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By Dave, May 31, 2010 3:26 am

One of those days: Started out the day with Cat plugging in her computer after the storms yesterday and having 3 c…

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By Dave, May 30, 2010 9:27 pm

Oh, and Windo$e 7 home premium. Haven’t talked her into letting me nuke it and install Ubuntu yet. But haven’t given up either… 😉

For $348 + tax, got an eMachine with Intel 2.2 GHZ processor, 2 gb ram, DL dvd burner, 250 gb hd, & 15.6 inch display. Looks good so far.

Well, after Cat’s desktop let the magic smoke out this morning, we went out looking at new machines. Ended up at WW and got her a laptop.

And one more ditto day: Home again and was a lucky thing today as the rains came and tried to flood us out. Was ou…

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By Dave, May 29, 2010 2:55 pm

Ah, I see location and posting from is mirrored also. Cool!

And for those on twitter reading this and not knowing what I’m blathering about, am posting from identi.ca which is mirrored to twitter.

Seems to be an artifact of the site. If I click on the button to share the location it gives the wrong info. If not it’s correct. ???

Not sure what the deal is with the location thing. First two posts show the correct city and state. Last three are WAY off.

Not sure if that is an artifact of quiting sugar or something to do with this bug.

And I think my sense of smell is improving too. Have been noticing odors that I haven’t smelled in years, even through the cold/whatever.

Getting more accustomed to drinks without sugar. Not using sugar substitutes either. Interesting how the other subtle flavors come out.

Another ditto day: As in home and sick. Hoping tomorrow will be an improvement. Till then…


Trying out the identi.ca microblogging service. And it does show up on the twitter feed. Now to see if I can get it patched into the blog.

Well, thought I had posted but now it says I haven’t. Not sure what’s up with that. Ah, had failed to validate the email address.

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By Dave, May 28, 2010 9:32 pm

@oldgreypoet Sorry to hear it but understand. Have been thinking about doing the same myself. A quick tweet is far easier than a whole post.

Still some lightening and may get a bit more heavy rain but hoping the really nasty stuff is history and doesn’t pop up again.

Some interesting storms around us this afternoon. So far nothing more than a power flicker here and from wunderground.com looks about over.

Guess I’ll see if there has been any progress in getting Skype working on the PPC platform as that’s about all that’s keeping me using OSX.

Got the files needed installed and the old iMac G3/400 is better at playing DVD’s under Debian than the iBook G4’s are under OS X 10.4

DVD drive works. Now to locate and install the files needed to play a DVD.

Of course being a PPC machine flash isn’t working but I can live without that. Put a Bluetooth mouse on it and it’s working fine.

Haven’t tried the DVD player yet but will get to that soon.

Only used 2 of the AA cells as the mem holds fine at 3 volts. Got the computer all back together and everything seems to be working fine.

Got the external battery(s) installed on the iMac G3/400 DV SE. Used a $1.00 stickup LED light from DollarTree as the battery holder.

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By Dave, May 27, 2010 8:20 pm

is located. And that way I can get it done today for no extra cash out of pocket + save the fuel to go to Oxford and back.

and attach to the outside of the case with duct tape. Actually will put them in the compartment in the back where the aux video connector

Just checked the Shack website and before I spend the $9.99 or $19.49 for a single battery I’ll solder 3 AAA batteries together, run wires,

Looks like a trip to Radio Shack is gonna be in the future to get the 1/2A 3.6 V battery.

Back from the evil empire. Still without a battery for the iMac G3 but with most everything else we went for.

Gonna try for a WW run. Hoping we manage to stay upright long enough to make it through.

At home Tuesday: Has been an ill day. Or rather I have been ill today. Hoping tomorrow goes better though not re…

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By Dave, May 26, 2010 9:49 pm

but only managed to get the front opening uncovered and a rain shield installed. Better than nothing as it did cool off a bit afterwards.

More needs to be done but will have to be taken in small bites and spaced out a bit at a time. Had hoped to get a fan installed in the qhut

Another sick day at home. Got a few small things done in between sitting/laying down.

Rain just started. Another day of no rain forecast. Not really complaining as it seems to be cooling things off a bit.

I’ve used that were MUCH newer. For the moment am gonna take a liedown as am still quite under the weather. Till later folks… 😉

BTW the last several posts have been from IceWeasel on the iMac. Bit of a lag on screen when typing but no worse than some Windo$e boxen

Guess I’ll get a 1/2A 3.6v battery for it and put it back together for use as an extra backup machine.

Not doing bad at all for a machine this old. And interestingly enough have a higher screen rez than Ubuntu ever attempted to show.

And only had to tweek the xorg.conf file a little to get it going. Then installed XFCE and am online at a reasonably fast speed.

Not sure what they have screwed up in X under Ubuntu but tis royally screwed. Did a basic install under Debian with Gnome

And now after fighting with Ubuntu and it’s ilk for 3 days have got Debian up and running on the G3 iMac in about 2 hours.

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By Dave, May 25, 2010 10:11 pm

Burning a cd to try with Debian now. Been fighting with Ubuntu/Lubuntu/Xubuntu, so changing tracks a bit to see if another distro will work.

Been a day mostly spent asleep. The rest of the time spent trying to get linux to work on an old iMac G3. Everything works except X.

Twas a Monday: All the day long. Felt like crap all day too. Still do. Not sure if I’m gonna make it tomorrow o…

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By Dave, May 24, 2010 3:44 am

Lazy Sunday: For a change. Have not been out and about at all. Spent the day snoozing and piddling with computer…

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By Dave, May 23, 2010 2:23 am

Slow Saturday: In which not much was done. Did a bunch of moving and rearranging but twas about it. Did a bit of…

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By Dave, May 22, 2010 2:52 am

Twas a Friday: Not too bad, not too good, just a Friday. Got more done on the rearrangement. Fixed several light…

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By Dave, May 21, 2010 1:12 pm

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Haven’t tried this yet but sounds good from …

Storm picked up again so am still up. Downloaded and am trying the new Puppy Linux 5.0, and I LIKE it! May have to install it on a hd.

Tired Thursday: Got a few things accomplished today, including getting the counters moved from the third room back…

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By Dave, May 20, 2010 12:50 pm

Till later folks… 😉

Guess tis time to shower and get ready to head to Piedmont. Need to get open sign moved to other window and a cover or curtain installed.

HFCS = High Fructose Corn Syrup. Also cut way down on all added sugars in stuff.

Starting to feel a bit more human without coffee in the mornings. Been several days now without it or hfcs and am starting to feel better.

Hump day done: Or close to it. Ended the day with more pocket change than we started with so must be considered a …

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By Dave, May 19, 2010 1:31 am

Tuesday making like Monday: But once again we made it through so guess that counts for something. Hoping tomorrow…

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By Dave, May 18, 2010 2:42 am

Twas a Monday: Most all day. But we made it through and are heading towards another night of sleep here soon. So…

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By Dave, May 17, 2010 12:12 pm

cutting out the sugar and caffeine anyway. At least for a while. Gonna go and get some unsweetened juice. Back in a few.

Second morning without coffee to wake up with. Not liking doing without it right now. And not sure that’s what has been the problem but

Sunday: And done. Got to the estate sale and was feeling bad, but they offered to help pack the stuff up and load…

Food consumed so am back. Gonna do some more research on some stuff we have at the store and then call it a night.

Gonna eat, so back later… 😉

Other half is Christmas stuff and can come here for storage till November. Got a bunch of other stuff that needs to come here to store too.

Guess tomorrow will be unpacking and pricing stuff. Got boxes piled everywhere. Hoping we can find room for at least half of the stuff.

store for them. Took the load to Piedmont and while unloading it had a customer come in and want to buy stuff. Very little unpacked.

have gotten more. As it was the truck was packed to the top and back window would hardly close. Left 2 recliners as there was no room at the

Went to an estate sale today and scored pretty good. Got all the left overs from the outside at the end. Was feeling pretty bad or would

Getting about ready to eat supper. Stuff is cooked but needs to cool a bit more before tucking it in.

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By Dave, May 16, 2010 4:07 am

Saturday pieces: Got a call from a friend this am just prior to leaving out telling us about a yard sale in Jackso…

Long day, but home now. Got fan going upstairs so hoping it will cool off in here soon.

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By Dave, May 15, 2010 3:12 am

Another long day: But is done and done. Got some stuff done but much less than I wanted to do yet again. Hoping t…

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By Dave, May 14, 2010 2:23 am

Tired Thursday: Ended up working the register all day today so got little done in the store. Closed it up at 5 on…

Got to finish clearing around the 1 ton as it’s been sold and is almost half way to paid for. Got to get the Toyota cranked and moved too.

Cut as close to the trucks in the field as I could get. Got to put the boom on the tractor and get in there and remove stuff to get closer.

Also got the drive all the way to the road from gate to gate cut as well as the path into the tractor shed and the old trailer front yard.

Got a fair amount done. Old air soft parking lot is cut for the greatest part. Still got places I need to clear of crap prior to cutting.

Tractor cranked. Had part of a tank of fuel. Hooked bush hog up and been killing things till it got too dark for me to safely work.

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By Dave, May 13, 2010 11:02 pm

Thinking about going out and cranking the tractor. If the battery isn’t dead. And if it’s not out of fuel. Guess the only way to find out…

Hump day done once again: Little accomplished but survived it none the less. Hoping to do more tomorrow. Till th…

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By Dave, May 12, 2010 2:30 am

Tuesday pieces: Twas a long day. Not bad but long. Made some sales. Bought some stuff. And when the smoke clea…

For now have got to figure out what to do for supper, so back in a bit.

Still got to finish moving things around and getting the counters to the front room. Will work on that tomorrow some more.

Long day. Sold some stuff. Bought some stuff. Overall came out ahead. Stuff we got over the weekend mostly unpacked and priced.