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 be a part of the site.  As these things come and go, I’m looking to put up a new one, but I’m not getting a lot of luck doing searches on ‘library’ ( Read more... )

I’m looking for some kind of document manager that will be able to easily file away my own, personal digital documents collection; scanned personal papers, scanned financial papers, pdfs of technical articles, that sort of thing. A good friend who is far more adept at programming came over the other day and was chatting at me about his similar ( Read more... )

Some time ago, Susan’s aunt gave us an old PC that was too wimpy for her use, and I set it up as a house server under Ubuntu Linux, but I’ve just had a myriad of problems with it.  The burner doesn’t work.  The Samba setup is damaged beyond repair and you can’t connect to it.  I have a bunch of house server stuff on it (Joomla, Wordpress and ( Read more... )

I was off work all of last week, trying to keep my foot out of action and let it heal.  Not sure how much got accomplished on that part, but the swelling is gone, and I’ve thoroughly gotten sick to death of the Bactrim side-effects.

The podiatrist a week ago  and my family were pretty firm on the ‘Jim, you are going to stay off that *&!@ foot or ( Read more... )

Today’s been a horrendously busy day from several accounts; Wednesdays usually involve a lot of telephone conference calls with work - it’s the one day of the week that *everyone* is in the office.    So the morning, at least, is soaked with these calls, and I pray that they’re over with before my office phone’s battery dies.  (I use it as a ( Read more... )

Work has revved up to Maximum Overdrive, especially today, while I’m three-feet-deep in the throes of bills and paperwork to the max with the refinance, medical stuff, setting up window appointments, and keeping a lot of balls in the air at one time on finances, etc.

The TO DO list for home and work have reached max saturation.    I had to cut a ( Read more... )

Susan was kind of forced into a Day Away From Home Today; Mere WANTED MOMMY, both for the roller-skating training at a local rink, and to take her to Susan’s aunt’s house in Elgin so Mere could Have Her Long Awaited Beauté treatment - hair highlights,  manicure and pedicure (all on Auntie’s tab, not ours).  It is to gack loudly at the froofiness ( Read more... )