Apple’s MacBook Air is the most reliable laptop on the market, according to a survey of nearly 60,000 American consumers conducted recently by Consumer Reports.
The ultra-light notebook has an estimated failure rate of 7% within the first three years of ownership, according to the publication’s poll of people who purchased a laptop in the last five years.
Read all about it: http://www.macworld.com/article/3012284/macs/apples-macbook-air-claims-laptop-reliability-crown.html#tk.nl_macwk
Here is an understandable video summarizing data about climate change. The short video istraightforward and not hysterical. Give it a view.
As the introduction points out: the heat from human emissions is roughly equal to exploding 400,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs every day. Historically, every time carbon dioxide levels increase in Earth's atmosphere, the average surface temperature increases, ice melts, and the seas rise.
Give yourself 5 minutes and check it out.
The Whittier Art Museum holds a juried art show with miniatures as the theme. These art objects can be paintings, photographs, or 3-D objects that are true to the theme.
I entered two items and one was selected as Honorable Mention in the photography category. There was one 1st award, a single 2nd award, one 3rd place winner, and a single Honorable Mention.
This image is about 1" square.
Bayshore Depot
During the past 100 years, some of the greatest names to ever play football cultivated their talents at one of the Conference’s 12 esteemed universities, and Tuesday evening, Pac-12 Networks revealed the Pac-12 All-Century Football Team.
When all the ballots from a distinguished panel of 119 players, coaches, and media were tallied, 50 players and one coach representing eight Pac-12 schools were named to the team. Additionally, Stanford QB John Elway was named Offensive Player of the Century, USC S Ronnie Lott was named Defensive Player of the Century and legendary Trojan head coach John McKay was chosen as Coach of the Century.
You can read about the Pac-12 All-Century Team here: http://pac-12.com/article/2015/12/02/pac-12-networks-unveils-pac-12-football-all-century-team —————— Fight on! Arie Korporaal ariek@mac.com
It was a “perfect day” Saturday. The definition of a perfect day must meet 3 criteria as determined by a radio announcer who called the USC football games for years. The criteria:
Bayshore Station on the famed layout of the Highland Park Society of Model Railroad Engineers, Inc. Model by Van Facko.
The Texas Special rolls by Deka Siding on the Highland Park Society of Model Railroad Engineers, Inc. This fine scratchbuilt passenger train is modeled by Jerry Duncan.
From PBS Nature:
October is National Toilet Tank Repair Month. http://holidaysofyear.com/national-toilet-tank-repair-month/