I finally set up the wireless at home!

I guess I should get a Mazel Tov for this. I finally set up the wireless in my apartment. The set up went perfectly. I did not have to phone the linksys help desk! Now I can access teh interentfrom anywhere in my apartment.

Bob Dylan Cover of the Day

As I do on most Sunday mornings, I listened to Brian Matthew's Sounds of the 60s on BBC Radio Two. On this week's show I heard an interesting Jimi Hendrix cover of Dylan's Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window which was featured in this journal in February. It is shame that Hendrix died at the age of 27. We never know what works he would have created. Here is that cover version thanks to YouTube.

Paul McCartney Concert Rumor

We were listening to Ken Dashow's Breakfast with the Beatles show on Q-104. 3 this morning when he reported that Paul McCartney would be giving concerts at Citifield on July 17 and 18th. It was not confirmed though, but if this comes to pass I will try to get tickets. I'll just have to wait for an official announcement.

Trip to the American Museum of Natural History

About once a year we like to go to the American Museum of Natural History at 81st Street and Central Park West. It can take days to see the temporary and permanent exhibits on display. We purchased our ticket entitled us to see the regular exhibits plus two special programs. We walked through the Cullman Hall of the Universe, North American Mammals, the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall, and the Akeley Hall of African Mammals. We saw Wild Ocean, a captivating IMAX film, features original music by award-winning directors Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas. Our last stop was a special exhibit called Climate Change which illustrates how climate works and demonstrated how global warming aafects, land, ocean, ice and the atmosphere. Visitors can larn ways to reduce energy consumption in their daily lives to reduce global warming. It was a welcome change of routine.

Thank you David Stein

David Stein is one of many radio enthusiasts tht I have met on the internet over the years. We were out of touch for a few years but we reconnected through Facebook. He just sent me a replica WMCA Good Guy Sweatshirt. The station gave them away as a prize in call in contests back when they were a Top 40 station. He also sent me a Murray the K Submarine Race Watchers Sweatshirt. Thanks a million Dave.

Baby Boomers are less active on Facebook Lately

There was a report on the web today stating theat baby boomers aged 55-65 have been using Facebook less lately. I guess the novelty has worn off after using it for about two years. Perhaps it has been replaced by Twitter. Maybe older people have realized that it has become the new world wide waste of time.

I first used Facebook to try to reach out to students at NJIT. It didn't work that way but it helped me network with people my age with similiar interests. I have used it to reconnect with people that I knew years ago. I have over 400 "friends" many of which I don't even know. For example I tried to befriend other people with the uncommon surname Slutsky. I made friends with some people I only met once. I don't plan on leaving Facebook, but maybe I should cut down my usage.

Paul McCartney will Record with Bob Dylan This Summer

It was recorded in this journal last November that Paul MCartney wanted to record with Bob Dylan. It was reported today that this will happen this summer. Dylan fans know that he recorded with George Harrison in the early 1970s and in the late 1980s with the Traveling Wilburys. I am sure that McCartney and Dylan will make beautiful music together. I just can't wait until this collaborative effect is released on CD.