Making Rocket Fuel in Zero-gravity Space It should be an International Law that all carbon, water, and garbage in space MUST be either returned to earth or recycled in zero gravity closed-cycle containment systems. NASA plans must include refueling stations in orbit that create rocket fuel from biological matter grown in translucent plastic containment vessels...

May 2, 2012

01-img_0614-orange-thistle-tongue ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 35 April 28, 2012 at Como Park Conservatory, Saint Paul, Minnesota Three Yellow Cups of Red It was a rainy day in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It was a good day to hang out indoors at the Como Park Conservatory. These flowers were photographed in...

Apr 24, 2012

Turning Microsoft Word Into WordPress I was working on a birthday post for my son and ran into a bit of a hassle getting a post out of Microsoft Word and into my blog. See Son 33 Birthday for the URL in question. Those notes follow. Let me add some working notes to this document so that I can keep track of what is happening. I can remove them later or maybe...

Feb 12, 2012

ASUS HD 6950 Video Graphics Adapter It took me a while to get one monitor to work with the ASUS HD 9650 video card in blacktortoise. It took a while to figure out the port configuration. Top (VGA) Top (fans) Top Top   DVI-I   DVI-D Middle DP DP DisplayPort DP shared(*1) see below Bottom Laying the card on its side with the fans on top, at the...

Feb 12, 2012

Black Tortoise Computer Power Up Sequence Connecting the Monitor Display Upon finishing the Black Tortoise build I installed the ASUS HD 6950 video card, connected the displayport to HDMA adapter to the card, connected the HDMI cable to the adapter and the monitor, and booted up. NOTHING appeared on the screen. I thought this was probably caused by the lack of...

Feb 4, 2012

WordPress Template Search As if my life is not busy enough, I have decided that it is time for me to find a new WordPress theme for my peaceengine.com blog. This post records that journey and the resulting decision. Blog Theme Search First I searched for sites that recomended companies providing various WordPress themes. I found themegrade.com especially...