The John Adams DVD was due back at the library yesterday, and we had two episodes plus the features still to watch (the Making Of and McCullough’s bio sketch are both worth the time). This meant that we had to start watching at about 10:00am in order to be done by mid-afternoon. Most of my …
Hawai’i is converting to digital television signals on January 15, 2009, one month earlier than required by law. Why are we switching early? Well . . . Federal wildlife officials suggested tearing down the old analog transmission towers earlier to avoid interference with the nesting season of a bird, the endangered Hawaiian petrel. Petrels, also …