On the 13th of February in 1692, is a dark date for Scotland and for my ancestors. On that day British forces massacred families of the MacDonald and Henderson clans under authority of the King. This was in part to “make an example” of them for not being quick to pledge their loyalty to William […]
Besides this blog and my other one, I also have two websites that deal with my professional life: a personal one (brucefwebster.com) and one for my business (bfwa.com). For the first one, I had been using a website design tool that has since been abandoned by its manufacturer (or rather by the firm that bought […]
An interesting post from the Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: Bertrand Serlet recalled to his home planet Well it’s a sad day for all of us here in Cupertino. Bertrand Serlet, the friendly cyborg from the future who has lived among us and helped guide our software development efforts with such skill, has been recalled […]
…why are you reading blogs? In the meantime, there’s snow on the ground, and we have grandchildren coming to Grandma’s house for Thanksgiving dinner (no river or woods involved, though). I’m doing most of the dinner, and it’s probably my most traditional one in recent years: homemade cornbread stuffing for the turkey, and I even […]
I’m not a veteran, though my co-blogger Bruce Henderson is. But my mother (the genealogist) sent me a list of veterans in our extended family. Here’s the list (with a few additions of my own) in rough reverse chronological order: Jon A. Webster, USMC (active) — currently at Camp Pendleton, awaiting deployment to Iraq [son] […]
First off, I would like to thank everyone for the mountains of praise and complements on our coverage of the fires in San Diego last week. It was a large amount of work, but I think it really helped everyone, including myself, understand what was going on. Several folks have expressed interest in how and […]
Teenagers don’t think: Her analysis included research she conducted with ISU colleagues on more than 10,000 youths from across the country regarding such things as smoking, use of alcohol and/or drugs, or practicing unsafe sex. She’s found that one of the biggest reasons teens are so hard to figure out is because there is an […]
A bit slower today (17:05/mile average) than on Saturday (16:05/mile average, my best to date). The weather started out clear, with a cool breeze, so I dressed more lightly (cut to elbow length the sleeves on one of my sweatshirts) and wore a hat. By the time I got back home, there was a solid […]
A friend of mine used to say that if I wasn’t playing in a ‘big enough game’ (referring to life itself, not World of Warcraft), that I’d screw things up in order to make things more interesting. I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately, since — in my own opinion — I’ve been mostly […]
Friday Afternoon – Doon The Watter
Friday afternoon has come in California. It’s a bright sunny day with temperatures near 70 across most of San Diego county, with the birds on my front porch singing and enjoying a full load of seed in the feeder. The cats are on my office futon couch in rapt attention as the birds queue up […]
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