Category Archives: Postcards
Thursday – Kuya’s, Google and Dessert
Art came by after a meeting downtown. He is ethnic Chinese, but grew up in the Philippines, so he thinks of Filipino food as home cookin’. So we headed off to Kuya’s, a place he heard about, only a few … Continue reading
Michael’s Uptown Cafe
I just found notes on this – must be from 2003 – our Sarah’s friend was finishing college at IU in Bloomington IN, and we went to visit her. She was working on the Little 500 (think the movie) and … Continue reading
Qt Training Report II
The Qt WebKit stuff looks really nice. 40 lines to add a lite but featured browser, and you can have Javascript call C++ and vice versa – so buttons in HTML can start C++ processes, and C++ can modify the … Continue reading
Qt Training Report I
So far so good – Monday was architecture, Tuesday was specific core libraries and classes. We do exercises on the computer a couple of times a day to demonstrate topics. Today we did one on creating a paint application using … Continue reading
BJ’s Brewhouse
For dinner, needed something light. Found BJ’s Brewery website, I had seen it in the Marriott list, and considered it. It is a chain, so I was not real hopeful. Tonite, it was raining, don’t want to go far. They … Continue reading
Sunday in Northern CA – Dinner
After I pointed out and he passed a bunch of places to eat on the way back from Point Reyes, Art said he had a place in mind, good Chinese. Fine. He is ethnic Chinese, grew up in the Philippines, … Continue reading
Saturday Pigeon Point
Finally made it to the Pigeon Point Lighthouse. Sam’s Chowder House
BLAST! the Movie at Fermilab
This is a documentary about scientists sending a telescope into space to look 6-10 billion years into the past. On a balloon. From Sweden and Antarctica. Actually, seeing the Antarctica stuff is worth it, the rest is better. Lou and … Continue reading
Kitty Hawk NC ca 1993
I found an old receipt while going thru some boxes from Seamark Foods in Kitty Hawk, NC dated Friday 6 Aug 1993. at 4:19PM. Celery, (case?) Miller High Life, Snapple, IBC Root Beer, 2 bags of ice. $18.76. This was … Continue reading
College Tour 2009 – Dubuque IA
Kelly goes to Clarke College for PT. We wanted the campus tour, so we walked down Clarke St. for two blocks and saw several dorms, all named after nuns, and a bigger building. That was it. No quad, bookstore, anything. … Continue reading