Since I purchased my Digital Video Recorder about two months ago I've been diligently recording every analog tape that I have along with current tv programming as it is broad-casted. I started with the twenty or so camcorder tapes I've recorded over the past ten years, and then I started the big project: transferring the 800 6-hour VCR video ( Read more... )

It's been awhile, so I'd better throw something down on this here brand new laptop that I recently acquired. It's been quite a trip figuring out this Windows XP program after the ease of the most vacuous WEBTV. I purchased a VAIO and an all-in-one, so I can be part of this here computer revolution riding on the big DSL; toot, toot. You can find ( Read more... )

HOW I CHANGED NAVY POLICY WITHOUT REALLY TRYING ( Read more... )

The events of August 2004 were anticipated well before arriving at the month's door. When the government announced that Boeing had been awarded a contract to replace the Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) aircraft called the P3 Orion with the new Multi-Mission Marine Aircraft, I was intrigued. The local paper carried a few articles about the business ( Read more... )

"MAKE GOING HOME TURNS," the Captain announced to the Engine Room over the 2MC intercom system which was the word all the crew had been waiting for. A couple more turns (revolutions per minute) on the shaft for a little additional speed. The previous 70 days had gone by pretty quickly with all the watches, drills, and qualification exams, but the ( Read more... )

For those that don't live or work on an island, this will probably be just a big waaa; but I both live and work on an island that is only accessible by the Wonderful State Ferry system which is part of the state's Dept of Transportation. This situation began at 10:00 pm when someone walking off the ferry at the Southworth ferry dock sighted a ( Read more... )

A long time ago, in a different life, there was this 425 foot long, 33 foot wide tube of HY80 steel. It was round on one end and had a multi-bladed prop on the other with a sail on top that housed the antennas and periscopes. Inside, 125 men sailed the seas for 72 days at a time haulng 16 missiles each carrying 10 nuclear warheads for a total of ( Read more... )