Archive for October, 2006

  • Is Mediocre the New Excellent? - October 31st, 2006

    • I just got off the phone with a friend of mine who owns a music production company in the DC area. This is the fellow for whom I do a lot of engineering work, and helped design is production facility. We spent a lot of time, not to mention money, putting together a small facility [...]

  • Cat Bowling - October 30th, 2006

    • via e-mail
    Addictive and fun!
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  • you know you’re getting old… - October 29th, 2006

    • when you buy sympathy cards in bulk-pack.
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  • ironic - October 28th, 2006

    • we’ve been seeing a black cat in our yard lately.  pretty little cat.  don’t know if it belongs to anyone.  but we’re finding cat poop on our deck.  so the cat’ll soon belong to the animal shelter.  it’s enough to have to clean the litter box after our own three cats, who all came from [...]

  • WARM! and a bird update… - October 28th, 2006

    • WARM!
    The new heat pump went in a couple of weeks ago. The new windows were installed yesterday. I am about to do something that I’m not sure I’ve ever done before: turn DOWN the thermostat. It’s too warm in here! YAY! I hope this is a sign of things to [...]

  • Windows! - October 27th, 2006

    • The folks came out today and installed our windows and storm door this afternoon. There was the easy part, and then the hard part.
    The easy part was getting the old windows out, and the new windows set in place. All seven were done in about 40 minutes. I could have done that myself, though it [...]

  • CMPG Meeting - October 25th, 2006

    • Regular CMPG meeting. See http://www.cmpg.org for details.
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  • End of an Era - October 25th, 2006

    • CNN Headline reports that the company that makes the original pink flamingo, Union Products, will be closing its factory next week. Pink flamingos had been made in the same factory for 50 years! The designer and owner of Union Products plans to sell the molds, but your ability to obtain a true original will be [...]

  • HoJo’s Back! - October 24th, 2006

    • Well, look who’s back! And, an interview from this morning…
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  • Image Popups - October 23rd, 2006

    • I’ve installed a goodie that will cause most of the linked images to pop-up in a new little JavaScript window. It seems, however, that some of the links created with the Microsoft Live Writer program behave … oddly. Ah, well. Time to tweak.
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