http://rightwingnews.com/quotes/the-third-annual-50-best-political-quotes-of-2011/
Sincerely,
David Lundeen
Sent from my iPad
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
List of Mad Men episodes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of Mad Men episodes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
We have been trying to watch all the old episodes. We have completed watching the first two full years (26 episodes!) Year two ended with the Cuban Missle Crisis happening.
Monday, December 05, 2011
Home Automation Knowledge Base
Home Automation Knowledge Base:
Defeating local current sensing on X-10 486 appliance module.
Defeating local current sensing on X-10 486 appliance module.
Our new LED Christmas tree lights don't turn off all the way when using an Appliance module.
'via Blog this'
'via Blog this'
Friday, December 02, 2011
Thursday, December 01, 2011
Nest Learning Thermostat Sets a Standard - David Pogue - NYTimes.com
created by a team of former Apple iPod engineers and can be controlled by iPad / iPhone / Internet site.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Marching off for the last time at WPHS
The picture shows the drumline marching off the field for the final time in 2011.
Thus ends 4 great years of marching band at Winter Park High School for Eric. Each year WPHS managed to make the Florida State competition and each year they made the finals and finished in the Top 5 statewide.
This year they came in fourth overall and first in our hearts. As always, they put in an extraordinary amount of effort starting at Summer band camp and culminating at the State Finals. This years Finals performance was amazing.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
Popular Science 1948: Auto Safety
Archive Gallery: Automobile Safety Tips | Popular Science:
"The Seven Keys to Safety: March 1948
If this cover image doesn't terrify you into driving safely, we don't know what will. According to the illustrator, driving 30 miles and hour is as dangerous as driving on the roof of a building. To keep readers from suffering such terrible fates, writers Devon Francis and John F. Stearns recommended memorizing the seven keys to safety, which are as follows:
1. Learn to judge the conditions of the road and the drivers.
2. It isn't how fast you can go, it's how fast you can stop.
3. Keep one car length between you and the car in front of you for every 10 miles on your speedometer.
4. Suspect every pedestrian of suicide.
5. Every intersection is a crash point, so slow down.
6. Signal properly.
7. Expect the worst from the other car."
It would seem that by 1948 we had uncovered the universal truths of automobile safety. However, I don't think eating, texting, fiddling with 100's of radio channels or putting on makeup while driving had been invented yet.
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
Cooking For Engineers - Step by Step Recipes and Food for the Analytically Minded
Dear Eric,
You are getting close to going to college, where you intend to study engineering. You will do many experiments. You will need to eat. Learning to cook requires experimenting.
I have found a website for you to review.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Cleaning and removing rust off tools
http://preventrust.info/cleaning-and-removing-rust-off-tools/
Sincerely,
David Lundeen
Sent from my iPad
Sunday, September 11, 2011
What to do in college right now | Penelope Trunk Blog
http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2011/09/05/what-to-do-in-college-right-now/
Sincerely,
David Lundeen
Sent from my iPad
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Your Daily Dog Walking Forecast
AccuWeather.com - Outdoor Living Weather Forecast for Winter Park, FL:
Sunday is predicted to be very good for walking your dog.
Only in America...
Monday, August 15, 2011
10 Reasons to Skip the Expensive Colleges
10 Reasons to Skip the Expensive Colleges on Shine
1. Beginning adulthood without debt is worth far more than a designer diploma.
The authors’ No. 1 rule for parents: Don’t let your child go into debt for college. In 2010, almost two thirds of undergraduates borrowed money, and student-loan debt outpaced credit card debt for the first time. The College Board likes to say that a typical senior graduates with “only” $24,000 in debt, but with interest, collection charges, and penalties for postponed payments, the amounts owed can exceed $100,000. If you ever default on a federal student loan (and the rate of defaults is rising), you’ll be hounded for life. Lenders can garnish your wages, intercept your tax refunds, and have your professional license revoked. You can’t work for the government or collect your social security. “People have been sold this propaganda: ‘The rates are so low; just get a loan,’ ” Dreifus says. “The long-term effect is to cripple your children.”
9. Going to an elite university does not guarantee success.
To prove this point, Hacker and Dreifus tracked the 900-odd students who graduated from Princeton in 1973 to see if the school was delivering on its promise “to prepare students for positions of leadership,” whether in business, public service, or the arts, which Princeton administrators claim as their goal. “We were very disappointed,” Hacker says. “There were only a handful of recognized names in that class of 900. What that tells us is simply this: In America, if you put your talents to their best use, by the age of 35 or 36, you’ll be passing people from Princeton, no matter where you went to school.” Sure, the authors acknowledge, a designer degree might help you get into medical school or law school at Harvard, Stanford, or Yale. That’s a nice bonus if you can pay the full sticker price, they say, but not enough of an edge to saddle your child with many thousands of dollars in debt.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
National Geographic Reviews the iPad2 for travel
Adventure Travel - National Geographic Adventure Blog
A few apps they call out:
• National Geographic National Parks Maps HD App - $4.99
This app pairs hi-res images of points-of-interest within National Geographic HD topo trail maps for 15 parks (Yosemite, Yellowstone, Zion, Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, and ten others). The iPad’s Digital Compass will locate you within the park when you are ready to start exploring.
• JetSetter - Free
This visually stunning, content-driven travel app lets you discover travel destinations through a gorgeous layout and photography. The stories and editorial reviews will tantalize you to take a trip—and the app even allows you to book a hotel stay with a cool calendar feature. It also has “Flash Sale” limited-time travel deals.• TripAdvisor - Free
Thanks to the iPad’s digital compass, TripAdvisor’s vast database of user reviews are made available on Google Street maps. Simply locate yourself via the GPS, then read reviews of nearby restaurants and hotels positioned on a Google Street View map. What’s surprising is all the local information. I always considered TripAdvisor to be best for international hotels. But with the app, I located myself in my apartment in Brooklyn and it showed me all the restaurants and businesses on my street with contact info and user reviews.
• Fotopedia Heritage - Free
Brilliant photos illustrate the world’s UNESCO World Heritage sites in this app. The Machu Picchu slide show alone has 59 images.
• FlightBoard - $3.99
This app quite simply lets you see the Arrivals and Departures flight boards in any airport. Pretty handy if you are dealing with weather delays.
• AllSubway HD - $.99
This is the first collection of subway maps from the world’s great cities, from Moscow to Munich to Perth. You don’t need a Wi-Fi connection to use it, so subterranean navigation is possible.
Starting in May, Apple is going to offer free travel app workshops for consumers at their 200+ U.S. stores. At these workshops, Apple instructors will show the latest and best travel apps available.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Military adopts iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad
The article states that a modern smartphone has the computing power of a 10 year old laptop and has replaced a lot of heavy gear that no longer has to be lugged along on a mission. Not to mention that when you have time you can get away from it all by plugging in your earphones and listening to music.
The U.S. Army has established an app store (the Army Marketplace) for military smart phone users. This includes the iPad, which soldiers are also big fans of. The army app store includes an "App Wanted" section where users can post descriptions of an app they need. If a developer (in uniform, or an army approved civilian with access to the Army Marketplace) is interested, a discussion can be started on an attached message board. The army hopes that the needed app will be quickly created and made available at the Army Marketplace.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
MobileMe Find My iPhone (or iPad or even iPod Touch)
MobileMe Find My iPhone
Good way to protect yourself if you lose your iPhone or iPad.
OK, this is a great App and its free. I downloaded from the App Store. Set it up in about a minute using my existing Apple ID and password. Then you can go to me.com, enter your ID and password and it will show you where your iPad is currently. (in my case not just the building, but pretty much where in the building!)
You can also make it play a tone for two minutes, send a message to display on the device. You can even lock the iPhone or iPad, or if need be, wipe all your private data off of it. All for free.
You can also make it play a tone for two minutes, send a message to display on the device. You can even lock the iPhone or iPad, or if need be, wipe all your private data off of it. All for free.
Good way to protect yourself if you lose your iPhone or iPad.
App of the Week
Home | Leafsnap: An Electronic Field Guide
Not sure this will work well in Florida yet, but very intriguing for iPhone and iPad.
This free mobile app uses visual recognition software to help identify tree species from photographs of their leaves.
Leafsnap contains beautiful high-resolution images of leaves, flowers, fruit, petiole, seeds, and bark. Leafsnap currently includes the trees of New York City and Washington, D.C., and will soon grow to include the trees of the entire continental United States.
This website shows the tree species included in Leafsnap, the collections of its users, and the team of research volunteers working to produce it.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Sunday, June 05, 2011
Friday, June 03, 2011
On Top of Diamond Head
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Pu'u Ualaka'a State Wayside Park
North Shore
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
David & Betsy at Pearl Harbor
Monday, May 30, 2011
Pearl harbor today
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Sending Picture to Blogger
Hawaii Bound
Betsy and I are currently in the air headed to Honolulu for a weeks vacation. I will try to blog some of this from my new iPad. Not sure if I will be able to post pictures here or not using safari in the iPad.
Friday, May 27, 2011
10 iPad Apps Everyone Should Have - PCMag.com
From PC Magazine:
10 iPad Apps Everyone Should Have - PhotoShop Express - Slideshow from PCMag.comIt's time to start blogging about the love of my iPad and all the cool apps I can find. Especially since I convinced my Dad to buy one in order to use the included FaceTime app. So here is PC Magazines 10 apps you should have:
1. Photoshop Express free
2. Epicurious - free
3. Netflix - free
4. Kindle for iPad - free
5. AP Mobile - free
6. Instapaper Pro ($4.99)
7. iWork ($30 for 3 apps)
8. iDisplay ($4.99)
9. TweetDeck - Free
10. Angry Birds - Free
These all look great and I think I will make sure I get all of the ones I don't have currently except for #8 and #9 since I don't really tweet and don't think I need a second display via WiFi.
I also think the USA Today newspaper app belongs on here. That is really a good one.
Saturday, May 07, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Apples App Based Internet Approach is Winning
Apple 'Is Killing the World Wide Web' | CFOworld
Apple's app-based approach to the internet was a much more innovative one, he said, and the popularity of the iPhone and iPad meant that the Cupertino company was starting to wrest control from Google, the firm that has dominated the web for many years now.
"Right now Apple is just killing the World Wide Web. Peope are adapting iPads and iPhones at a rate. Apple will do almost 100 million units this year - I mean, the numbers are staggering," MacNamee said.
Apple is also taking the fight to another of its tradtional rivals - Microsoft, MacNamee argues. "This is the year where Microsoft has fallen below 50 percent of internet-connected devices, down from 97 percent 10 years ago," he said.
According to MacNamee, Windows is about to enter a cycle of decline, whereas Apple will come to the fore with the iPad 2. The success of the iPad and Apple's app-focused approach would see the company lead a 10-year cycle of growth for the company and the technology industry as a whole, he said.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Higher Education: The Next Asset Bubble?
Higher Education: The Next Asset Bubble? | The Pelican Post
Many awful facts pointed out in this article:
- the cost of a private college has soared thirteen-fold over the past 40 years,
- college tuition has risen twice the rate of inflation and four times the rate of wage growth.
- the federal government guarantees student loans, when a student defaults the federal government pays the loan originator the balance of the loan plus interest. The government then hires a collections agency to recoup its money and adds a 25 percent collections fee on the defaulter,
- Student loan debt has now outpaced credit card debt, at $829 billion versus $826 billion.
- From 2004 to 2005 alone, student debt increased by 30 percent.
- a majority of undergraduates owe $20,000 in student loans, up 108 percent in a decade,
- 45 percent of college graduates from the class of 2009 earned less than $15,000 in 2010.
- 25 percent of all government loans default, 30 percent of community college loans default, 40 percent of two-year college loans default, and for-profit schools have a 43 percent default rate.
- student loan debt could not be dissolved through bankruptcy
Thursday, April 07, 2011
OpenOffice.org ditches Oracle, establishes Document Foundation - Renames software LibreOffice | TechEye
OpenOffice.org ditches Oracle, establishes Document Foundation - Renames software LibreOffice | TechEye
It looks like OpenOffice will become LibreOffice, unless Oracle does the right thing and donates the OpenOffice name to The Document Foundation who is running the development.
Monday, April 04, 2011
The Great College Road Trip
The Great College Road Trip - Newsweek
Newsweek Magazine (recently sold for one penny) has a write-up about a yuppie family (Mom, Dad, 17 year old son/would be matriculant -- sound familiar?) traveling around New England looking at 6 different colleges for son to be matriculated at.
Saturday, April 02, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Student Loans a Bad Idea
WashingtonPost
Quotes from the article:
Save up for your wants. Spend less than you earn. Despise debt — any of it, including student loans — so that you borrow as little as possible.
Student loans are like no other loans. Lenders and debt collection companies can come after federal loan defaulters with a vengeance. Loan payments can be deducted from a borrower’s wages, income tax refunds can be snatched, or the account can be turned over for collection, which of course means more fees added to the loan. Federal benefit payments for defaulters, including Social Security benefits, can be taken. Borrowers can be sued for the entire amount of the loan, and there is no time limit for collection on federal student loans. They are liable for any collection or court costs; and they might not be able to renew a professional license. On top of this, it’s nearly impossible to erase the debt in bankruptcy.
The report also highlights another distressing fact about student loans. Twenty-three percent of borrowers kept default and delinquency at bay by postponing repayment of their student loans through deferment or forbearance.
A deferment allows borrowers to stop making loan payments if they meet certain criteria, such as an economic hardship. Lenders may also grant a forbearance that gives borrowers permission to stop making payments for a set period of time. But forbearance is generally a more expensive option than deferment because interest continues to accrue, even on federal subsidized loans.
Here’s the moral of this story, the authors of the study say. Their research confirms that far more students than generally recognized begin to pay off their loans but then have to resort to repayment options that increase their overall debt.
USNWR: Best Colleges | Find the Best College for You
Best Colleges | Find the Best College for You | US News Education
Georgia Tech #35 (out of state tuition = $26,926 total = $35K per year ranks 514th for in-state)
U of Florida #53 (in state tuition = $5,020 going up to $5,700 next year about $15K total per year ranks 714th)
Northeastern #69 (tuition = $36,792 about $46k total per year ranks 145th)
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Newest Company eNewsletter
I am the author of he front page articles and the Americas regional news:
Friday, February 18, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Quote of the Day -- Cost of College
Instapundit
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE: In response to yesterday’s post on Rick Perry’s $10,000 B.A. proposal, reader Steve Schroeder writes:
While visiting with old college friends on New Years’ Eve we did a back of the envelope calculation on the cost and value of our BA degrees in Accounting from 1981. We attended a small well regarded Midwestern liberal arts college from 1977 to 1981. Tuition, room and board was between $3,000 and $4000 per year so around $16000 for our BA. As entry level accountants in public CPA firms we earned a salary of around $17,000 per year. So we earned in salary an amount equal to the cost of a BA degree in our first year of employment. Now that same college, which my youngest daughter is looking at attending costs $42,000 per year. If she earned her BA in Accounting it would cost her $168,000. Her possible first year salary as a CPA? Not even close to $168,000. Maybe around $45,000. What a change in 30 years in the value of that BA in Accounting.
Indeed. Many degrees have seen a similar decline in their return on investment. It’s because the return has (more or less) kept pace with inflation, while the required investment has run wildly ahead.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0
MSE 2.0 is not officially released but is available for download via Microsoft here
With MSE 2, Microsoft is evolving this product in a few meaningful ways. Setup is as simple as ever and retains the same basic UI of its predecessor, with the same Home, Update, History, and Settings tabs.
New features include:
Windows Firewall integration. MSE 2 integrates with the built-in Windows Firewall and will prompt you to enable this integration during Setup. This way, MSE can include firewall monitoring as part of its overall PC health monitoring.
New protection engine. The MSE antimalware engine has been updated to offer enhanced detection and cleanup capabilities with better performance.
Network inspection system. MSE 2 now helps protect against network-based exploits.
Other improvements. MSE 2 includes other important, if hard-to-find, changes. You can specify that CPU usage not exceed a certain limit (the default is 50 percent) during scheduled scans. MSE 2 reports when definitions were checked in addition to when they were updated so that you can be sure it's working properly if a long time has elapsed between definition updates. The real-time protection functionality offers more fine-grained control. You can now auto-remove quarantined files after a specified interval, though that option is disabled by default. And Microsoft now allows you to opt out of Microsoft SpyNet, the online community that ensures that MSE stays up to date; I don't recommend doing this for obvious reasons.
One feature, enhanced protection from web-based threats, was removed very late in the beta. According to Microsoft, this feature was removed for performance reasons.
download the new version.
With MSE 2, Microsoft is evolving this product in a few meaningful ways. Setup is as simple as ever and retains the same basic UI of its predecessor, with the same Home, Update, History, and Settings tabs.
New features include:
Windows Firewall integration. MSE 2 integrates with the built-in Windows Firewall and will prompt you to enable this integration during Setup. This way, MSE can include firewall monitoring as part of its overall PC health monitoring.
New protection engine. The MSE antimalware engine has been updated to offer enhanced detection and cleanup capabilities with better performance.
Network inspection system. MSE 2 now helps protect against network-based exploits.
Other improvements. MSE 2 includes other important, if hard-to-find, changes. You can specify that CPU usage not exceed a certain limit (the default is 50 percent) during scheduled scans. MSE 2 reports when definitions were checked in addition to when they were updated so that you can be sure it's working properly if a long time has elapsed between definition updates. The real-time protection functionality offers more fine-grained control. You can now auto-remove quarantined files after a specified interval, though that option is disabled by default. And Microsoft now allows you to opt out of Microsoft SpyNet, the online community that ensures that MSE stays up to date; I don't recommend doing this for obvious reasons.
One feature, enhanced protection from web-based threats, was removed very late in the beta. According to Microsoft, this feature was removed for performance reasons.
download the new version.
Friday, January 07, 2011
$200K in Student Loans for a BA from Northeastern?
My Very Costly College Education | The John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy
Yikes! I'm an NU grad and left with my BS in 5 years and $1,200 in student loans. I lived at home while at school and away from home during some very lucrative co-ops. I drove a beat up 10 year old car that finally died during the last weeks of school. I also worked close to 30 hours a week flipping burgers at a Ground Round restaurant for the first three years at NU.
Makes all that sacrifice seem worth it when I left owing $198,800 less than Kelli Space. I hated writing all 12 $100 checks to pay off my student loan. I can't fathom what it must feel like to try to pay off $200K of student loans.
Here's a hint: there is no such thing as "good debt." Debt is debt. You are a fool if you are not carefully considering how you will pay off each and every dollar of your debt before you acquire it.
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Monday, January 03, 2011
Best Friends Responds to Obama Praising Michael Vick
When the President Calls About the Vick Dogs | The Best Friends Blog
Read the link above, and here is their Christmas Video:
Obama recently called the owner of the Philadelphia Eagles to praise him for giving Michael Vick a second chance and telling him "what a great arm" Vick has.
The president and co-founder of Best Friends is still waiting for Obama to call thanking him for rescuing the dogs that Vick had fight, electrocuted, stabbed and tortured.
Read the link above, and here is their Christmas Video:
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