Category Archives: DG

DG went rummaging through our Computer Museum again and came up with this old style Chinese abacus. This is a 2/5 Chinese abacus, called a “suanpan” 算盘. The 2/5 means that it has 2 beads on the top and 5 … Continue reading →

How about these January temperatures? DG thinks that spring has arrived, and is taking full advantage of it. I’m not sure how to break it to him that he is about to be smitten by Old Man Winter.

One of my Christmas presents this year was this really cool stapler. It’s a genuine Swingline stapler. DG took a liking to my stapler and ran off with it. Quite honestly, I am a tad afraid to go and take … Continue reading →

Today is DG’s 50th birthday. Yay! So we made a cake and put all 50 candles on it. DG is not happy about being 50 years old. Actually, he is quite grumpy about it. DG: I don’t want to be … Continue reading →

DG is ready to rock and roll with the new year. I told him to be careful with that bubbly. He seems to be leaning a bit already. Happy New Year to all.

I asked DG why he didn’t use the abacus to calculate our hit rate compared to The Google instead of the slide rule. We have an abacus in our computer museum, you know. Here is a photo of it. He … Continue reading →

We just hit another milestone with this blog. After 10 years of posting our entertaining and educational material on this platform, our hit counter just went over 250,000 hits. Wow! A quarter of a million hits! Check it out. Scroll … Continue reading →

Remember last summer, back in August, when the Groundhog ate our cheese squash?  DG was really mad. Here’s a reminder. Well, we grew another one in secret right next to it, and the Groundhog didn’t find that one. And now, … Continue reading →

We had to have some more trees removed for safety. Two of them were behind the house, so they brought in a huge crane. DG was impressed. Oops. Sorry. I had to censor that a bit. DG gets carried away … Continue reading →

It’s not like I was complaining about raking the leaves or anything, but a friendly neighbor came by and informed me that there really can’t be an Infinite number of leaves on our lawn. After all, he posited, the set … Continue reading →