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Alright dad, I know you are addicted to Weather.com’s interactive weather map. Frankly, I like it as well. But I think I have something that you will be interested in.

With our recent nasty weather, I was trying to check a storm’s direction to see if I could get out golfing. I went to weather.com and then tried another weather site, called the weather underground. Really cool site with tons of information that other weather sites don’t have. What caught my eye was their interactive weather map, called the wundermap. A lot like weather.com’s interactive map. What makes their’s special is storm tracking. You just click a storm track checkbox and it will display direction arrows for major storm cells. Cool, cool stuff. Check it out if you need a diversion.

WunderMap Interactive Radar & Weather Stations : Weather Underground

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I have to admit, I went to the computer this morning to download Firefox 3. Well, so much for that idea. Little did I realize that the actual release date is set for 1:00pm EST.

Strange time to pick a release but I imagine it is tied up in their record breaking attempt.

Does any care about the Guinness record? I certainly could care less, but I suppose I am just a grumpy old man. Just give me the new browser.

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

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thermometerI bought a bag of cherries from the store the other day. I thought it would be a good snack for the kids during a little picnic. I went to the drawer for a combination tool that minces garlic and pits cherries. I can state firmly that this tool is horrible. The pitting portion of the tool is in between the handles making it very awkward to use. It also only managed to hit the pit about 25% of the time.

So, I proceeded to rummage through our kitchen drawers for a chopstick. I had seen tv shows where the chef had used a chopstick to remove the pits. I had tried this method in the past and it too left a lot to be desired. However, during my search I found a tool that worked very well. (Read the rest of this entry »)

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