Category Archives: trivia

CAP Glider Orientation at Frederick Municipal Airport

Posted on October 30, 2005 by Dave

I was fortunate to have the opportunity to join the cadets from my Civil Air Patrol (CAP) squadron at the Frederick Municipal Airport (KFDK), today. We had a great time learning how to prepare, launch, and fly our wing’s glider.

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Almost Two-Thirds of U.S. Homes Have An Online Computer

Posted on October 28, 2005 by Dave

According to the most recent U.S. Census data, 62 million households in the United States have an Internet-connected computer. That means just over half, 55 percent of homes have relatively easy access to the net, including e-mail and web resources. This data, current as of 2003, shows a five percent increase in connected computers, compared to the 2001 data, and more than triple the 18 percent connectivity rate reported in 1997.

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Orville’s Restaurant Serves Great Crab Soup at York Airport

Posted on September 30, 2005 by Dave

I flew in to York Airport today for a quick lunch. What I found was one of the best servings of crab soup that I’ve ever had (and I love crab soup!).

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Length of Quantum Memory Extended 100,000 Times

Posted on August 21, 2005 by Dave

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) physicists have demonstrated a version of quantum computer memory that lasts longer than 10 seconds, more than 100,000 times longer than previous experiments with charged atoms (ions). These experiments pave the way for reliable quantum computers that will not be harnessed to the limitations of transistors and silicon-based hardware.

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Light Speed: Turn It Down, Turn It Up

Posted on August 21, 2005 by Dave

Light always travels at 186,000 miles per second (300 Million meters per second) in a vacuum. Well, almost always. A team of scientists at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has been able to control the speed of light, both decreasing and increasing it using off-the-shelf instruments under normal working conditions.

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MBA Interns Head to India to Learn Outsourcing Firsthand

Posted on August 10, 2005 by Dave

Infosys Technologies, Ltd., the Bangalore-based outsource services company featured in Thomas Freidman’s book, The World is Flat, has admitted 40 interns to it’s global internship program, InStep. Rather than seeking coveted corporate internships in the United States, graduate business students are finding fertile fields abroad. Learning firsthand how outsourcing works, by viewing the process from the money-making end, future business leaders also gain an opportunity to network with peers from 70 international universities; some from the U.S., Japan, Canada, Germany and France.

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Energy Bill May Make Americans Late

Posted on August 8, 2005 by Dave

With the upcoming change to how the United States will calculate Daylight Saving Time (DST), users of digital calendars may find themselves arriving late for appointments. The Energy Policy Act of 2005, expected to be signed into law today, will cause unexpected havoc for electronic calendars, including those in PCs, handheld computers, and even personal digital recorders. Who would have thought?

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Jimmy’s at Sussex County Airport Serves Up Great Breakfast

Posted on May 22, 2005 by Dave

My daughter and I flew off to Sussex County Airport (Georgetown, Delaware) for breakfast, this morning. We expected the usual fair of toast and eggs, but were pleasantly surprised to find that there’s a hidden special on the menu.

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Eureka! Hidden Text Revealed by Particle Accelerator

Posted on May 21, 2005 by Dave

Eureka! Hidden Text Revealed by Particle Accelerator
The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center has used a particle accelerator to create a highly-focused X-ray generator that is able to display hidden text that was authored by Archimedes, the Greek mathematician-scientist who was born in Syracuse in 287 BC.

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Personalize Google and Get a Gmail Invitation

Posted on May 20, 2005 by Dave

Today, in direct competition with MSN and Yahoo!, Google, Inc. announced that users may create a personalized Google homepage for news, weather, cultural tidbits, and e-mail.

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Wireless Networks To Be Outlawed In Urban Environments

Posted on April 1, 2005 by Dave

The American Council of Mayors and Urban Managers voted Friday to lobby the U.S. Congress in support of pending legislation that will render illegal 802.11b/g Wi-Fi networks, paving the way for widespread development of the much faster 802.16 WiMAX networking protocol.

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Ad Blocking: Have You Thought About It?

Posted on March 10, 2005 by Dave

Did you know that…

  1. Every gallon of ink used by consumer ink jet printers creates two tons of garbage, including the cartridge and it’s packaging.
  2. The first atomic clock was originally set to the time on Albert Einstein’s pocket watch.
  3. George Washington was a self-avowed atheist.

If trivia like these tickle your fancy then read on.

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Jimmy’s Resaurant, Worth the Trip to Sussex County Airport

Posted on February 8, 2005 by Dave

Yesterday, I was flying with another pilot, Dan Booher. Dan and I are each working to increase our experience and pilot time, so we took turns being a safety pilot (a look out for other aircraft) while the other flew the aircraft using only instruments. We flew from Tipton Airport at Fort Meade, Maryland to Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport, and then we went on to Sussex County Airport in Georgetown, Delaware. We had planned on flying directly to Ocean City Municipal Airport; however, a 300′ ceiling was too low for a lunch flight (too bad, crab cakes at the beach seemed such a good idea after a weekend spent skiing).

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