Comments Off on Interesting bit of computer history http://patricklogan.blogspot.com/2004/06/notetaker-portable-personal-computer.html
<i>The Notetaker, a portable personal computer built at PARC in 1978, is rumored to have been the inspiration for the Osborne 1.</i>
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New scam targets bank customers
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Comments Off on BOFH and the workplace hazards http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/24/bofh_2004_episode_20/
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Comments Off on rss aggregator for the mac http://www.fondantfancies.com/shrook/
I've tried several of them but this is the best so far. The big thing here is it is intuitive. I have just used several commands and they do what I want them to do. Unlike all of the others that I have tried. Tried yet another one yesterday but only got annoyed when I had to go back to using the trackpad instead of using keystrokes to move and open links. I guess I'll go ahead and buy shrook as the price goes up on June 23rd…
Comments Off on bash cms/blogger looks interesting http://grimthing.com/bashblogger/
something like blosxom but in bash instead of perl…
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Comments Off on yesterday sucked too Started the day out with a storm. Water coming in front and back doors. I went out and cleared the way for the water to flow around the building and not back up inside.
Wrote the following and failed to post or finish it so will repost it here then finish up the day afterwards…
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Started the morning off with a storm. Lots of lightning and rain. As it got closer I disconnected the power from the entire computer and electronics center and left it all off till the worst had moved on. However when it came back up the cable was (and is) out. Did all the unplug and wait and reconnect in sequence thingies and tis still out. Waited an hour and then called CableOne and they have outages all over so I am assuming that the problem is on their end. They have the address logged into their system anyway so am hoping it will be back on sometime soon.
Funny how I am jonesing this soon… Guess I didn't get the surfing out of my system yet today…
Storm has been fun. had water in the greenhouse floor again. Gotta do something soon about the trees so I can get started out there. Had water come in the front door too.
Got to get the backhoe sometime next week.
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After a while I called Steve and their cable was working fine. So… I unhooked the wi-fi access point and hook the iBook right to the modem and everything works fine. Then try hooking the ap back up and nada… Went into the ap and reset it to factory settings and still nothing. So to Wally world we go. The had a Motorola wi-fi unit that is 802.11g with removable antenna for $60 so got it (and other things as usual) and came home. Hooked it up and after loading the disk just to get the access ip address, user name and password it hooked right up and after the obligatory reboot and power cycle of all equipment we were back online. Seems to be a faster connection with the motorola. Guess I will try to sent the Netgear back for warranty repair.
Hope tomorrow settles down. Still got to weld some on the bush hog and clear an area for the saw mill to be unloaded… And replace a plug in the tractor. Always something… or 247…
Comments Off on bits and bobs Been quite a day. Started out about 6 with me falling down the stairs and breaking the little toe on my right foot. All red and purple and swollen… Hurts like hell too. But with a bit of stubbornness I have managed to go for at least part of the day.
Got the water hooked up for the washing machine. Also the drain run for the washer. then found and hooked up a vent for the dryer. Cat ran a load through each and they seem to be working fine.
Now to wash the piles of clothes and see where the walls need to be moved to…
Also put a bolt in Aaron's alternator. Hope it holds. Was a real pain in the arm. Large bruised place on my arm. Every time I work on a car I remember why I quit doing it. And then go and do it again. and again.
Looking back at the second paragraph, first sentence… Seems so simple. Took 3 hours or so. Today. And a few more last week. Started today with finding a piece of 3/4 inch iron pipe. 3 feet long. Had one end flattened. Just right. Took the 2 faucets with ells and compression adaptors attached to the barn. Found a piece of angle iron from an old bed rail that had been used as a fence post and cut 2 one inch strips off across the L. Flattened them while leaving a bit of a hump where the corner of the L was and then drilled holes in each end for a bolt to go through. Got 2 3.5 inch bolts and nuts and attached them through the holes. Put pipe and ells inside and was too loose. Took it all back apart and drilled holes closer. Put it all together again and it fit just right. Took it off and drove the pipe into the ground behind the washer by the platform for the toilet and put the clamp and faucets back on. Tightened it good. Got the tubing cutter and cut one pipe running overhead to the shower. Put a T in and then did it again to the other pipe. Ran tubing from those T's to the connectors on the faucets. Closed both faucets and turned the water on. One leaked. Took it apart and replace the inner tube I had put in there in place of a washer many years ago with a real faucet washer. Turned the water on again and fixed a couple of minor leaks. Hooked the pipes from the washer to the faucets and plugged the power in and turned the washer on. Worked fine.
And even here I left out some of the things that went on during the install… Whatever… tis a bit more involved than just hooking the water up… 😉
Comments Off on saturday at the farm Been working on getting the washer and drier inside and hooked up. Got the power run and connected. Got the area cleared out and the 2 pieces moved in. Still got the water faucets, washer drain and drier vent to get done.
Sawmill parts are still on the truck and trailer.
Got over hot yesterday and just don't have a whole lot of energy today. Not to mention how damn hot it has been today too. And the humidity has been up quite a bit too. Emptied the water catch bucket under the ac this morning and again a few minutes ago where the last few days have required one emptying a day.
Gonna try to start on the front room tonight or tomorrow. Probably tomorrow. Gonna move the electronic repair stuff to the barn and clear the other stuff out as much as possible then start a second floor and shelve walls
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Comments Off on more on the sawmill stopped by the coop this morning on the way to Danny's and got a load binder. Used it on the chain holding the front of the tractor stable on the trailer. made the trip over and back with no problem. Bill drove. I could have but still a bit shakey behind the wheel.
Got there and plowed the garden area. Dry and dusty. Glad I cleaned the air filters this morning. Unhooked the rotovater and installed the boom. After a few tries we got the cab broken loose from the mounting thread all. Put it on the truck bed. Then back for the log carriage got it up the hill and then took it in half and loaded one on the truck and the other on the front of the trailer. Bill had loaded all the small stuff up while I was tilling. Made another 4 trips getting other heavy stuff like the primary drive shaft coming from the engine to the blade drive pulley and the carriage cable drive spool and gear assembly. Also managed to salvage one of the log carriage timbers so I have something to go by anyway. Most of this unit has been repaired and built and rebuilt. I have no idea what or when it started off as. The blade is in good shape other than needing some of the teeth replaced. It has the replaceable teeth and Danny says he has some extra somewhere if he can just find them. Still got to go back over and get belts and some conveyor rollers and the carriage drive cable but we got most all the heavy stuff on the truck.
Was 5 when we got back here so took a shower and loaded up and went to the Cultural Arts Center in Gadsden to see a friend of Cats by the name of Mark Allan Barnette. Got some pix that I will download and hope that some came out. Had the camera resting on the table and just snapping pix without being able to see how they looked. Guess I will find out how that works in the morning.
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Comments Off on sawmill the trip to get the sawmill didn't get done yesterday. There were several things that still needed to be done that we didn't get to as far as getting the tractor over there. we did make the trip but in bills truck. took some tools and got all the nuts removed from the saw cab. also got the blade removed. heading that way this morning with trailer and tractor in tow. or so goes the plan. not real comfortable with the brakes on the truck but I think it will be enough to get there and back. will work on them before trying to get the backhoe.
Comments Off on lumber just got back from mcauto with 2 bundles of lumber. got 2x8x12 and 2x4x10s. one bundle of each. 48 and 96 count i think.
went down yesterday morning and got the tag for the trailer. 44 dollars with sales tax and all that crap. now got to get another one next month. ah well… tis legal now anyway.
got to unload the lumber and get the tractor loaded and go get the saw mill later this afternoon. getting this out of the way while i feel like it…
Comments Off on truck tire 235/85-R16 tore the side out of it backing down the drive. got another one at the house of tires. 30 bucks mounted. fair tread. keeps the front rim off the ground anyway.
Comments Off on tagline of the day… WWJD? JWRTFM!
Comments Off on bits and pieces done today Got the assorted stuff off the built in shelves behind the door and started taking them and the short side wall down. Got to the point that I now have to move the pinball machine and to move that I have to move a whole pile of stuff. So I am going to call it a night and start on it again tomorrow morning.
I am now thinking about extending the opening that the big door is in a bit and building a leantoo affair on the front side to house wood, an entry way/mud room and the wood burning heater. A 4 to 5 foot extension with 6 to 7 foot tall back/north wall with a metal roof sloping upward to meet the top of the door and funnel the heat back in. I am thinking of using refrigerator doors inside the top of the extension. that will give me a width to work with and keep the heat from escaping too. Guess I have about everything I need to build it except the cement.
I think I can house somewhere between 15 and 20 thousand books in the front if I build the shelves everywhere. The everywhere includes under the joists too. If I figured correctly I can house close to 2000 there. Guess we'll go and get a couple of bundles of wood tomorrow. And a trailer tag. Or today. And time for bed
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Comments Off on Started the rebuild yesterday Got started yesterday. Removed the greenhouse extension and moved the plants (that were left) under a oak kinda out of the way. Put a tarp over the hole in the greenhouse wall for a temporary seal against the elements. Bill, Neil and Cat did a lot of the work. I did what I could. Still got the remove the stove. That will come when I get the rotovator off the tractor and get the lift back on. Gotta have some thing more than me to move that stove again. I want to add an extension on the front in place of the door to house the stove. I suspect that I will build it out of rock, broken cement and assorted crap then roof it with tin. Just got to remove the trees first…
been out digging a trench for a row of blocks to sit in at the east side of the greenhouse. I am tired of water on things in there and am building it up so the water from the roof will run out and off instead of trying to back up into the lower floor of the greenhouse. One trip to the can in ankle deep water is enough…
got most of the blocks moved. taking a break. only a small amount of usable energy today and trying to use it in bits as I can…
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