view, Brenda is nearly fully rehabbed and able to walk comfortably and without much swelling … something that was not possible in February. All in all, we had a successful trip on all counts.
Archive: The new condo windows have finally been installed
Posted By RichC on April 22, 2023
We have had our share of rain in Florida this April while in Delray Beach, but have finally finished the upgrade of new windows in the condo. I should have 
done it back in 2018 as I would have save a few thousand dollars, but as the saying goes … “better late than never” (they were WAY overdue to be replaced).
Tech Friday: The Apple Lisa computer is over 40 years old
Posted By RichC on April 21, 2023
Although my first computer was a Compaq Portable (I still have it and I think it still boots up) … my second computer was a Macintosh SE with a giant 20MB HD … the more successful and lower price version of the Lisa. Did you know that the Apple Lisa turned 40 this year? How many years have I been using Apple computers … well, not quite this long?
The Apple Lisa introduced the graphic user interface (GUI) into the Apple Computer Corporation’s line of personal computers. Instead of using only text-based commands, users could employ pictorial icons displayed on the screen to initiate operations. Officially, “Lisa” stood for “Local Integrated Software Architecture,” but it was also the name of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’ daughter. This computer was also Jobs “baby,” as he championed its creation and believed it would revolutionize personal computing. Apple spent four years and $50 million to develop it, but it turned out to be a commercial flop, in large part because of the $10,000 per unit cost. Only 80,000 were eventually sold. The Lisa is most important historically as the computer that pioneered concepts later used in the far more successful Macintosh.
Read more at Smithsonian link
Filler Post: How fast is fast when it comes to #aviation
Posted By RichC on April 20, 2023
When it comes to fast aircraft, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is the one most of us know about. In a social media Twitter mention last week, Massimo posted this photo and link.
The SR-71 Blackbird was so fast that, if attacked by surface-to-air missiles, it simply flew higher, faster, and in a slightly different direction to outrun them.
This story from 1986’s Libya crisis, confirms: LINK
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