James McWhorter

Happy first day of Fall

Posted on 9/22/2008 at 8:46:30 AM

Fall is here!

Here is the Google logo for the day.

Hurricane Ike still affecting Ohio utilities

Posted on 9/18/2008 at 2:41:44 AM

I was in Kentucky over the weekend and missed the winds 80+MPH that blew into the Ohio valley. When I got back to Miami University the roads were clear and there was power in some places but still no traffic lights or internet. All the milk at the local Kroger’s was also gone. :) Here is a recent excerpt from the news:

Ohio utilities reported nearly 900,000 homes and businesses still without power, down from 2.6 million after the storm Sunday. More than 300,000 customers still lacked power Wednesday in Kentucky, Indiana and Pennsylvania.

Utilities hope to restore power for most people by Thursday, but some could be in the dark until the weekend.

Power restoration has been delayed because damage from the hurricane-force winds was unprecedented for much of the region and required help from crews in other states, utilities said. In some cases, Ohio-based crews were recalled from Southern states after being sent to help with Ike’s aftermath along the Gulf Coast. Source

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My mom is a Ham!

Posted on 9/15/2008 at 12:00:15 PM

Amateur Radio Operator is the formal name for a Ham Radio Operator but legitimately calling your Mom a Ham is so much more fun!

My Mom took her Technician Class license on Saturday and got her Callsign, from the FCC, today. Her Callsign is KJ4GQH. I gave her my old Alinco HT to help her get on the air. Congrats Mom!

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Where’s that backbutton?

Posted on 9/8/2008 at 8:36:14 PM

So I finally downloaded Firefox 3 after I was sure that all my favorite Web design plugins were updated. Only thing is that there was something missing….the back button!

I actually thought for a minute that this was “the new thing” and did my best to have an open mind about it. My reserve of good will lasted about all of five minutes and I was off asking the Google gods what had happened. Turns out that it was just a glitch. Still not sure which was worse; the the missing back button… or that I was going to go along with it!

I’ve created a very short video what shows how to get the back button back. enjoy!