The Forgotten History of Black Americans

Watching today's episode of Glenn Beck I was intrigued by all the history of Black Americans that has been forgotten (or maybe purposely swept away) by the passing of time. Beck mentioned a book published in 1855, "The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution" by William C. Nell and I found an pdf version of the book. It's been long out-of-print but is available for download at a few different sites online.

Dog Gone Racer Dog T-Shirt

Love this Dog Gone Racer Dog T-Shirt we have over at the Cool Tee Shirts shop on Zazzle. It's the iconic racing dog from the Go! Dog! Go! childrens book by P. D. Eastman.
Heh, dogs driving cars, going fast, not liking hats, dancing on trees. Literature really can't get much better.

New Video for Shelby County TX Website

working on a new website project for myself and a radio buddy of mine. Called Shelby Wired, it's a news/info community portal for Center TX and the other towns of Shelby County, Texas. Having a lot of fun gathering up news sources and such and think it's going to be a real worthwhile project. A nice diversion anyway.
Just uploaded a new video to promote the coming site. Here it is as hosted on zoopy.com which has the feel of old-school YouTube. Plus a swell follow-link in the description.

Shelby County Drilling Report for April 18, 2010

Shelby County Texas developmental drilling activity for 04/18/2010:

Endeavor Natural Gas will drill the BP Cottle Well No. 3 to 10,000 feet 6.5 miles southwest of Center in the Stockman (Travis Peak) Field. It is in the G.W. Cottle Survey, A-137 and may be drilled in a wildcat field.
The Gators DU Well No. 1H will be drilled to 19,700 feet four miles southeast of Shelbyville by XTO Energy in the Carthage (Haynesville Shale) Field. It is in the B. Odelle Hrs. Survey, A-534.
Chesapeake Operating will drill the Davis Well No. 1H to 18,000 feet in a lease 3 miles southeast of Center in the Carthage (Haynesville Shale) Field. This well is in the Z.C. Walker Survey, A-757.
The Nobles Well No. 1H will be drilled by Chesapeake Operating to 18,000 feet 3.4 miles southeast of Center in the Carthage (Haynesville Shale) Field. It is in the Z.C. Walker Survey, A-757.

Shelby County Texas completed drilling activity for 04/18/2010:

The Warr Well No. 1H has been completed by Devon Energy to 11,521 feet 2.2 miles southeast of Center in the Carthage Field. On an adjustable choke the well potentialed 4.302 million cubic feet of gas. Production is in the Haynesville Shale.

Devon Energy completed the Whitton Gas Unit Well No. 1H to 11,635 feet 9.5 miles southeast of Center in the Carthage Field. On an adjustable choke the well potentialed 6.650 million cubic feet of gas. Production is in the Haynesville Shale.
The Eddins Unit Well No. 1 has been completed in the South Stockman Field by Devon Energy. The well bottoms at 12,496 feet 8.6 miles northeast of Center. On an adjustable choke the well potentialed 75,000 cubic feet of gas. Production is in the Travis Peak.

 

Slow Fade Animated GIF

Seems like using slow fade animated gif's might be a pretty cool way to have information displayed on a website. Like a sales offer could magically appear after a certain period of time. Easy to make and small files. Plus could use on blogs where JS is not possible. Just a thought.

Call Me Mucha Fanboy

I'm a big fan of Czech artist Alphonse Mucha and use a lot of his artwork in my CafePress (and other POD) projects. It's really cool Art Nouveau stuff and most all is in the public domain.
Just built a new blog, Alphonse Mucha Shop, where I can direct traffic to some of my stores with Mucha stuff, old and new. Plus, I'll probably find some affiliate items to promote if the blog gains any kind of traction.
If you like Mucha feel free to check it out.

Plan a Key West Vacation

We've built a dandy little website to help folks planning a Key West vacation. You'll find concise info on Key West Vacation rentals, snorkeling and other water activities, Key West fishing charters and other great information for the vacationer.
Might come in handy if you ever make it down to the sun and surf of beautiful Key West!

Robot Theater Talks Square Root Clock

When I stay up late enough I like to watch RedEye on Fox News, and especially enjoy the Robot Theater episodes. Real cheesy animation made with the tools at xtranormal.com website.
So as I was thinking about making a video in support of the Square Root Clock I thought I'd give the xtranormal site a go. This video took about an hour to put together. In other words, the xtranormal is really easy to use.

New Square Root Clock Video

Made a new video today for the Square Root Clock. Check it out!

A Clock For Math Wizards

And by wizards we of course mean geeks.

New over at RetroRanger is the Square Root Clock which features numerals of square root equations.

Now, some will think that a clock with square root numbers is pretty stupid. And you know what? You're pretty stupid.

Square Roots are cool. And you can learn all about the coolness of √121 and other numbers over at the Square Root Clock website. Be sure and check out the handy online square root calculator.

Now if you'll excuse me Battlestar Gallactica is on.

Retro Iroquois Brewing T-Shirt

One of our favorite retro beer brewery shirts at RetroRanger is the classic Iroquois Chief, longtime symbol for Iroquois Brewing of Buffalo, New York. This graphic taken from classic 1950s advertising for the brewery. The Iroquois Brewing T-Shirt, how's that for a $12 t-shirt!

Iroquois Brewing of Buffalo, New York survived prohibition by brewing soda and near beer and reopened shortly after prohibition ended in April 1933. After prohibition Iroquois became the largest brewer in Buffalo, attaining a capacity of 600,000 barrels per year.
In the 1950s, Iroquois merged with a group of other regional brewers and formed the International Brewing Company. Iroquois' partners in this venture included Silver Bar (Tampa, FL), Frankenmuth (Frankenmuth, MI), and Old Dutch (Findlay, OH).
Iroquois Brewing was taken independent again in 1965 but finally closed it's doors in 1971

Finding A Vacation Rental

One of the best online resources for locating a vacation rental is without a doubt Craigslist. I've just posted a blog post over on Teeblr on using Craiglist to get a current list of Outer Banks vacation rentals by owner for those planning a North Carolina vacation.

Networking A Computer And TV

I have my computer hooked into the living room television with a pretty simple system. The video inputs with a splitter off the computer video cable and the audio is transmitted through a little FM transmitter. This system gets whatever is on the computer over to the tv and works pretty well for watching streaming movies and vids.
I've been thinking of upgrading though. I think I'd like to be able to browse the web from the comfort of the sofa so have the need for a more versatile connection between the pc and tv. Since I'm educating myself to the possibilities out there I figured I might as well blog about the journey. Isn't that what people do these days?
Just debuted a new blog, My PC To TV, and in it I'll share the new systems and solutions to the PC to TV problem. First real post is a video of Icron's new wireless system. Pretty cool stuff.

Lip Bone Connected To The Trom Bone

One of our favorite trombone shirts over at RetroRanger's Emporium of Musical Sweetness is this Skull and Bones Trombone Shirt. You've got the ever-cool skull wearing a marching band hat, over crossed (trom)Bones plus text "Skull & Bones." And a pretty good deal at 15 bucks.

Come to think of it, I often feel like the skull dude after a few hours of marching band practice. Be sure and check out RetroRanger for other cool marching band t-shirts and musical sweetness!

Allis Chalmers WD45 Tractor Wall Clock

New at our RetroRanger store is this cool Allis Chalmers WD45 Wall Clock. You know how much we like old tractors! A tough Allis Chalmers WD45 tractor on a cool wall clock would be perfect in the shop. Or barn. Or milk room. Or potato cellar. Or, should I stop? OK.