Screen Capture for an iPhone

There is a simple way of taking a snap shot picture of whatever is currently displayed on the iPhone screen. It is described in the iPhone help files under the camera. To record the screen, press the top off-on button at the same time as the home button, the round...

Stories in Pictures for April 2010

The storm season began with thunderstorms building over the plains of Kansas. April is here with flowers in bloom in downtown Kansas City I bet you’re thinking, “How is it possible for this kid to have such great aim?” In this one of the many fountains in the “City of...

Maxwell and Schrodinger at 2 Years Old in 2003

Since we kept our two cats as inside only cats, I felt sorry for them not having a chance to learn to hunt. So, I bought a live mouse for them to practice with. I don’t think they had a clue what to do with it. Goldfish, on the other hand, were more interesting. I...

Three Microsoft Windows Products I Actually Like

The first computer I bought with my own money was a Mac. It was love at first sight. I became a “pod” person. Back in 1985, it was like all of us Mac fans shared this secret. We knew how “insanely great” the Mac was, but those not part of our secret society didn’t...

“We Broke It, Now We Own It!”

In the summer of 2009, we caught five raccoons over a period of about a month using a live trap. I would shove the trap and raccoon in the back on my car, drive it two miles and across a freeway to a lake with acres of wilderness and release it. These were five fewer...