This was a short week with a long weekend. That's the best kind! I put my Job home directory into my iPod so I can carry it between the Job and home without having to carry the laptop. I plug the iPod in at the Company, work, then log out, unmount and eject the iPod,… Continue reading

It was foggy for much of this week, starting very foggy in the mornings but clearing by noonish. Tuesday marked week 3 of Junior Achievement. This activity went much better than last week's. We had a raccoon visitation on Tuesday night. That was a lot of fun (as usual). I worked onsite all day Wednesday.… Continue reading

I finshed (finally ;-) Exile’s Honor by Mercedes Lackey and read The Fairy Godmother, also by Mercedes Lackey. In between and around the rest, I’ve had a few naps, several good meals, and interesting conversations with various and sundry. Continue reading

They didn’t have any of the furry Elmo costumes I saw last week and didn’t buy but they did have a Sully costume (no face) — a big fuzzy blue thing. I plan to sew the gloves onto the wrists, close the face and bottom of the feet, give him eyes and a nose and… Continue reading

As we were walking through Bed, Bath, and Beyond the other day, I happened up[on a nice little appliance…. A Google search indicates that Samsung introduced the first of these combo units in May of 2002. Continue reading

I managed to break Movable Type (my weblog engine) late last week, so I upgraded to the new release…. The good news — the new release comes with tech support! Continue reading

I read Death by Darjeeling, by Laura Childs and started Exhile’s Honor, by Mercedes Lackey…. In between and around the rest, I’ve had some good naps, good meals, and interesting conversations with Spouse and friends. Continue reading

I finished , by In between and around the rest, I’ve had several naps, good meals, and interesting conversations with Spouse and friends, and snuggles with the cats. We did two loads of laundry and a load of dishes. Continue reading

After a lot of effort (and completely replacing Palm Desktop with Apple's iSync and The Missing Sync (Mark/Space), I finally got my new Kyocera handheld to sync! The "missing" piece appears to have been that I needed a newer and better USB hub. We had a fire drill at The Company on Tuesday. That horn… Continue reading

Well, some of us do… A colorful mosaic gracing the entrance of Livermore's new library is of a genre known as naïve art because of its whimsical design and childlike nature. Maybe that explains why 11 of the 175 names and words on the piece are misspelled — from "Eistein" and "Shakespere" to "Van Gough"… Continue reading