New PC is off the Christmas list

I wonder how good old Microsooft is going to survive now. Personally, after a hell of a time wrestling with Vista 64, I can understand that nobody wants a PC anymore. I do a lot of digital photography, so that is my main Linux PC use now, but all the teenagers are happy with Facebook, and taking pictures with phones. There is still a need for a keyboard, and the students have to write their essays, but a lot of this can be handled with a bare-bones Internet appliance, with the Google operating system (cleverly disguised as the independent gOS!).

Volcano lake boils over!

Now, here's where we really have warming! Mt. Kelud has been on the verge of eruption for quite some time now, but it looks like the big blowup is at hand. The volcano is being very nice by spilling over boiling water as a warning, which might actually get the people to leave! If we are lucky, it will have it's eruption without killing anybody.

Active faults attract houses

Yes, the best place to live in California is right on top of an active fault! You get the best views, and there's that nice radon gas, that gives you a buzz. Of course, when the earthquake happens, these people will just go to the federal government for handouts, since they are rich enough to sue everybody. The miserable poor don't get much.