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Sunset view from my favela.

#1: Desperately wanting to believe, young Stanley starts wondering if this really is Dr. Livingstone. #2: Madeline entertains her first paying client. As he starts to tell her a little about himself, She's glad she asked for the money up front.

I was recently traveling and I knew one place I was going needed the latest Garmin maps. I have a 5inch Garmin with Lifetime Updates so I plugged it into the computer and started the updates. After installing every Garmin software possible to try to get the latest updates, I could not get them to work. I did it 10 times over the course of 2 days and nothing. I had to leave the next AM and I just asked Siri: "Siri, take me to address." Siri did it perfectly and I plugged my IPhone into the charger on the car and off I went. 10 hours later, Siri never went down, gave me perfect directions and guided me the entire way. Thank you Siri! Anyone else use their Iphone this way?

A few photos of yummy stuff.

I think Card lost the opportunity to sell rights to his sequels. I'm happy with that. It also served as a platform to educate a lot of people on what a jerk he is.

Oh Jeesus, I'm still laughing. Loved it. I only regret my local grocers don't stock high fibre Haynes Baked Beans. Made my day, lookin.

(I'll see if I can sneak this one in while Lucky's in Thailand.)

Garmin has some outstanding products and, obviously, a good business plan to get where they are now. However, they are not perfect and being "top dog" usually means you are a target if not already slipping. Either you are going up or down. There is no standing still. During my career, I have watched several aeronautical companies rise to the top and then topple. NARCO was supplanted by King and King was supplanted by Garmin. There are several would be and current rivals nipping at Garmin's heels. Generally good as this keeps new products in the supply line and tends to reduce the prices thereof. However, the trick is to not get caught with the last of the "good" products just as a rival competitor takes the lead. In aviation this has happened many times to my customers, partly because of the advance of technology, partly because of the rise and fall of various companies and partly because of the inefficiency of the FAA. Personally, I have been disappointed several times using various "driving directions" internet programs. Somehow I always get lost. Of course, pilots are generally not in their element on the ground. No compass, no direct to, no controllers to help and only two dimensions when three are so much easier. Best regards, RA1

Not a joke; maybe a white-noise source for Trekker insomniacs? A 24 Hour Loop of Star Trek Starship Enterprise Ambient Engine Sound YouTuber crysknife007 has isolated the ambient engine hum of the Starship Enterprise as heard in Star Trek: The Next Generation. The sound is looped repeatedly into a 24 hour long YouTube movie.

Michelangelo's illustrated grocery list. No joke! “Because the servant he was sending to market was illiterate, Michelangelo illustrated the shopping lists — a herring, tortelli, two fennel soups, four anchovies and ‘a small quarter of a rough wine’ — with rushed (and all the more exquisite for it) caricatures in pen and ink.” – Steve Duin, The Oregonian, October 17, 2009