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Posted in life on Jan 27th, 2010
About ten years ago the arches on my feet fell. The first indication of this was a heel spur that developed on my right foot. The spur was successfully reduced in size through a series of ultrasound treatments at my favorite chiropractor’s office. When a spur appeared on my left foot it too was reduced [...]
Posted in life on Jan 12th, 2010
Over the years I’ve had several favorite places for lunch during the work week. Springfield Northend When I worked for the Illinois Department of Agriculture my favorite lunch location was a hamburger stand located at the intersection of North Grand West and North 2nd Street. I no longer remember the name, and the restaurant itself is long [...]
Posted in life, nerdliness on Nov 16th, 2009
In the three months or so since Sibylle and I purchased our Honda Insight Hybrid, we have averaged about 43 MPG for each tank of gas. The car’s computer has a number of displays providing all sorts of information about the car’s performance and gas milage. One of the displays shows the current miles per [...]
Posted in life on Nov 12th, 2009
When I was in the 5th grade my class was taken by bus to one of the middle or high schools where we heard the student orchestra play. After the arranged pieces were complete, each instrument was demonstrated in a short solo piece and then explained by the conductor. It was hoped that this demonstration [...]
Posted in life on Oct 26th, 2009
Shortly after moving to Kansas City I discovered a dish called “Dublin Coddle.” It’s a meat-and-potato-lovers dream soup. I’ve not made it in a very long time and wanted to try it again. Over the weekend we gathered the ingredients but ended up not making it. It needs to cook long and slow which lends [...]
Posted in life, nerdliness on Oct 25th, 2009
Moving data from an old computer to a new computer is a bit like moving in the real world. The anticipation of having all your stuff neatly put away, orderly and tidy in the new place isn’t enough to carry you through the actual doing. Rather than just copy all my old documents and files [...]
Posted in life, nerdliness on Oct 22nd, 2009
Not since February 2003 (maybe late January of that year) have I gone to work without carrying my PowerBook G4. It has been the ultimate filofax, holding pictures, music, words, code, and all the other electronic flotsam and jetsam near and dear to me. Tomorrow will be the first day I’ve ventured off to work [...]
Posted in life on Oct 20th, 2009
If I were to coin a phrase about buy consumer electronics it would be, “don’t watch the price after completing your purchase.” Usually, over time, the price of consumer electronics goes down, or, if the item is already at its lowest sustainable price, the features or extras go up for the same price. Personal computers, [...]
Posted in life, social issues on Oct 9th, 2009
Today’s announcement that President Barack Obama has been named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner no doubt shocked many people, including President Obama. In a way this award is borrowed from the future. It represents what I hope will be the Obama administration’s legacy. When I was active in the dojo we used to tell [...]
Posted in life, nerdliness on Sep 21st, 2009
My first Internet email account was with AOL around March 1993. This was soon followed by an Internet Service Provider (ISP) account in late 1994. In February 1996 I acquired this domain and had my first domain email address. I still have that address, although I don’t use it actively any more. Like a lot [...]