All is well?
The weekend went well. More to tell later. For now I’m
having a problem with the way Radio is publishing. If you see
this message, all is well.
The weekend went well. More to tell later. For now I’m
having a problem with the way Radio is publishing. If you see
this message, all is well.
Grace came up to me tonight with watery eyes and sniffling and said that the color green was in her nose.
I had to think about this for a few minutes because she clearly wanted
some help with something. At first I suspected that she had an
uncomfortable booger stuck up there and she wanted me to fetch it for
her. But the more we talked the more I got the idea that it
wasn’t normal and she wanted some help.
I poked around and got a flashlight but couldn’t see anything interesting.
So we practiced blowing our noses instead. In short order a
giant, flourescent green play-doh worm was sticking out of her
nose! I pulled it the rest of the way out and got a good look at
it. It was about an inch long and must have been VERY
uncomfortable!
And it was gross. Gotta keep an eye on that kid!
Sphere: Related ContentI have two gift-related events coming up for which I am rarely
prepared. But this year I have BOTH events take care of. On 2/14 is
Valentine’s day and 3/17 is the little woman’s birthday. The first of
two presents has arrived so I’m at least covered for Valentine’s day.
Its nothing big, but I know she’ll like it.
Just know that come 2/14 my ass will not be in a sling.
Ain’t that nice?
Sphere: Related ContentI think my last two pieces of tax information have arrived, so I should
be able to fire up the old TurboTax and see how much Uncle Sam owes me!
I’ve
been told over and over again that its best to minimize your income tax
return — that is, if you keep letting the government hold on to your
money when you KNOW its too much then its just like giving Uncle Sam an
interest free loan. Its very generous but totally unnecessary.
I
can’t do that. I really like getting a bonus in the beginning of the
year. Besides I’m always nervous that I’m going to wind up owing the
government money and that would be REALLY disappointing. So I let them
hold the money for the emotional charge I get out of my income tax
return.
I can’t argue that its the most financially sound thing to do. Heck, *I* even win that argument with myself.
Sphere: Related ContentLast night I installed that new 802.11G router I got from Staples.com
for only $20. I was afraid that Belkin would cheap out on the
installation process and it would a very arduous task. It wasn’t! It
was easy as pie! They had stickers all over everything telling you to
run the installation software BEFORE plugging in the router. I figured
they probably meant it so I followed their instructions.
The
install process detected that I had a PPOE connection and prompted me
for my login info. Then it handled everything else. Most everything
else. I still have to get the WEP configured so the Macintosh and
Wintel systems both connect correctly. I have to confess I may just
resort to using the MAC-address filtering. I found out that with my
older DLink system it works quite well, even if it doesn’t encrypt the
data it bars anyone else from connecting to the network. And the
macintosh doesn’t seem to handle the decode/encoding process very well
– that is graphics slow the connection down hideously.
In any
case, its running and the installation was flawless! Liz started her
macintosh and said “Hey, did you install that router-thingie alread?”.
Oh
geez. I figured something wasn’t working but I couldn’t understand
what. I’d already tested it and it worked fine. I confirmed that I had
already done that and she said “Because its REALLY fast!”
I was so pleased.
So what do I do with the old one? I should be able to do something useful with it, shouldn’t I? But what?
Sphere: Related ContentI’m very impressed with Mr. Moran! He’s the White House correspondent
for ABC news. He asked a real humdinger of a question to President Bush
today. I thought they weeded out or at least didn’t call on people who
might ask tricky questions particularly with answers that would entail
moral ambiguity.
How much do you want to bet that Terry Moran will be on some other assignment within a month?
“I don’t know the facts, Terry”
ABC
News’ Terry Moran came armed to this morning’s presidential press
conference with a gotcha question of sorts for George W. Bush. About
Bush’s goal of bringing freedom and democracy to all the world, as he
articulated in his inaugural address, and convincing allies of the need
to “continue to work together to help liberate people,” as Bush stated
during his press conference this morning, what about our ally Jordan,
Moran wanted to know. Here’s the exchange:
PRESIDENT BUSH: I am unaware of the case. You’ve asked me to comment on something that I didn’t know took place.
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I saw an excellent deal on one of those 54G wireless routers at
Staples.com. It was $60 but had a rebate for -$40 with it! There’s free
shipping so the only catch is $3 in tax.
Normally I stay away
from rebate offers because I rarely send in the offer. Its a
personal-stupidity-thing. I just never get around to sending in the
rebate. HOWEVER! Staples.com has this EasyRebate system where you don’t
need to cut up a box or anything to get the rebate! Its a webpage where
you enter your order number and the UPC code of the item you purchased.
It looks up which rebates are available for that item and verifies that
you bought it. Then it sends you your rebate!
Pretty slick! This will certainly make me more likely shop at Staples.com!
Sphere: Related ContentAs another four to six inches of snow falls today the schools are
supposed to be back in session. However, the kids can’t walk to school
because the sidewalks are impassable, which means they have to walk in
the road. This is a dicey proposition with Massachusetts drivers in the
first place, much less while its snowing and making the roads an even
sloppier nastier mess than they already were. It would helpful if there
was space around the school that was plowed so parents could actually
park their cars when they dropped off or picked up their kids.
Frankly,
the dropping off doesn’t seem like too much trouble: you slow down and
kick them out the door and they’ll find their way to their classroom.
However, when the parents have to retrieve their kids there’s NO place
to park. The piles of snow are too tall and not enough space has been
plowed. Yes, you can park farther away but then you’re facing walking
in traffic again. Also, the kindergarten teachers won’t let the little
kids out unless they see someone who is specifically allowed to
retrieve the child.
So I think that although Melrose says there’s school today, we’ve called a Solomon-family snow day. Except I’m at work.
Sphere: Related ContentWork was quiet. Gabriel went sledding. All is well.
(except for the iBook. I upgraded the OS to 10.3.7 and
the installation process hung and now I’m stuck trying
to figure out how to reinstall OS X.
command + option + p + r ?!?!)
Sphere: Related ContentLooks like the military is getting in to the nanotechnology business.
Ever wonder how nanotechnology could change the way explosions occur?
When I picture nanotech I imagine little tiny crawly robots, but in
this article they talk about manipulating the size and composition of
certain kinds of molecules to increase the number of atoms covering the
surface area. Read on…
http://technologyreview.com/articles/05/01/wo/wo_gartner012105.asp
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