The Weekend In Review
Ron talked me into creating, in part, another e-book. Gutenberg has the very first Boy Scouts Handbook, from 1911, but not as an ePub. I'm guessing that's due, in part, to the large number of pictures it contains. So I started poking at it. Unfortunately, we had the clever idea to use a page size in InDesign that would match the screen size of the Sony Reader. I say "unfortunately", because the process of converting it for Digital Editions (ie: ePub format) assumes a US-letter size page. Regardless. And it scales images to match - so the images ended up much smaller than intended. Double-unfortunately, we didn't figure this out until I'd converted the first two long picture-rich chapters. Oops.
Our shift at the Northern Illinois Beekeeper's Assoc. booth at the McHenry County fair went well. Not many honey sales (main club fundraiser), but there wasn't a lot of people-traffic to sell to. I don't know if they weren't coming into the building we were in, or if it was a general attendance thing. Shift confirmed that an observation hive is a Very Cool Thing.
It was very hot and sticky, but it was slightly cooler in our semi-air-conditioned building. Because of the weather, we only got to the fair about an hour and a half early. Cruised through one sheep barn, and by some other stuff. I tried on and fell in love with the Can-Am Spyder (http://spyder.brp.com/), essentially a snowmobile with wheels. Drool drool. I know what I want for a new motorcycle-ish thing. Pity I'm not feelthy steeenking rich (although the price is not actually into filthy-rich territory). I was somewhat surprised by the almost complete lack of horses at the fair, except for one exhibit/mega-pony-ride of Percherons. Not like the fair I attended as a kid.
Yesterday we discovered that either one of the 5-gallon water bottles or the downstairs water cooler had been leaking. Upon reflection, we suspect the water cooler. That corner is now damp with patches mildewy and rust-stained. Large fan applied, as well as Clorox's version of Oxy-Clean powder. More Oxy-Clorox will be applied via Kirby's carpet cleaning attachment in the near future - dunno if the oxy part will be much help, but I trust the Clorox bleach content to deal with the mildew.
Other than that, we hid from the heat in the bedroom, to which the dogs agreed.
Our shift at the Northern Illinois Beekeeper's Assoc. booth at the McHenry County fair went well. Not many honey sales (main club fundraiser), but there wasn't a lot of people-traffic to sell to. I don't know if they weren't coming into the building we were in, or if it was a general attendance thing. Shift confirmed that an observation hive is a Very Cool Thing.
It was very hot and sticky, but it was slightly cooler in our semi-air-conditioned building. Because of the weather, we only got to the fair about an hour and a half early. Cruised through one sheep barn, and by some other stuff. I tried on and fell in love with the Can-Am Spyder (http://spyder.brp.com/), essentially a snowmobile with wheels. Drool drool. I know what I want for a new motorcycle-ish thing. Pity I'm not feelthy steeenking rich (although the price is not actually into filthy-rich territory). I was somewhat surprised by the almost complete lack of horses at the fair, except for one exhibit/mega-pony-ride of Percherons. Not like the fair I attended as a kid.
Yesterday we discovered that either one of the 5-gallon water bottles or the downstairs water cooler had been leaking. Upon reflection, we suspect the water cooler. That corner is now damp with patches mildewy and rust-stained. Large fan applied, as well as Clorox's version of Oxy-Clean powder. More Oxy-Clorox will be applied via Kirby's carpet cleaning attachment in the near future - dunno if the oxy part will be much help, but I trust the Clorox bleach content to deal with the mildew.
Other than that, we hid from the heat in the bedroom, to which the dogs agreed.