Just a little post to let thoes who care know that I will be moving away from LJ. Just too many ads and popups. I can be found here ( Read more... )

Those who know me know that I am an early person, sometimes a very early person. This must be one of those mornings. I know that I get the most done when I get up early before anyone else starts moving around or bugging me. Unlike in the evenings when I seem to do nothing useful except to read, or get on some form of chat program and lurk until ( Read more... )

This from the California Governors’ web site. A Democratic assemblyman who heckled the governor during a recent event in San Francisco receives a not-so-subtle rebuke creatively hidden within a veto letter

Look carefully...


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Yesterday we joined Cycle Specialties for a shop ride to Yosemite. Not having a passenger to take action photos I didn't get as many as usual, but we did get some nice ones.

The story is short:

We started out with about 35 bikes and almost 40 people.

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I boot my desktop computer and get the following:


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     When asked if they would be willing to live with the same health care the government wants to push on the people, President Obama ignored the question, and congress wrote a clause in the bill totally exempting themselves from the public plan.

Makes me feel good about a plan the authors will not utilize...

Sometimes I wonder if I am productive sitting here in one hotel or another. On one hand I am here for my work bringing in a substantial sum, yet my personal life at home slips by without me.

I remember seeing my kids grow older and bigger in flashes, the same for my plants and my pets, and of course the weeds took advantage of my absence ( Read more... )

Can you imagine the roads being smart, producing almost enough power to run the whole world and keep us safe too? Follow the link to one of the coolest idea I have ever seen: http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/06/solar-roads-gets-small-doe-contract-confidence-to-change-the-wo/

As for the server, it's still a no go. From what I have read the ( Read more... )

     Today was spent from morning to dusk in the yard digging a new water system, removing dead lawn from what is now a planter, buying and planting bushes and testing the watering system.  We took time to have lunch at the Ice Cream Company and buy a few things at Home Depot. My partner and I worked hard today but it looks really nice and I am ( Read more... )

Having received my new server to replace the old hacked together desktop unit I have been fighting with getting Linux installed. For some reason it will not recognize my network hardware. I have been posting on the Debian Administration forums and received little help so far. I'm hopeful someone will pop up with a good answer eventually. I did try ( Read more... )