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Health

The Major’s Walk-A-Thon

It was another 25:25 (25-minute and 25-second) walk for me this morning around the entire perimeter of my wonderful neighbourhood, so that means another 1.3 miles gets recorded in the book. Actually there is no book, and I’m not even tracking these walks on an EXCEL spreadsheet. I’m doing it all for fun !

Sky: Partly Cloudy
Temperature: 74°F
Relative Humidity: 87%
Winds: Calm
Barometric Pressure: 30.14 RISING

My thoughts:

1.  I walked clockwise this morning – as opposed to counter-clockwise on Christmas Day Morning. I think I’ll alternate between the two as I do these walks.

2.  Me and another walker gave each other ‘the acknowledgement’. We saw each other from afar. We repositioned ourselves slightly, and then as we passed each other we gave each other a nice nod and a pleasant smile as if to telepathically state to each other ‘Howdy Fellow Walker !’

3.  The construction workers high atop the brand new ‘Key West Style’ townhouse development that’s going up just across my neighbourhood’s south perimeter fence were hard at work making a lot of racket on the roofs.

4.  At around the 21-minute mark of my 25:25 walk a little dog was barking loudly and tapping violently on the front window of his / her home as I walked by. Apparently he / she didn’t like me. It’s just further proof that most dogs don’t like me. Cats like me. Cats are cool.

5.  After the 25:25 walk I got in my car and drove the southern arc of my walk. It measured out as 0.8 miles. I then drove off into Florida City to do some errands. When I returned I drove the northern arc of my walk. That was 0.5 miles. The 1.3 miles that Google Earth measured has been successfully confirmed by my car.

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Computers Internet

Netscape Navigator: Rest In Peace

Read all about the demise of Netscape Navigator (1994-2008). (Courtesy Of The Associated Press)

Way back during the early-to-middle-1990s (it seems so long ago) when surfers of the World Wide Web (then in its infancy) could be counted in the thousands (rather than the couple billion that we have today) there was essentially only one web browser to use. That would be Netscape Navigator. It is often credited with kicking-off the worldwide phenomenon of the Internet, as well as the entire ‘dot-com-boom’ (that would eventually go bust at the end of the decade).

Microsoft came along about a year after Netscape (in 1995) with their Internet Explorer web browser, and the rest (as they say) is Internet history. Internet Explorer (5.0) eventually surpassed Netscape Navigator as the most popular web browser in the world in 1999, and nowadays it is utilized by an estimated 90% of the world’s web surfers.

Thanks for those early Internet memories Netscape. You started it all back when the World Wide Web was a barren landscape. Those were the good old days !

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Blogging

Friday Night Blogroll Review

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Blogging Holidays

Coming This Weekend To A Blog Near You !

Another long holiday weekend is upon us (although I actually have to work on Friday and Monday – New Year’s Eve), and as we say ‘Adios’ to 2007 and ‘Hola’ to 2008 this blog right here will be busier than ever.

Look for fresh new blog entries all holiday weekend long including (but certainly not limited to) the following:

  • Friday Night Blogroll Review
    Update your blogs so that I can link to you !
  • The Major’s Walk-A-Thon
    What will I encounter on my next 1.3 mile walk ?
  • My NFL Weekend Game Picks
    Who am I picking to win this weekend ?
  • Life Pointe Church Sunday Morning Tossed Salad
    What will be the highlights of my 50TH Sunday morning ?
  • Tuesday Night Grab Bag O’ Thoughts
    What will I think about on a Tuesday night ?