Steve Kurtz http://www.heavysi.com it's a beautiful world Sat, 05 Nov 2016 14:04:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.4 Google vs. ISIS http://www.heavysi.com/google-vs-isis/ http://www.heavysi.com/google-vs-isis/#respond Mon, 16 May 2016 20:54:12 +0000 http://www.heavysi.com/?p=623 While the world debates combating terrorism, Google is trying to DO something about it.

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]]> http://www.heavysi.com/google-vs-isis/feed/ 0 Hubble Math http://www.heavysi.com/hubble-math/ http://www.heavysi.com/hubble-math/#respond Tue, 16 Feb 2016 15:11:28 +0000 http://www.heavysi.com/?p=597 I saw a photo of Earth where the author claimed the photo was taken from the Hubble Telescope.  That irked me, because to take photos of the universe, the Hubble needs a very narrow field of view.  If we were to point Hubble at Earth, we’d see only a small fraction of the surface. That […]

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]]> http://www.heavysi.com/hubble-math/feed/ 0 Global Warming http://www.heavysi.com/global-warming/ http://www.heavysi.com/global-warming/#respond Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:30:33 +0000 http://www.heavysi.com/?p=394 I think I just found the cause of Global Warming.

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]]> http://www.heavysi.com/watermelon-pirate-ship/feed/ 0 Why we get SPAM http://www.heavysi.com/why-we-get-spam/ http://www.heavysi.com/why-we-get-spam/#respond Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:51:33 +0000 http://www.heavysi.com/?p=269 It's a terrible nuisance. Nobody wants it. It doesn't do us any good. So why do we receive so much SPAM?

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]]> http://www.heavysi.com/why-we-get-spam/feed/ 0 QR Codes http://www.heavysi.com/qr-codes/ http://www.heavysi.com/qr-codes/#respond Sat, 12 Mar 2011 03:36:51 +0000 http://www.heavysi.com/?p=242 If you haven't encountered these strange looking black and white dotted boxes yet, you will soon.

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]]> http://www.heavysi.com/qr-codes/feed/ 0 My Android “Top Five Apps” List http://www.heavysi.com/my-android-top-five/ http://www.heavysi.com/my-android-top-five/#respond Thu, 18 Nov 2010 04:18:08 +0000 http://www.heavysi.com/?p=235 A few months ago I made the switch from Palm to Android. It wasn't a difficult choice; Sprint made me an offer I could not refuse. And I'm glad I switched. And as a happy Android user, I feel compelled to share my top 5 "Must Have" applications for Android.

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]]> http://www.heavysi.com/my-android-top-five/feed/ 0 Counting the Years with Fireworks http://www.heavysi.com/counting-the-years-with-fireworks/ http://www.heavysi.com/counting-the-years-with-fireworks/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:42:50 +0000 http://www.heavysi.com/?p=227 Independence Day has a special meaning for me – it’s my birthday. Yup, a genuine Yankee Doodle Dandy. Every year, our birthday is celebrated with parades and fireworks. Growing up, I thought that was rather special; a parade and fireworks for my birthday … how cool! I don’t know exactly which year it was when I realized that the fireworks were for our country, not specifically for my brother and I (who share a birthday), but that did not matter. I could always count on festivities drawing people together for my birthday, topped with fireworks at the end of the day.

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