It is now possible to check out e-books from some libraries on the Kindle (see Amazon’s Kindle Gets a Library Card). This is not available at all libraries; you can see if your library has this service here (click on “Library Search”).

I enjoyed reading this article: Beekeeping as a Business. It is short and describes a little on how to get started in beekeeping (or rather how to learn more about getting started), about how the hobby can easily turn into a business on the side after a while, and some of the products that come from beehives. Also, I learned that every state has a bee inspector.

I have moved the Geneagrapher repository to GitHub using svn2git. The repository’s new home: https://github.com/davidalber/Geneagrapher.

Well, I spoke too soon; the 737 is not so bad when it comes to changing tables. We were on a 757 today and found that it had no baby changing tables on board.

This is not of general interest, but for anyone who wonders, A320 lavatories have better baby changing tables than 737 lavatories. If your baby is under five or six months, it probably does not matter, but the 737 table is really short. This somewhat redeems the A320 for me.

Version 0.2.1-r2, a maintenance release, of the Geneagrapher is now available.

Netflix announced a split of the streaming and by-mail movie subscriptions last week. The announcement led to an uproar of dissatisfaction with the move, and I saw many comments accusing Netflix of greed.

In the comment section of an article about an indecorous argument between two U.S. Representatives there was a post by an apparent future opponent of one of the elected officials (most ellipses are mine):

I just read Meteorite hunter: My two months in an Omani jail. It is an interesting interview about a meteor-hunting trip in Oman that ended in a prison sentence for Michael Farmer. His comment on risk jumped out at me.

The single picture I have posted of Michael on this blog is not entirely indicative of his appearance, so I will probably add a few more images for balance. For now, though, there’s this video.