Archive for May, 2006
Today at Idaho Falls Farmer’s Market
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I thought I’d show off some pictures from the Idaho Falls Farmer’s Market this morning. I made sure to get permission from all product sellers and the mascot. There’s 18 more pictures in this post, which you […]
Idaho Falls Weather Stations Need 3D Maps
First, be sure to save often when you write. I preach “save early and save often” so much I annoy myself, and yet a moment ago my browser crashed out before I had saved several paragraphs and I lost a great piece. Ha, ha.
I think our local weather reporters are great and do great jobs. […]
How Idaho ignited the second civil war
Movie plots involving Idaho are so few and far between that I am surprised more Idahoans don’t watch the ones that do exist. I recall an old Fonda movie about time travel that was set at the INL.
The Second Civil War (1997) is probably the biggest mainstream movie plot ever to focus largely on […]
Local news media accept biased message over conflicting video evidence
All three local television news channels have regurgitated a conservative group’s assertions that newly released video evidence prove Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon rather than a cruise missle, as a growing movement alleges. The videos do NOT show a plane at all, and it is inconceivable how our news media failed to notice this […]
ProtecTeens tries hard to protect teens
I requested the free CD, ProtecTeens, distributed by our Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden and Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa. It is meant to help Idaho parents, teachers, and teens against online sexual solicitation, exploitation, and abuse. Wasden narrates most of the 22-minute CD. I know their intentions were in the right place, […]
Local restaurant run only by high school students
KIFI Local News 8 recently reported on Sandcreek Middle School’s great in-school food service, ‘The Firepit’. The report strangely says that no other restaurants offer something unique (?), but the unique aspect of ‘The Firepit’ is that students are the waiters, chefs, and delivery people. They field menus around school and in their classroom’s tabled […]
Post Register releases new layout, policies, and information
Our local Post Register newspaper debuted a new format today. They say it had been about two years since the last major redesign, and boasted their growth last year was in the top 98% of U.S. daily newpapers (unless I misread that statement). I’ve thought the Post Register has generally been a great paper the […]
Today at Tautphaus Park
Today I had enjoyed picnic and zoo time at our Idaho Falls Tautphaus Park (pronounced taw-fuss) and zoo. Here’s a map to it, but pretty much you go south from 17th street on Rollandet avenue, past the Ross Hill cemetery and left into Tautphaus Park.
We were able to snag a couple picnic tables and […]
JaJah connects two phone numbers input on webpage
You enter two phone numbers on JaJah.com, and the website uses VoIP to call both numbers and connect them together. The first five minutes are free, each additional minutes is charged. Local calls are great for the first five minute demo. Long distance rates are pretty cheap using this method. Just think of the practical […]
Qwest proves to be only company with backbone against NSA, Bush, and Big Brother
Wow! We usually only hear the bad things and grumblings about our dominant local phone company, Qwest Communications. A story published today by USA Today related to the ongoing NSA/Bush Administration secret phone surveilance of American phone calls says that Qwest was the ONLY phone company in America to refuse the government access to customer […]
Idaho Ought to Require Online Coursework
Michigan is considering requiring their high school graduates to take at least one course online. It was derided by many geeks who sniffed at the thought of proving their ‘tech-savviness’, but the learning experience is different, even for geeks accustomed to all manner of online life. I would say online classes are less about gaining […]
Watch 4th of July Fireworks from Keefer Island, Idaho Falls
Poor Keefer Island sits unused and seemingly unwanted in Idaho Falls’ Snake River stretch. The city used to shoot our fireworks off from the north end of the island. When Frank took over with with the awesome Melaleuca Freedom Celebration, he deployed so many fireworks as to outgrow the island space and they have been […]
chill, gato, it ain't worth getting your purty fur messed up
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