David Haber's blog http://www.davidhaber.com/ en-us David Haber (rss@davidhaber.com) Copyright © 2001-2011 David Haber. All rights reserved. 2011-05-21T10:31:42-08:00 http://www.davidhaber.com/blog/201011231004/fave-headline-garbos-on-strike.html This is a real headline seen this week in the news: Garbos walk off job in Brisbane Huh? Greta Garbo impersonators are going on strike in Austraila? Why would Greta Garbo impersonators want to go on strike? And why are there so many Greta Garbo impersonators in Australia that they... David Haber Blog 2010-11-23T10:04:00-08:00 http://www.davidhaber.com/blog/201011051919/pickle-physics.html Hey! Someone has broken into my apartment and eaten almost all of my pickles! Well... maybe not. But I think I have just identified a very interesting aspect of the physics of a jar of pickles. Have you ever noticed this? You have a jar of pickles in the fridge... David Haber Blog 2010-11-05T19:19:00-08:00 http://www.davidhaber.com/blog/201010101010/numerically-perfect-day-creates-good-vibrations.html It's another numerically perfect day, 10/10/10. Many interesting things happened today in history on October 10, but one stands out for me, personally. On October 10, 1966, The Beach Boys released the 45 single of Good Vibrations, which has always been one of my favorite Beach Boys tracks. The instrumental... David Haber Blog 2010-10-10T10:10:00-08:00 http://www.davidhaber.com/blog/201006251942/every-day-more-and-more-i-dont-get-it.html There is currently a commercial running on TV for Progressive Insurance that, I'm sorry, I just don't get. In the commercial, two young men come into the fantasy Progressive Insurance store and one tells Flo, the Progressive lady, that money is tight and he needs to save money on his... David Haber Blog 2010-06-25T19:42:00-08:00 http://www.davidhaber.com/blog/201005151010/adventures-in-packaging-episode-4.html Continuing in our series of dumb things printed on food boxes, today I offer for your amusement, Totino's Pizza Rolls. Here, again, another useless serving suggestion is being suggested. What are they suggesting with this picture? That we should eat these pizza rolls while they are floating in space, while... David Haber Blog 2010-05-15T10:10:00-08:00 http://www.davidhaber.com/blog/201003111440/suspicious-minds-misunderstand-elvis-clue.html Widely reported in the news today is a story that an Elvis Presley record, autographed by Elvis himself, was one of about 20 records up for auction at the Regent Theatre's Anything But Books Sale in Dunedin, New Zealand. Only one problem. The album, Elvis Sings Country Favourites, was released... David Haber Blog 2010-03-11T14:40:00-08:00 http://www.davidhaber.com/blog/201001181256/extreme-rain-activates-the-emergency-alert-system.html If you listen to AM radio a lot as I do, you will frequently hear some stations conduct their regular Emergency Alert System tests . Over the years, I've heard many of these tests, but I've never actually heard the system in use. Until today. I happened to be listening... David Haber Blog 2010-01-18T12:56:00-08:00 http://www.davidhaber.com/blog/200912100823/close-encounters-of-the-british-kind.html After more than 50 years in operation, the British military quietly shut down its UFO investigation service last week, saying it would save the government money. Roy Lake, founder of the London UFO Studies group, said "I think it's a stupid thing to do because this could create a threat... David Haber Blog 2009-12-10T08:23:00-08:00 http://www.davidhaber.com/blog/200910271445/reports-of-my-death-are-greatly-exaggerated.html Google Alerts can be very handy. You enter some search terms, and Google emails you any time they notice that the words you requested to follow come up on the internet somewhere. For example, I have a Google Alert set up for my name, David Haber. Imagine my surprise when... David Haber Blog 2009-10-27T14:45:00-08:00 http://www.davidhaber.com/blog/200909092022/warning-a-dvd-player-is-not-necessarily-a-cd-player.html Many moons ago, since DVD players can play audio CDs, I decided I no longer needed a stand-alone CD player. In 2002 I bought my second DVD player, replacing a Sony that worked good until it got warm. This is my current DVD player, a Panasonic RV31. I know I... David Haber Blog 2009-09-09T20:22:00-08:00