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Saturday, January 28, 2012  

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Summer
The summer was great, the only problem was that it flew by way too fast. Connecticut is beautiful in the summer, especially if you have a boat or jetski. Long Island Sound, Candlewood Lake and Lake Zoar are all awesome in their own ways. I spent a lot of time on all three as well as the Hudson and Connecticut Rivers. Check out the pictures, you'll see what I mean. This year I got a little lazy about bringing a camera everywhere, so there aren't too many. We have a cabin on Lake Zoar where we spend the summer and where we keep the Big Boat, which is basically a living room on the water. We all love it because it is a "Party Barge", but if you're thinking about buying a boat, I highly recommend buying a Jetski (or a Sea-Doo, WaveRunner, etc.) first. It opens up the world of boating at a relatively low cost, and is very easy to trailer to any Lake, River or Ocean on the planet.

Puzzling
This is a pretty cool jigsaw puzzle that I wrote with some basic JavaScript and DHTML. Feel free to steal the code, it's all client-side Javascript, (or just read the book JavaScript Bible by Danny Goodman). It should be a picture of Butchie looking out at Taunton Lake. Just click on the pieces to pick them up, and click again to release them. I've given you the top left piece to start. I'll be adding some new ones soon.

Michele
This summer (2002) was wonderful for us. We slept in our new master bedroom which faces the lake at our cabin. We took numerous day and evening cruises on the "BIG BOAT" with family and office mates. Emily and Charlie learned to waterski off my Boston Whaler. I spent many days working on the pumpout boat making all kinds of dough in tips!!!!!!! With all my boating experience and knowledge at this point I am joining the US Coast Guard Auxillary in Norwalk this fall. They have on-the-water training on their Coast Guard boat and many exciting navigational courses available!! Yesterday I bought a Puch moped which gets 100 mpg. So, fellow Newtowners, you may see me whizzing along the streets this fall. We are also about to embark on building a deck off our new master bedroom at the cabin. Yes, folks, we have a permit!

Technology
This is Frank, he is a funny guy who comes up with some very unusual ideas. Frank recently graduated from a very respectable Engineering University and is generally a very responsible person. So kids when you read this, you must understand that it is the rantings of a deranged lunatic with a highly tuned ironic wit and an overactive imagination. I don't think he even likes beer. And if you don't know what an ironic wit is, you should either look it up, or should not be reading his ideas on Extreme Programming.

Wavy Gravy
 Check this out ! I love this Java applet. When I was first learning Java I tried to create this effect, mine was way too slow, but somebody at Durius.com pulled it off !





 
Quote :
Habit is stronger than reason.

- Santayana
Fact :
26 December was traditionally known as St. Stephen's Day, after the first Christian martyr. It is now more commonly known as Boxing Day. This expression came about because money was collected in alms-boxes placed in churches during the festive season. This money was then distributed to the poor and needy after Christmas. It is thought the Boxing Day was first observed in the Middle Ages. It found renewed popularity in the 19th Century when the lords and ladies of England presented gifts in boxes to their servants on 26 December in appreciation of the work they had done over the Christmas celebrations.

Joke :
There are three engineers in a car, an electrical engineer, a chemical engineer and a Microsoft engineer. Suddenly the car just stops by the side of the road, and the three engineers look at each other wondering what could be wrong. The electrical engineer suggests stripping down the electronics of the car and trying to trace where a fault might have occurred. The chemical engineer, not knowing much about cars, suggests that maybe the fuel is becoming emulsified and getting blocked somewhere. Then, the Microsoft engineer, not knowing much about anything, comes up with a suggestion, 'Why don't we close all the windows, get out, get back in, open the windows again, and maybe it'll work'.