Today, December 26 — Charles Babbage (1791-1871) Birthday

Mathematician, philosopher, mechanical engineer — created the programmable, analytic computer

Following Santa with NORAD

I enjoying  Christmas Eve by watching NORAD’s tracking of Santa Claus: http://www.noradsanta.org/en/video.html, Sitting at home, nice fire in the fireplace, a cup of tea, Christmas can’t be much better than this, can it? It sure beats going out on the icy roads to noisy parties.

Christmas—no need to panic about it

I saw this card in a shop in Stockbridge (Hampshire). I couldn’t resist.

December 24: Max Miedinger Birthday

Inventor of the Helvetica font, Max Miedinger, was born December 24, 1910 in Zurich

A favorite discussion topic at our Dull Men’s Club meetings is the differences between Helvetica and Arial. Click here for a background paper we study to be well prepared for these stimulating discussions.

Beluga Whale Appreciation Society

Click here to get to the society’s page on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=info&gid=11926924954

The society appears to be in its startup phase. So far, it has some interesting trivia posted. Let’s hope it develops and grows.

Guilt from buying luxury goods?

Christmas shopping getting you down? Are you wondering who needs all the high-priced stuff being advertised? Click here to read a Reuters article about guilt-inducing indulgences. Dull men are spared this problem. They buy only practical things. And pride themselves on getting bargains.

Airport Carousels: where’s security for your bags?

Go to theemptycarousel.com to read about dangers and steps to take to make sure you get your checked bags at airport luggage carousels.

Whitehorse Airport Luggage Carousel

The airport’s windsock — a DC-3

To whom it may concern,

The direction of the Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Carousel is counter-clockwise.

Regards,

Alex

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Dear Anonymous,

Thanks for this report. We took a look at the airports website. An impressive airport indeed. Especially its DC-3 windsock.

I see the airport’s full name is Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport and its airport code is YXY.

Grover

Staycations (avoid Xmas travel hassle)

iPhone has apps you can use to take a staycatation. These days we hear so many complaints about Christmas — the problems with Eurostar travel between Paris and London, ice and snow storms in England and on the East Coast of the U.S. So why bother? Stay home. Where it’s comfortable. And save money. Take a staycation.

These Staycation Apps makes good Christmas gifts.

What to give a Dull Man for Christmas?

Slippers. You can never go wrong by giving slippers. Dull Men love their slippers. Backup pairs are always welcomed.

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Anorak. A great gift for Dull Men in the UK, where anorak is synonymous with being dull.

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Snowglobe.

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