http://philiprobert.com Pursuing Love, Happiness, and Adventure! Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:29:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hammond, Louisiana sits in the middle of South East Louisiana in beautiful farm country. The terrain is not so exquisite as some place I've visited before like here or here, or here. The recreation opportunities don't look like this. But sometimes the awesomeness of the sky makes up for ... http://philiprobert.com/2008/07/12/thunderclouds-in-hammond/ Last week I wrote about my brother's website Proximity Cast During my visit he figured out that he would bribe me to help him out with his project. He offered to buy me a Garmin Nuvi 350. This way it would be easier to upload photographs to his ... http://philiprobert.com/2008/07/09/garmin-nuvi-350/ As we pulled up to the little grass airstrip a couple of young whitetail fawns were having a snack in front of the hangers. One flitted into the woods right away. The other took a couple of strides and then stopped. It seemed to be considering us ... http://philiprobert.com/2008/07/04/into-the-wild-blue-arkansas-yonder/ Two hundred and thirty two years ago a group of men assembled in the Pennsylvania State House, now known as Independence Hall, and signed their names to a letter to King George III of England. In so doing these men committed treason against the English crown, and gave birth ... http://philiprobert.com/2008/07/04/the-declaration-of-independence/ This is kind of like the homeless guy with the sign that says Why Lie, I just want a beer The only way fuel prices are going to drop is if demand for fuel drops. I think this may be a great way to boycott the fuel companies high prices. ... http://philiprobert.com/2008/07/02/beer-over-gasoline-it-was-bound-to-happen/ My older brother, David Robert, has been working on a project for over a year now. It's called Proximity Cast. So what in the world is a Proximity Cast? It's an idea that my brother came up with while he was flying life flight helicopters. He ... http://philiprobert.com/2008/06/19/what-in-the-world-is-a-proximity-cast/ All day the storm builds. White puffy clouds climbing higher. Sunset's brilliant orange glow dresses the gathering storm foretelling the evening drama. Dusk comes. Far off lightning flashes lighting the night time sky. Silently the wind builds to a howling roar, and the rain falls. ... http://philiprobert.com/2008/06/16/southern-thunder/ Some things are just too COOL to ignore! I found this site by accident, and the concept is mind boggling. If you thought that gull wing doors were cool this will change your paradigm. Link: sevenload.com http://philiprobert.com/2008/06/13/jatech-disappearing-car-door/ Early in the space program NASA learned to begin assigning new projects to the astronauts before they launched on their primary mission. NASA had discovered that the enthusiasm, momentum, and sense of purpose the astronauts felt leading up to a mission disappeared upon mission accomplishment. The astronaut's had ... http://philiprobert.com/2008/06/12/dealing-with-the-drop/ Rule #1. Technology will fail. Rule #2. If you believe that your technology is failsafe, see rule #1. My computer crashed today. I've been working up a post about my recent road trip from Ashland, Oregon, to Fayetteville, Arkansas. The posts along the way were fun, but now that ... http://philiprobert.com/2008/06/06/technology-will-fail/