All thats left is cutting in the ceiling and repainting the trim
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Thursday, August 07, 2008
How Far Can You See? - TIME
How Far Can You See? - TIME:
"At sea level the curvature of the earth limits the range of vision to 2.9 miles. The formula for determining how many miles an individual can see at higher levels is the square root of his altitude times 1.225. Thus on a clear day at 1,000 feet a person with normal vision can see 39 miles; at 10,000 feet, 123 miles; at 25,000 feet, 194 miles. With good visibility a pilot at 25,000 feet can see Germany from the English Channel; at the same altitude over Tunisia he can see the middle of Sicily."
From the Monday, June 21st 1943 edition of Time Magazine.
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Thursday, July 31, 2008
New Helmet
Finally got around to getting a new helmet - the last one was done. Was on the way to Jack Stack in Martin City and stopped at Reno's Yamaha on a whim. I figured they were long closed - it was 6:30 PM and everyone knows bike shops close at 6 at the latest. Well, I caught the owner as he was leaving and mentioned I needed a helmet. Turns out they were open till 6:30 and were glad to stay open late for me. Took a look around and picked out something that shouldn't ever need extra graphics to stand out - the Shoei RF1000 'Sever'. Wicked. :-)
Full face this time, not flip front. Figure it's marginally safer that way. Very interesting graphics - first 'fancy' helmet I've had. Before I've had silver, white and black. Time for something with some 'punch'. And classic Shoei fit - felt great the second I put it on. I'll be perturbed when I get the first scratch on this one!
Got the Ducati out for it's first ride today too - OP to Jack Stack and back; about 40 miles. Fun bike, but definitely going to take some getting used to after the ST1100...
Saturday, July 26, 2008
MotoGlyphs - Unique Graphics and decals for your motorcycle and gear!
MotoGlyphs - Unique Graphics and decals for your motorcycle and gear!
Bought a boring helmet? These folks can help spiff it up.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Alec at RMNP Throwing Rocks
We found a beautiful still lake off the road a ways at the Rocky Mountain National Park. So, what does Alec do? Throw rocks.
Photos up from Family Visit
Monday, July 21, 2008
On The Road with Alec: Colby, KS
July 21, 2008 - 9:50 AM.
Colby, Kansas
Heading Home. It's been a nice weekend with lots of new experiences for both Alec and I. We played in the snow in Rocky Mountain Nat'l Park; we drove to the top of Mount Evans and checked out the view and the observatory. We camped one night, then decided motels were a better deal.
What happened to camping? I forgot one key thing - camping is only fun when there's not a lot of people around! Arapaho Nat'l Forest is just a couple hours drive from the Denver Metro area and a LOT of people show up. The first night was interesting - we were regaled with tales from the kids across the way of how they "jumped off desks and shit like that" when their teachers weren't in the room. They were 5 and 6 years old. We got to enjoy the gentle sounds of drunkards screaming across the campground to "shut the fuck up!", while others politely informed them that it is two thirty in the morning. We were serenaded by the sweet sounds of boom-car bass all afternoon - tejano competing with country.
So we packed up and headed into Grand Lake, CO for a nice quiet motel on the side of the highway.
Got to play lots of mini-golf, just like Alec wanted. The mini-golf place in Grand Lake has been there since at least 1968 and is basically unchanged. Still a lot of fun. Alec wanted to eat mexican food every night, so we tried out a couple of different places; one was fair, the other, El Pacifico, was outstanding. Fresh home made food.
We saw moose in RMNP, very few deer, a few marmots and lots of hummingbirds. That was the single highlight of the day spent camping - Alec and I were both buzzed by hummingbirds!
Weather was great, 70's in the day, 50's at night. Now we're on the way home.
Pictures to follow...
Colby, Kansas
Heading Home. It's been a nice weekend with lots of new experiences for both Alec and I. We played in the snow in Rocky Mountain Nat'l Park; we drove to the top of Mount Evans and checked out the view and the observatory. We camped one night, then decided motels were a better deal.
What happened to camping? I forgot one key thing - camping is only fun when there's not a lot of people around! Arapaho Nat'l Forest is just a couple hours drive from the Denver Metro area and a LOT of people show up. The first night was interesting - we were regaled with tales from the kids across the way of how they "jumped off desks and shit like that" when their teachers weren't in the room. They were 5 and 6 years old. We got to enjoy the gentle sounds of drunkards screaming across the campground to "shut the fuck up!", while others politely informed them that it is two thirty in the morning. We were serenaded by the sweet sounds of boom-car bass all afternoon - tejano competing with country.
So we packed up and headed into Grand Lake, CO for a nice quiet motel on the side of the highway.
Got to play lots of mini-golf, just like Alec wanted. The mini-golf place in Grand Lake has been there since at least 1968 and is basically unchanged. Still a lot of fun. Alec wanted to eat mexican food every night, so we tried out a couple of different places; one was fair, the other, El Pacifico, was outstanding. Fresh home made food.
We saw moose in RMNP, very few deer, a few marmots and lots of hummingbirds. That was the single highlight of the day spent camping - Alec and I were both buzzed by hummingbirds!
Weather was great, 70's in the day, 50's at night. Now we're on the way home.
Pictures to follow...
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Mount Evans
the castle at the top of Mt Evans in Colorado. Posted while we are still on the peak!
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Thursday, July 17, 2008
On the road with Alec: Colorado
We found camping at the Willow Creek Reservoir in the Arapaho National Recreation Area. About 10 miles North of Granby, CO.
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On The Road with Alec: Limon Colorado
Limon Colorado. Just over 500 miles from Kansas City. Headed to Granby Colorado and the Rocky Mountain National Park.
We left Overland Park right at noon - got a late start but it doesn't matter, because we are on vacation! No schedules, no deadlines, just do what we're doing.
Drove clear across Kansas, stopped just for fuel, food and a few rest areas. Alec was great - played game boy, ate Mc Donalds, Burger King and Taco Tico. Soda and junk food - diet of great explorers!
At one rest area in Western Kansas, they were repainting the pavement markings. The paint crew was just wrapping up as we got there. As we were getting ready to leave, one of the crew came over and showed us how they make the paint reflective - they spray it with little tiny glass beads! He had a paint can full of glass beads they spray on the wet paint and showed Alec and I. I had heard of this but never seen the material before. Alec was fascinated. I was too...
Earlier in the day Alec saw his first wind farm. All along I-70 they are planting 300 foot wind turbines. We got to drive past a set right next to the highway and Alec got a good look. Some time back I got a chance to sit right under a turbine in South West Kansas somewhere - they are really fascinating. Alec was concerned about the animals living in the fields with the turbines - they had horses corralled in one field. He thought they might get electrocuted.
Leaving Goodland, KS we stopped at another rest area to look for motel coupons and found Sunflowers instead - great huge sunflowers. They were so big I thought they were statues or fakes. No - they were real, seven foot tall sunflowers with flowers bigger than dinner plates. Amazing!
Pulling into Colorado, Alec saw a grain elevator and was fascinated by it - he said he likes grain elevators. Come to think of it, so do I. Pure function no thought to design or 'pretty', just great big tools to get a job done.
Stopped for the night here in Limon at some random motor hotel. I simply cannot stay in a modern motel with interior corridors. I love having the car 8 feet from the door. Plus, as a smoker I can get a non-smoking room and just step out the door to pound another nail in the coffin...
More to come as we travel...
We left Overland Park right at noon - got a late start but it doesn't matter, because we are on vacation! No schedules, no deadlines, just do what we're doing.
Drove clear across Kansas, stopped just for fuel, food and a few rest areas. Alec was great - played game boy, ate Mc Donalds, Burger King and Taco Tico. Soda and junk food - diet of great explorers!
At one rest area in Western Kansas, they were repainting the pavement markings. The paint crew was just wrapping up as we got there. As we were getting ready to leave, one of the crew came over and showed us how they make the paint reflective - they spray it with little tiny glass beads! He had a paint can full of glass beads they spray on the wet paint and showed Alec and I. I had heard of this but never seen the material before. Alec was fascinated. I was too...
Earlier in the day Alec saw his first wind farm. All along I-70 they are planting 300 foot wind turbines. We got to drive past a set right next to the highway and Alec got a good look. Some time back I got a chance to sit right under a turbine in South West Kansas somewhere - they are really fascinating. Alec was concerned about the animals living in the fields with the turbines - they had horses corralled in one field. He thought they might get electrocuted.
Leaving Goodland, KS we stopped at another rest area to look for motel coupons and found Sunflowers instead - great huge sunflowers. They were so big I thought they were statues or fakes. No - they were real, seven foot tall sunflowers with flowers bigger than dinner plates. Amazing!
Pulling into Colorado, Alec saw a grain elevator and was fascinated by it - he said he likes grain elevators. Come to think of it, so do I. Pure function no thought to design or 'pretty', just great big tools to get a job done.
Stopped for the night here in Limon at some random motor hotel. I simply cannot stay in a modern motel with interior corridors. I love having the car 8 feet from the door. Plus, as a smoker I can get a non-smoking room and just step out the door to pound another nail in the coffin...
More to come as we travel...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Monday, July 14, 2008
Now is the time to pay attention to the Kansas school board election
www.kansascity.com | 06/26/2008 | Now is the time to pay attention to the Kansas school board election: "
Hard to believe. But this week in Overland Park, nearly a hundred people packed into a church basement to hear three of the four candidates running for a seat on the state school board.
Now what’s up with that?
Didn’t anyone check the calendar? This isn’t one of those years when Kansas voters bother to pay attention to who gets on the state Board of Ed, is it?
No. The only time most Kansans give a flying spaghetti monster about the state board is after the social conservatives have fouled things up."
NOVA | Intelligent Design on Trial | Watch the Program | PBS
NOVA | Intelligent Design on Trial | Watch the Program | PBS: "
By The Way, are you going to vote in the Kansas Primary election on August 5th? Check with your local county election board to see who is running for the State Board of Education.
The rural community of Dover, Pennsylvania is torn apart in the latest battle over the teaching of evolution, and parents file a lawsuit against the town's school board in federal court."
By The Way, are you going to vote in the Kansas Primary election on August 5th? Check with your local county election board to see who is running for the State Board of Education.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Oil price shock means China is at risk of blowing up - Telegraph
Oil price shock means China is at risk of blowing up - Telegraph:
As Alec says, blah blah blah whatever. I just love the use of 'non-linear' in a mainstream article. non-linear started in the science and engineering community jargon (it even has a FAQ), spread to sci-fi writing (see Heavy Weather by Bruce Sterling) and is now mainstream jargon for 'blow the fuck up'.
Sterling and William Gibson have a quaint description of non-linear from their 1990 book, "The Difference Engine":
China's factories 'were not built with current energy levels in mind', said Mr Jen. The outcome will be 'non-linear'.
As Alec says, blah blah blah whatever. I just love the use of 'non-linear' in a mainstream article. non-linear started in the science and engineering community jargon (it even has a FAQ), spread to sci-fi writing (see Heavy Weather by Bruce Sterling) and is now mainstream jargon for 'blow the fuck up'.
Sterling and William Gibson have a quaint description of non-linear from their 1990 book, "The Difference Engine":
"They might have known this would happen, if they'd properly studied Catastrophist theory. It is a concatenation of synergistic interactions; the whole system is on the period-doubling route to Chaos!"
"What does that mean, pray?" (…)
"in layman's terms, it means that everything gets twice as bad, twice as fast, until everything falls completely apart!"
(found on "Introduction to Chaos and Nonlinear Dynamics" )
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Yup, that's totalled
Just got a call from Riverside Marine and Cycle in Miles City, MT. The estimate to repair the cycle is $11,206.15. Wheels, motor, transmission and rear drive are all fine, but the rest, well . . .
Monday, June 09, 2008
WorldWide Telescope
WorldWide Telescope: "The WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is a Web 2.0 visualization software environment that enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope—bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world for a seamless exploration of the universe."
Main page takes a while to load, but WOW.
Main page takes a while to load, but WOW.
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Milwaukee airport
This is a shot of the rain soaked runway we have been sitting on for the past hour and a half waiting for the heavy weather to clear. Sigh...
Product Review: Roku Netflix Instant Movie Player - Robert Green's DIY
Product Review: Roku Netflix Instant Movie Player - Robert Green's DIY: "Pros:Streams Video, Cheap, Easy Setup, Easy to Use, Good Quality
Cons: Limited Selection, Requires Fast Broadband for High Quality, No Hard Drive"
Cons: Limited Selection, Requires Fast Broadband for High Quality, No Hard Drive"
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
goosh.org - the unofficial google shell.
goosh.org - the unofficial google shell.: "Welcome to goosh.org - the unofficial google shell.
This google-interface behaves similar to a unix-shell.
You type commands and the results are shown on this page."
This google-interface behaves similar to a unix-shell.
You type commands and the results are shown on this page."
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Offtheroad - home again
home safe and sound sitting on the deck and enjoying a clear evening. Thanks all for your well-wishes and good thoughts!
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I've got colors
Landed on my left arm when I fell down. Bruising is just starting to come out. Pretty! I am doing good today. we are crossing South Dakota today and should be home tonight.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Mike and Maggie
Mike and Maggie Turley from the STOC list invited us ove for homemade dinner, since we were in the neighborhood. Left Miles City and took a roundabout path to Billings via Jordan to look at the remains of the bike. The bike is definitely totalled. Mike will be picking up the carcass to part out once I finish with insurance fun.
Dinner was excellent; the only problem was they kept making me laugh which isn't all that nice with a cracked rib!
Thanks, Mike and Maggie!
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Dinner was excellent; the only problem was they kept making me laugh which isn't all that nice with a cracked rib!
Thanks, Mike and Maggie!
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Checked Out And Doing Good
I checked out this afternoon - took a drive with Susan up to see the carcass of the bike. Maaann, it's wasted! Now we're in Billings, MT with Mike Turley and company. Photo courtesy of Mike.
Monday, May 26, 2008
atgatt
All The Gear All The Time. Flipfront helmet saved my head!
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Sunday, May 25, 2008
owie
This is the most visible wound. Crappy photo but you get the idea. Joe Rocket glove failed and the 'stich sleeve rode up on my wrist. I bet if I had been wearing righteous gloves not even this would have happened.
Ontheroad Montana
Sigh. I am in the hospital and the bike is wadded. Why? I hit a puddle and hydroplaned. Rather fun while it was happening but now I am bored. Details? OK. Saturday about 70 miles North of Miles City Montana I crashed. ER, CATscan and admission. Two broken pinkies, one cracked rib, light scratches on the left arm, and some good bruising to my left ribs.
Being kept for observation for a few days to be sure my guts don't fall out or something...
No complaints really!
Thanks to Jeff for getting all my crap gathered up and so on...
Thanks to Aerostich for saving my hide.
Thanks to Shoei for saving my Head.
Oh - "Hi Jim!!" this is as close to canada as i'll make it so I figured I should give you that shoutout now.
Being kept for observation for a few days to be sure my guts don't fall out or something...
No complaints really!
Thanks to Jeff for getting all my crap gathered up and so on...
Thanks to Aerostich for saving my hide.
Thanks to Shoei for saving my Head.
Oh - "Hi Jim!!" this is as close to canada as i'll make it so I figured I should give you that shoutout now.
Ontheroad - South Dakota
amazing clouds along I-90. the big cloud behind the bike had been having a little F-0 rope tornado! No worries - it was way to the North and moving North.
Friday, May 23, 2008
Ontheroad - Iowa
Made a nice ride today. Ended up outside Sioux City Iowa. Missed all the rain and made about 300 miles. Tomorrow: Montana!
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Alec still likes a pony ride
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Goin Riding...
Heading out on a little roadtrip over the next few days. Keep an eye on this spot for photo, audio and text updates.
I've got a Google Map with the general route laid out - click to view!
I've got a Google Map with the general route laid out - click to view!
Alec Was on the News
Alec made it on the news! Back in April, we had a Cubscout day at the zoo for Earthday. The news crews were there, and he got his 5 seconds of fame.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Oil and Money
Mexican national oil company, Pemex doesn't have the money to do deep sea drilling to find new supplies. And they are bound by law so they can't partner with American oil companies who do have the money.
At least for the moment - Congress would like to take away that money, so we can't do any more drilling.
At least for the moment - Congress would like to take away that money, so we can't do any more drilling.
Pemex doesn't have the resources to search for new deep-water fields in the Gulf of Mexico, Shields says. And without a change in the law, Pemex can't make partnerships with international oil companies that have experience in doing such deep-water drilling.
Mexican oil production peaked at 3.4 million barrels a day three years ago . . .
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Alec got his green belt!
Green with white stripe to be precise. Congrats, alec!
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Documentation - you're doing it wrong
Advanced filters for (re-)classifying packets: "The following table contains a list of all specific selectors the author of this section has found in the tc program source code. They simply make your life easier and increase readability of your filter's configuration.
FIXME: table placeholder - the table is in separate file ,,selector.html''
FIXME: it's also still in Polish :-("
FIXME: table placeholder - the table is in separate file ,,selector.html''
FIXME: it's also still in Polish :-("
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Page Nine: Solarpanel Trumps Trees
Page Nine: Solarpanel Trumps Trees: "Richard Treanor and Carolynn Bissett of Sunnyvale, Calif., were criminally prosecuted because their redwood trees cast a shadow over their neighbor's solar panels. They lost the case and had to have the trees chopped down, after the judge in the case ordered them removed. The trees had been planted before the solar panels were installed, but grew."
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
izzatent
Alec has a Cubscout campout this weekend, so of course Dad has to get a new toy. Think it'll fit one kid and one dad?
Saturday, April 26, 2008
HTC Mogul Picture Rotation Hack
The Mogul by default sets the pictures to "Portrat" mode - longer than wide. Basically, if you take a photo like it seems like you should, the photo will be sideways.
To fix that, you need to edit the registry. I used PHM Registry Editor and it worked fine.
MUST HAVE FIX:
Camera doesn't flip the pictures right:
Got a fix (registry change):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Camera\Image
Change "EnableEncodePortrait" to 0
Seems to work in my limited testing.
This, and lots more registry tweaks can be found at PPCGeeks.com forum.
To fix that, you need to edit the registry. I used PHM Registry Editor and it worked fine.
MUST HAVE FIX:
Camera doesn't flip the pictures right:
Got a fix (registry change):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Camera\Image
Change "EnableEncodePortrait" to 0
Seems to work in my limited testing.
This, and lots more registry tweaks can be found at PPCGeeks.com forum.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
IMAP on HTC Mogul
(and other Mobile Outlook devices)
Yes, you can setup IMAP mail on your Mogul, but Outlook Mobile isn't RFC compliant and does not let you set the mail folder prefix (like mail). It insists on using your UNIX home directory and trying to retrieve all the mail there. Heh. I have a 4+ GB home directory - the poor thing just died. Had to hard reset it.
So, I setup a brand new clean useraccount just for the Mogul to send IMAP mail -- kc0skw (at) mylanders.com. So, if you get a mail from that address, you know it came from my Mogul. Works fine.
Ref:
Yes, you can setup IMAP mail on your Mogul, but Outlook Mobile isn't RFC compliant and does not let you set the mail folder prefix (like mail). It insists on using your UNIX home directory and trying to retrieve all the mail there. Heh. I have a 4+ GB home directory - the poor thing just died. Had to hard reset it.
So, I setup a brand new clean useraccount just for the Mogul to send IMAP mail -- kc0skw (at) mylanders.com. So, if you get a mail from that address, you know it came from my Mogul. Works fine.
Ref:
- Setting up IMAP on Outlook Mobile
- IMAP Broken - doesn't support namespaces
- Root Folder - not so much (they claim to have fixed this in OM6)
- Gmail tips for Mobile Outlook
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Love my Mogul - PDAPhoneHome.com
Love my Mogul - PDAPhoneHome.com: "First things first: Keep it simple."
Friday, April 18, 2008
Alec at school fun night
Alec's school had a Family Fun Night tonight. That's Alec on an inflatible mountain...
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
will england :: STAR 2008 and Moonshine Ride Report
will england :: STAR 2008 and Moonshine Ride Report: "Well, that was a nice week. Left Saturday, a bit later than planned, but still got out the door. Too much left undone, too many things to think about at home. Since I got the late start my original plan of finding lots of National Parks and camping went by the wayside."
Read the rest of the trip report...
Read the rest of the trip report...
Tales of the Hive: So you want to keep honeybeees? || kuro5hin.org
Tales of the Hive: So you want to keep honeybeees? || kuro5hin.org: "The reasons for keeping bees are as widely varied as the people who keep them. Some do it for pollination. Some are fascinated by the insects and the society of bees. Others come lured by the promise of honey. Beekeeping is like a potluck stew - you can't just get one of these. Even the smallest hobby keeper gets a good dose of each in time."
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Moonshine dinner
the Casey volunteer fire fighters hosted a dinner for the Moonshine riders
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Lunch line
the line was long, the weather cold and wet, but the cheeseburgers were some of the best I've had! Moonshine 2008.
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George Catt at Moonshine
ran into George Catt from Kingman, AZ at the Moonshine store. I seem to bump into him in the oddest places...
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Friday, April 11, 2008
At Moonshine
Made it to Casey, Il without any trouble. Routed over to Mississippi and up to Illinois - missed all the weather. Met Jeff at the hotel. Tomorrow we go for the world famous Moon Burger!
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Hail forcast
Bob Chappawas (sp?), Louisiana state director, looks on at the bikes under cover against a forcasted Texas hailstorm tonight.
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Monday, April 07, 2008
Saturday, April 05, 2008
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Google, Garmin link up for GPS trip info | Crave : The gadget blog
Google, Garmin link up for GPS trip info | Crave : The gadget blog: "people using Google Maps to plan trips will be able to send location data to their Garmin GPS systems, the companies announced on Monday. The feature, called 'Send-to-Garmin', will eliminate the need to re-key route information into GPS devices."
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Pulling my Hair Out
Sprint Picturemail is fine, but you still have to go back to the post
later and add the new full size image behind it.
So, I've been looking for a solution to post the 1.2 and 2.0
megapixel photos from my phone by email. You can't do it! You
cannot post photos by email to Blogger. You can do nicely formatted
HTML email, but not photos. Bother.
Flickr to the rescue! You can email photos to Flicker and have them
tagged and added to your Blogger blog automatically. Easy, simple
and fast. It'll even take the text I'm sending here and stuff it
into the blog post body. Strips all the HTML formatting - but so what?
Flickr rules.
later and add the new full size image behind it.
So, I've been looking for a solution to post the 1.2 and 2.0
megapixel photos from my phone by email. You can't do it! You
cannot post photos by email to Blogger. You can do nicely formatted
HTML email, but not photos. Bother.
Flickr to the rescue! You can email photos to Flicker and have them
tagged and added to your Blogger blog automatically. Easy, simple
and fast. It'll even take the text I'm sending here and stuff it
into the blog post body. Strips all the HTML formatting - but so what?
Flickr rules.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Xyzzy Pronouncable Password Generator
Xyzzy Product Page: "Xyzzy is a pronounceable password generator. It is useful for network or server administrators that find themselves creating new user accounts on a regular basis and need to come up with passwords for them."
Monday, March 10, 2008
Clean Guinea
Guniea Pig was getting a bit stuffy smelling, so a bath was in order.
Photo taken with HTC Touch phone. Not terribly bad...
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Father of Space Opera Free Online
Browse By Author: S - Project Gutenberg E.E. "Doc" Smith was the 'father' of Space Opera, writing some of the first science fiction themes that would appear in more modern Sci Fi.
Some of the stories available include 'Triplanetary' and 'The Vortex Blaster', the first and last books in the Lensman series (Hugo Award runner up for best all-time series, beating out Lord of the Rings). Finally - a good reason to get an Amazon Kindle!
More about E.E. "Doc" Smith from Wikipedia
Some of the stories available include 'Triplanetary' and 'The Vortex Blaster', the first and last books in the Lensman series (Hugo Award runner up for best all-time series, beating out Lord of the Rings). Finally - a good reason to get an Amazon Kindle!
More about E.E. "Doc" Smith from Wikipedia
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
GoDaddy and 'cannot log into the MySQL server'
GoDaddy and MySQL access - Helmut Granda: "This is the first hit for “GoDaddy cannot log in to the MySQL server” in Google, so here’s the answer:
GoDaddy is using old password hashing, so passwords longer than 14 characters are truncated to the first 14 characters. Use the first 14 characters of the password you entered and it will log in successfully."
I had this problem, using a 20 char. password. I just used the first 14 chars and it worked. So much for 'strong passwords'.
GoDaddy is using old password hashing, so passwords longer than 14 characters are truncated to the first 14 characters. Use the first 14 characters of the password you entered and it will log in successfully."
I had this problem, using a 20 char. password. I just used the first 14 chars and it worked. So much for 'strong passwords'.
Sunday, March 02, 2008
Auto Audio Blog!
Gabcast! Blogger #7
Unbelievable. Inconceivable, even! 9 hours ago I decided I needed an audio blogging solution. Spent a half an hour, and I have one. 5 minutes to search in the Blogger Help pages, and I found Gabcast. 25 minutes setting up the account, learning how to insert a pause into a saved number on my Palm Centro, and figuring out how to integrate Gabcast and Blogger. (tip - click the button. It 'just works'. Don't overthink it.)
To listen to the audio blog posts, just click the 'play' button up there in the blue widget. If I really like this I may pay for a premium account and get a better looking widget.
Bicycle Time
Today was an unusually warm day for March, although windy. The next door neighbors came over and asked if Alec and I would like to go for a bike ride - great idea, except for one problem. Alec doesn't have a bike! I've been putting off getting him a new 16" bike since he outgrew his 12" preschool bike. Well, the kind neighbors had a great solution - they gave Alec a new bike! Ok, not new, but one of their kids bikes that they'd outgrown:
A few minutes work and we had training wheels installed, and went for a great ride around the neighborhood. We ended up at Taco Bell for a re-fueling stop, then made it home before the rain came in. What a nice afternoon...
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