Archive for June, 2009
Photograph of the Day: Symphony in Pink
Posted in Photography, tagged Architecture, Buildings, Casco Viejo, Guayacán Tree, Panama, Tourism, Trees on June 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Mozilla Has Upgraded Firefox to Version 3.0.11
Posted in Web Browsers, tagged Firefox, Mozilla, Security, Software, Stability on June 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On June 11th, Mozilla execs announced that their popular Web browser Firefox had been upgraded to version 3.0.11. Firefox 3.0.11 fixes several issues found in Firefox 3.0.10: Fixed several security issues. Fixed several stability issues. Several issues were reported with the internal database, SQLite, which have now been fixed by upgrading to a newer version. Fixed [...]
Apple Steve Jobs Had a Liver Transplant
Posted in News, tagged Apple, Computers, Health, Liver Transplants, Steve Jobs on June 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It was recently reported by The Wall Street Journal that Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, had a liver transplant in Tennessee about two months ago. The chief executive has been recovering well and is expected to return to work on schedule later this month, though he may work part-time initially. Mr. Jobs didn’t respond to an [...]
Cartoon: Economy in the Tank
Posted in Cartoons, tagged Cartoons, Economy, Finance, Journalists, Recession on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Poem: Grandad and a Pramload of Clocks
Posted in Literature, tagged Clocks, Craftsmanship, Grandads, Literature, Poems on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
GRANDAD AND A PRAMLOAD OF CLOCKS by John Lindley Wheeling them in, the yard gate at half-mast with its ticking hinge, the tin bucket with a hairnet of webs, the privy door ajar, the path gloved with moss ploughed by metal through a scalped tyre – in the shadows of the hood, in the ripped [...]
Photograph of the Day: A Panamanian “Canillita”
Posted in Photography, tagged Newspaper Vendor, Panama, Photographs, Street Workers, Women on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cartoon: Traffic Jams
Posted in Cartoons, tagged Cartoon, Congestion, Panama, Traffic Jams, Urban Life on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is more or less what is currently happening in Panama City, Panama. Traffic jams (tranques) are everywhere. It really gets into your nerves. You really need a great dose of patience to drive in the city. Good Day.
Batman vs Batman
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Batman, Copyrights, Legal Cases, Movies, Warner Brothers on June 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This is an unusual legal case that falls into the category of ridiculous. The mayor of an oil-producing city in southeastern Turkey, which has the same name as Batman, sued Helmer Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros. for royalties from mega-grosser “The Dark Knight.” Huseyin Kalkan, the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party mayor of Batman accused “The [...]
Photograph of the Day: Green Door
Posted in Photography, tagged Architecture, Buildings, Casco Viejo, Panama, Structures, Tourism on June 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Souvenirs From London
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Art, Enamel Paintings, London, Souvenirs, Tourism on June 17, 2009 | 5 Comments »
While I was working for Texaco, I had the lifetime opportunity to travel to New York and the U.K. for a 45-day training trip. I stayed in Harrison, NY for thirty days, one week in London and another week in Brighton. It was one of the most rewarding experiences in my life. London is a [...]
