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Monday, September 04, 2006

OF THIS AND THAT

Frankly, things were just a little slow this
week. However, in the next few weeks I hope to
bring my readers some exciting news regarding a
new way to invest which is highly automated and
really interesting. I've come across a method
that I'm putting to the test right now, something
that, if I can get a good track record
established, I am more than willing to share with
my readers. So please stay tuned and watch for
further information, hopefully in the next few
weeks.

My friend Myrna, a former United Airlines crew
scheduler, finally was allowed to go back home
after successful surgery for two cancerous brain
tumors. She is of course elated to be home,
having first left for the hospital back on July
5th, and thanks all those who sent their best
wishes for her recovery. She still has a long
road to recovery ahead but seems to be making
really great progress.

For you flight simmers, I did a telephone
interview with the folks who make the TrackIR, a
device which offers a rich enhancement of the
flight simming experience. If you missed it, the
link may be found on my site. Find the Microsoft
Flight Simulator link in the left-hand margin, or
you can just click here:
TrackerIR The audio
quality is not what I had hoped but it is
certainly easy enough to understand. The
interview lasted about 28 minutes. We're working
on improving the audio quality for future
interviews.

Ariane Design Studios in England, which makes
flight sim add-ons, will be among my upcoming
interviews. They have expressed an interest in
marketing "The World At My Feet" and have offered
to have their studio do the editing for an audio
version of it. Al The Web Guy has been bugging
me forever to do an audio version but I have
resisted. Reading the entire thing is, of course
time consuming, but not nearly as much
as the editing and I didn't think it was worth it
to pay to have it done or to do it myself, so I
just never bothered. Now, however, with the
editing offered to me at no charge, I'll start
recording in the next week or two. I'd be
interested in whether any of my readers would
want to purchase the book in audio form. If so,
please drop me a note at
support@fromthecockpit.com.

Those of you who are very familiar with my Photo
Gallery have
most likely seen the Animals & Fish album.
Virtually all the photos were taken by my cousin
Dr. Michael Braunstein of Las Vegas during his
many scuba-diving expeditions. In the past week
he's sent me some new albums with hundreds of
photos in them, and I have selected 6 of my
favorites for inclusion in the album. There are
just too many for me to include, but they are
well worth having a look at. Animals & Fish

If you're interested in seeing some additional
photos, grab a cup of coffee and click on any of
these links for some spectacular undersea photo
slideshows:

Zig Zag, Little Cayman:
Zig Zag


Paul's Anchor, Little Cayman:
Paul's Anchor


Stingray City:
Stingray City


Little Cayman:
Little Cayman


Manatee:
Manatee


Night Snorkel:
Night Snorkel


11 Albums:
11 Albums


One more thing and then I think I'll just give up
and acknowledge I don’t have any earth-shattering
news to report in my life at present. Gregory
Mantell, host of the Gregory Mantell show, has
invited me once again to be his guest on one and
possibly two half-hour segments regarding flying
and fear of flying issues.

Although we taped in Los Angeles previously, this
time we'll be taping at CBS Studios in Palm
Springs, so I'm looking forward to that as well
as getting my swimming fix at a nice resort hotel
there. He's taping eight shows all in one day,
one of which is with a beautician and apparently,
since I'll be in the neighborhood anyway, I'm to
be used as a guinea pig for her segment as well.
We'll find out if she's up to the challenge. The
shows will be aired at a later date on Time
Warner, Adelphia and Comcast on both the east and
west coasts. I'll try to get specific airing
dates and I might even be able to get the shows
as links. Greg's been really good about this in
the past.

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