Thursday, April 7, 2011

Earth Shifting

Okay, can I just say I'm really confused with Blogger?

The formatting is weird and the way things are displayed between profiles and actual blogs is odd, too. How do I turn on email notifications for comments? I missed almost all the comments on my blog and don't see where/how to change it so they are automatically emailed to me? I don't come here that often so it would be easier to just follow a link from the mail to respond to people. I just realized there are comments from last year with questions that I never saw...

Also, are there notifications for when someone adds you to "follow"? And how do you return the favor? What's the difference between follow and add to friends?

Maybe someone can enlighten me. I would appreciate it. :)

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As for life itself... I cannot believe it's April already. As my friend likes to say, the world seems to be spinning faster these days. New Scientist seems to agree! There also is this:

"The 8.9-magnitude quake near the east coast of Honshu, Japan was so powerful it has shifted the Earth's axis and shortened the amount of time in a day.

Diana Roman, geophysicist from Florida, says the earthquake caused the coast of Japan to extend about 8 feet eastward, and caused the ground to sink slightly more toward the center of the Earth. Roman said these changes mean the Earth's mass has been redistributed, causing it to spin faster—and making days on Earth slightly shorter.


"This is like when a figure skater has her arms out, and she's going slowly as she's spinning. If she pulls her arms in, she'll speed up. The Earth has started spinning slightly faster, and that means the length of a day on Earth is about two-millionths of a second shorter".

Scientists say this isn't unusual. An 8.8 earthquake in Chile last year moved Earth's axis by three inches, shortening the day by 1.26 millionths of a second."

/geekiness, over and out

Thursday, January 13, 2011

MMXI



New year, new adventures.

Happy 2011 to you who reads this.
May all your wishes and dreams come true.

I have only just arrived in 2011, now that my guests have left for the great wide world. They flew right into a snow storm but emerged unscathed on the other side. All is well in the world. For once I was glad that I didn't have to get on that plane myself. Flying clearly is less fun these days, not only because it's more complicated physically but also because the so-called officers at American airports make it a pain in the kabooze. American airport officials are like American cops. Bullies for the most part, with some true angels thrown in for good measure. I try to choose my personal officer based on looks and gender. It appears that one group is more likely to be polite and equipped with angel-like patience and it is them I will go to.

Offline life has been great, but I miss some of my online friends. It seems like many spend less and less time in blogs and in chat, or perhaps they're just spending less and less time with me?

I'm feeling good overall, optimistic about the new year and ready for whatever may come my way. :)