Written by I was enlightened by a friend. It seems I am always “the history guy” and my friend said I cant live without this. It’s TRUE.What got me into history, was sitting on my granddad’s knee, and having him tell me accounts of his dad that fought in WWI for the RFA, and his time in […]
Just use NSDate, right? The obvious choice for handling dates in iOS and OS X apps is NSDate. It’s obvious, right? It’s got “date” right in its name, doesn’t it? And that’s the thing about NSDate. It’s mis-named. It almost says so right in the docs: NSDate objects encapsulate a single point in time, independent […]
With members of the militant Islamic State group claiming responsibility for multiple terrorist attacks around the world in recent years, tensions regarding the Muslim faith have been on the rise. Those concerns hit close to home for Californians last month when 14 people were killed and many more were injured in a mass shooting in […]
For some high school students, senior projects are requirements that bring them one step closer to graduation. But for one Cabrillo High School senior, her project served as a chance to raise awareness of a cause she believes in. After being assigned a creative project in her English class, Chrissy Hedges took the opportunity to […]
While she’s less than a year away from retirement, Congresswoman Lois Capps says she still has a lot she needs to get done before leaving office. “I intend to work as hard on the last day I’m in office as I did on the first day,” the Santa Barbara Democrat said. Some of her effort […]
Fearing for the worst, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors approved funding earlier this week for a new day shelter pilot program designed to provide housing for the most vulnerable when severe weather may occur. “Given the weather predictions and what we know about our homeless population, there’s an urgent need to extend the […]
The dismissal of Gary West as Cabrillo’s boys basketball coach did not last long, and West relished his return. After the Lompoc Unified School District School Board fired West as Cabrillo’s boys basketball coach earlier in the month, West was back on the sidelines coaching Thursday night and his team rolled to an 83-55 win […]
The Saints dominated play against Cabrillo on Tuesday, but they didn’t pull ahead of the Conqs for the 2-1 win until the 73rd minute of a critical Los Padres League contest at Santa Maria High. Both boys soccer teams started the game 5-1-0 in league and tied for second place behind Santa Ynez — the Pirates […]
Two words: Mattermark Daily When I started blogging in 2004 I think I was the third VC blogger after David Hornik* and Fred Wilson (if you were, or know, of another pre-2004 VC blogger, please tell me so I can update my historical recollection.) I remember lots of people asking me why I was doing it. I heard […]
Often relegated to the role of slavish cannon fodder for Sparta’s spears, the Achaemenid Persian empire had a glorious heritage. Under a single king they created the greatest empire the world had ever seen. Source link