Celtic Heritage

 

I attended a Celtic festival in Hartford, CT called Pipes in the Valley. To me, nothing say "Celt" more than a butt load of knives, swords, axes and balls and chain.

Bon Voyage, Texas

From Strategypage.com:



SP's caption:The Virginia-class attack submarine USS Texas exits the Thames River as it departs Naval Submarine Base New London for the final time. Texas is transiting to its new homeport in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Photo by Canadian Forces PO 1 Steven Meyers.

Sorry to see them leave Connecticut.

Escher inspired

This is some excellent work:

Android 1.6, aka "Donut"

Official Google video of features in Android 1.6, which should be released "real soon now", as they say in the tech biz. This release is named "Donut", a follow-up to "Cupcake". I think they are in a competition with Ubuntu for silly project names.

A new entry for the I WANT file...

My sister sent me the link to this.

Now I think I must start a collection of jet powered RC planes....

The Dog that Didn't Bark

I snapped the above picture in Memorial Plaza located within the Coalition Compound of my home away from home here in "Southwest Asia". As you can see there are several flag poles that proudly display the flags of the USA, Qatar, Australia, Canada, France, Singapore and the United Kingdom.

What's missing?

Doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my side door

Some months ago my brother posted a picture on his blog entitled Doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door... it was, of course, a view outside his home during an early March snowstorm.

I'm currently doing a short sentence at Al Ud..., er, "an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia". What's that I see out my side door?



Ahh, a bunker. It's just like old times! A little poking around the bunker reveals some of the native fauna, and...



A chair? One chair? WTF?