From National Geographic:
“This North Island brown kiwi hatched at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C., this week-only the second of these rare birds to hatch during the zoo’s 116-year history.
“Kiwi chicks hatch fully feathered with their eyes open and begin foraging for small worms and berries after their first week of life, since [...]

My new books were delivered today! I’m kind of upset that some of the good ones that I ordered got canceled (lack of funds). I wish they had been more selective with their canceling. It seems pretty random. For example, I ordered the Runaways graphic novel series, but they canceled [...]

Zahra seems to be somewhere between the human realm and the baby realm. She talks non-stop, but most of it is unintelligible. She knows a lot of words, and ever so often, she’ll inject them into her baby realm language, but usually it’s just gibberish. When she wants something, however, she suddenly [...]

I had a dream about this last night. So, bear with me…
Mace Windu (Played by Samuel L. Jackson): “We have to get off of this planet!”
Padawan: “Yes, Master…Wait a minute! I thought you were dead?”
Mace: “I don’t have time for this now.”
Padawan: “No No, I’m sure of it. You were dead. [...]

After several hours of trying to get Xgl to work, I’ve concluded that people like me just aren’t supposed to have cutting edge technology like Xgl until it’s officially released. Either their instructions are ridiculously deficient, or I am incredibly stupid.
I admit defeat.

I got my tire fixed, and it only cost me $10! Alhamdulillah. When I was outside in the parking lot changing the tire, it was about 20 degrees outside, and I had not eaten all day. My arms and legs were shaking, but my S-Dad showed up to help me.
Anyway, when I [...]

It was brought to my attention that certain groups organized by the Iranian government recently cracked down on a Nimatullahi protest in Qom. Not having all the facts at my disposal, I can say that there are a number of problems with the reactions to this development (both by the Iranian government and by [...]

It has been confirmed. Last night, we had a tornado. For those of you who do not live in the “Midwest” United States, yes, that’s unusual in February. In all of my life, I’ve never heard of a tornado in the winter. I don’t know if this is a sign of [...]

Well, maybe not, but my tire is. It looks like I’ll miss Salatul-Jum’ah this week. Americans put the strangest things in the road, you know; matresses, 2×4s, toys, shoes, pets…and, in this case, nails.
My days are now passed on the camel’s back…

I think simplicity is SO underrated. In the software world, people are always complaining about how complex things are. Being someone who “unofficially” provides tech support for an entire staff of teachers, I cannot tell you the number of times that people have tried to send e-mail attachments and failed.
My wife, who is [...]