Do you speak Klingon?...

If you did not probably you are not a Star Trek fan. Klingon is the language spoken by one of the many characters, not a handsome(from Human Standards) but definitely handsome from where he comes from.

Don't loose hope. Microsoft has a new extension called the Microsoft Translator and Klingon is one of the 50+ languages it supports. If you don't find it in the Windows Store, just wait. Right now it is only available for Windows Insiders in build 14291 released yesterday.

In the mean time get yourself informed about this exciting language:
http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/09/who-speaks-klingon/

This new build brought in other extensions as well. Read here:
http://hodentek.blogspot.com/2016/03/microsoft-edge-has-extensions-now.html

Who am I going to elect..?

I will elect the person who does not come through as dishonest and who is a people person, not
necessarily the rich and famous.

I want to choose a person not necessarily linked to previous administrations and one who has spoken widely about the issues bugging the country.

What if I do not find such a person, or party? I would have to think about who will be ultimately getting the party's ticket.

There is still time to watch the unfolding drama...

Here are some pictures from Hawaii's primary in Honolulu. There was a lack of organization which could have been improved by a better navigation scheme inside the building.

Your are Apple iPhone user and you have trouble falling asleep....

Night Shift is a new Apple iPhone feature that is bundled with iOS 9.3  which was released recently. Night Shift is supposed to help you sleep better by providing a background color of the display which shifts from blue during morning hours to a more helpful range of  spectrum towards the red. This reduces the strain on the eyes.

Night Shift is a part of the Settings. From Settings choose Display & Brightness to get to the Night Shift Screen.

From Settings on your iPhone 6S (assuming yo have downloaded and installed iOS 9.3) you come to the following screen.

 From here you can Schedule it or Manually Enable Until Next day. Also you can adjust the degree of warmth. The above screen shows the color of display in real time as you adjust the slider but the display reverts to normal afer the adjustment.

You can hit the > arrow in the From/To screen customize your own schedule.

How fast is your Time Warner Cable Chat Service?

Place: Honolulu, Hawaii
Time: 4:03 PM Sunday

It is this fast. What do I get after 45 minutes of wait time?

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Hydrogen cars are coming

This time Honda's FCX Clarity will make its debut this winter. Well, it sure looks great and will help in putting an end to the global warming. Toyota has already making great strides and now Honda. Soon there will be more from Europe and of course USA.


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Here is a video from OS from Osaka Motor Show 2015.



I cannot show the latest video, unfortunately Honda wants your personal visit to their site show off FCX Clarity and to do this go here:

http://automobiles.honda.com/fcx-clarity/

Here are some stills from the above site:

Safety is number one. Review this list (copied from the specs on Honda's site):
3-Point Seat Belts at all Seating Positions 
Front Passenger-Side and Rear 3-Point Seat Belts with Automatic Tensioning System  
Driver's and Front Passenger's Seat Belt Reminder 
Dual-Stage, Dual-Threshold Front Airbags (SRS)   
Front Side Airbags with Passenger-Side Occupant Position Detection System (OPDS)  
Side Curtain Airbags  
Driver's and Front Passenger's Active Head Restraints  
Vehicle Stability Assist™ (VSA®) with Traction Control[2]   
Collision Mitigation Braking System™ (CMBS™)  
Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS)  
Electronic Brake Distribution (EBD) 
Brake Assist  
Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) 
Daytime Running Lights (DRL) 
Side-Impact Door Beams 
Outboard Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH)  
Child-Proof Rear Door Locks  
Emergency Trunk 

View all specs here:
http://automobiles.honda.com/fcx-clarity/specifications.aspx

Get a handle on personal expenses with Microsoft Excel

Microsoft's Personal Expense Excel template is a nice piece of organization application. Perhaps you should give it a try. It is built with three sheets that are interactive and each sheet has a lot of information.

Here are some pictures that will give a preview of what it can do.

Just click on Create to create the template.

The template gets created immediately. At the bottom you can see the three sheets. The first sheet in view is the dashboard.  I think it is showing graph for six months. The page is interactive, you an switch off a month or two and the graph changes. similarly with the categories etc. It's based on Power Pivot (I think).

 This is the expense log arranged chronologically and categorically. After downloading the template and saving with your name, you can make suitable changes and customize it.

 This is the Categories sheet.

 Here using the category drop-down you can do sorting, switch of couple of the categories or even all of them, etc

 Here I took April off to see what difference it made for the dashboard. Actually thee interactivity in the dashboard is very useful to see your spending habits, more Starbucks; less eat out, more cinema, etc.

Give it a try!!

Banana Bread Beer - You must be kidding!

Kidding, No.

Actually there is such a thing as Banana Bread Beer. One of my students was kind enough to give me a bottle to taste. I am not much of a beer drinker except occasionally a Pilsner or Samuel Adams. I shared the Banana Bread Beer with my son. We found it really nice. It has about 5.2% of ALC by volume. It does have a banana flavor and tasted very good. It is a product of UK.

Long ago Ale was considered to be 'Liquid bread' and hence the name, I reckon. You can save the bottle and redeem cash.

Bananas from this source were used:
http://www.fairtrade.net/products/bananas.html