Another family update:
Meredith is starting to ease back in to her skating training; some of the aerial maneuvers that she was talking about picking up made my heart go THUD-CREAK, but the coach and the kids know what they...
View ArticleBooklistings and WordPress:
I used to have a WordPress plugin/widget on the site a while back that you could input books that you had on your just-read pile, your about-to-read pile, and so on…and be able to have the whole thing...
View ArticleStraight up for 121,000 feet:
Rather dramatic and interesting YouTube video of a **serious** amateur rocket launch: set youtube at HD if you can, it’s worth it Thanks to Dave Ihnat for the link!...
View ArticleHard drive prices:
Is it my imagination, but have hard drive prices doubled? I was looking for a new one for Susan (her graphics take up a lot of space) – say, a 1 TB internal SATA – and the prices were around US $65 –...
View Article**steaming**
On the positive end of things, the podiatric surgeon said that my foot is looking a whole lot better, and that the whole stay-off-it routine is working. He did say that a stay at a rehab place is not...
View ArticleNationals: the music
A skating meet is an odd collection of the senses and emotions, and a great crossection of raw human spirit. What follows are a few vignettes into what it’s like to be there. MUSIC: The first thing...
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Dog claws at morning, backside take warning.
Mere with Jack beside her at ‘theater camp’. Mere’s dog Jack is VERY attached to her, so he’s not been very happy to to be here when Mere is elsewhere…to the point of getting into our bed and trying to...
View ArticleAbsolutely thunderstruck:
Meredith showed me a neat trick for my iPhone and iPad, which shows all of the programs that remain loaded and sucking up battery juice on my devices. HUGE list. It also allows you to shut the things...
View ArticleOn Vaxen! On Vixen! On Osborne and Zenith!
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2499b/if_it_aint_broke_dont_fix_it_ancient_computers_in_use_today.html Garry Ward, an old pal, used to make a living at keeping antique mainframe-ish things going; I...
View ArticleIt’s that time again:
Father’s Day is coming, and the assembled family types want my wish list, so here it is: I desperately need a new wallet and belt; both have been beat to pudding. Something roughly similar would work;...
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