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Yearly Archives: 2006
Possible fixes for Cube problem with Firewire video
This is just a placeholder post for my own benefit…please ignore Trying to set up webcasting at Bethany, but can’t get the 450MHz Cube running 10.4.7 to work with my Canon Elura 40MC DV camera. Quicktime Broadcaster sees it, but … Continue reading
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How to really fight terrorists: Anti-terror
How to really fight terrorists: Anti-terror (from Boing Boing) Bruce Schneier has an excellent piece up today on how to really, effectively fight terrorism: anti-terror: Another thought experiment: Imagine for a moment that the British government arrested the 23 suspects … Continue reading
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Even I don’t find this appetizing, and I love bacon!
Bacon Snack Bars 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup light corn syrup 1/2 cup peanut butter 1 pkg. (2.8 oz.) OSCAR MAYER Real Bacon Recipe Pieces 4 tsp. TANG Orange Flavor Drink Mix 3 cups POST HONEY BUNCHES OF OATS Cereal, … Continue reading
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Beethovenfest: free downloads
Deutsche Welle is one of the sponsors of the annual Beethovenfest, and is putting up free downloads of performances for the next few weeks. Current options include: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Opus 68, “Pastoral” Listen … Continue reading
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Goodbye Gaming
Bob, Shari, and Rey are all leaving, so we got together to game tonight. Here’s a sample:
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Hasn’t Eleanor Holmes Norton ever heard of Stephen Colbert
Apparently not. (or she does, and played along supremely well). Courtesy of Reason.
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trying the flickr/1001/ecto tie-in
0 neworleans lodging (neworleans, lodging) “Margaret Gardens Inn – Bedroom 2” by joecarlwhite
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Sad banana plant
Houston Public Works employees dug up my banana plant last week to work on the sewer line. They’ve not been here for 5 days, but the plant just sits there, dying. (houston, bureaucracy, damage) “Sad banana plant” by joecarlwhite
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Testing the new GPS receiver
Maps – A Walk to get Coffee Got things generally right, within 5 meters (has me walking down the street instead of the south sidewalk most of the time), and got the altitude pretty wrong, but will do until I … Continue reading
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“The Ultimate American Consumer”
That’s what John Tran called me once. Tonight, I once again lived up to that sobriquet . On the way home from Anne’s (after a great dinner with Webb and Christy at El Patio, followed by watching the idiosyncratic Second … Continue reading
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