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Great Lakes Geek Show!

The Air Show is a Labor Day Weekend family tradition hosting a variety of interactive ground displays, educational exhibits, kid-friendly activities, planes and more.

Fans can tour unique aircraft, help pack a parachute, get a picture with a pilot or just enjoy the day-long festival of flying, food and outdoor fun.

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More into German Food, Music and Beer than the Air Show?

Join us for four exciting days of authentic German Food, Beer, Local and Regional Musicans, German Dance Groups and the best Entertainment in the Cleveland area Labor Day Weekend.

Enter to win free tickets courtesy of our sister site ClevelandSeniors.Com

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If you like the Command Prompt as much as the Geek does, you have to learn about Windows PowerShell. It's like a command prompt on steroids.

I also like that in Windows Explorer you can navigate to any folder and then Shift-Right-Click and select 'Open command window here' to do just that.

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As the Oxford Museum Press says, "The USS Cod is the last remaining WWII submarine left completely in its original condition. It is a national landmark and a very important piece of our naval and historical heritage."

And it's right here in Cleveland on Lake Erie.

The Hanson torpedo truck crane at the Cod site is no relation, alas, to the Great Lakes Geek.

Hanson torpedo truck crane

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Have you tried the Math Input Panel accessory in Windows 7 yet?

This app opens a window and you draw your math equation (square roots, pi, etc) using the mouse and it converts your drawing for use in Word.

It takes a little practice (my square root symbol gets recognized as PI too often but I am getting better with it.

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For those of you who haven't yet gone metric, here are some handy conversions.

• 1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope
• Time between slipping on a peel and hitting the pavement = 1 bananosecond
• Weight an evangelist carries = 1 billigram
• 1,000 aches = 1 megahurtz
• Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mph = 1 knot-furlong
• Basic unit of laryngitis = the hoarsepower
• 1,000 grams of wet socks = 1 literhosen
• 10 rations=1 decoration

Got more? Send them to the Geek.

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The Geek just finished The Geek Atlas: 128 Places where Science & Technology come alive by John Graham-Cumming.

This book lists geeky places of interest from Australia through the US and alphabetically within countries. I may not get to see the Parkes Radio telescope in Parkes Australia but there are plenty of destinations in the US and several close to Cleveland.

Review of The Geek Atlas

Now the Geek is reading Windows 7: Up and Running: A Quick, Hands-On Introduction (Animal Guide)

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I don't see why so many people complain about Math and Science. It's not that complicated. Just follow the prof's notes in class.

It's a piece of cake, right?

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Even more Questions. Sheesh - you'd think computers were hard!

Here's two new questions about delayed start ups because of boot menu choices and sending sensitive information inadvertently in Word.

You have questions. The Geek has solutions.

Ask the Great Lakes Geek

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Need new hardware? Why pay extra for those expensive name brands?

Check out our on-line hardware store and browse pre-configured systems or tweak the configuration options yourself and get instant pricing.

We'll ship the custom built system right to your door. Take a look at the Magnum Computers Webstore

Order Domain Names, e-mail accounts, web hosting, SSL certs and the usual menu of Internet items for great prices at Great Lakes Geek Domains. Follow the link at the bottom of the nav bar (under search) or click to visit

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