Author Archives: Paul Begley

We have had DirecTV for five years. Our HD DVR resets daily, the only upgrade was a $300 upgrade They lost a customer to Comcast tonight.

Science can be fun. Fig Newton: The force required to accelerate a fig one meter per second.

Science can be fun.

Fig Newton: The force required to accelerate a fig 39.37 inches per sec.

Technical tip-when calling a support line if you need to talk to a human, start using four letter words-you will immediately be transferred.

US subpoenas Wikileaks tweets – http://zd.net/fUlb9z – I’ve been following @wikileaks – do they think 635,610 of us are terrorists?

1/1/2011-no heat this morning, replaced air filter. Oil cap ‘missing’ on van. Family auto maintenance training video on YouTube this week.

1/1/2011 washed the cars with a new kinkless (not so much) hose and nozzle (http://amzn.to/ii4cnE) . I’m not getting used to this weather.

I love end-of-year lists. Today we have “100 or so Books that shaped a Century of Science” be sure to read Feynman – http://bit.ly/hA2Dc5