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By Dave, September 10, 2010 11:50 pm

Has been an on the road day. Went south to the Treasure Chest in Pell City where we got many Treasures! Then to WW over by I-20.

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By Dave, September 2, 2010 9:10 pm

Machine now boots in under a minute with no twiddling of bytes. Guess it was timing out trying to find the end of the txt file to write to.

Well after running chkdsk and it finding a corrupt file \windows\tasks\schedlgu.txt I went into puppy linux and renamed it and tis all GOOD!

Guide to Using Check Disk in Windows Vista – How-To Geek: Guide to Using Check Disk in Windows Vista – How-To Geek…

So gonna fix another cup of coffee and hope for more energy this afternoon.

Something in the order of 4327 things that need doing and I haven’t got the energy to get to any of them.

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By Dave, September 1, 2010 9:59 pm

Would rather not but will see. Feeling some better but still not up to long drives/periods of time upright without long rest times.

Did the there and back thing with a side trip to talk to Steve about the Vista boot delay problem. Still no joy there. May reinstall.

Still home feeling like crap. Gonna have to get out in a bit for a WW grocery run, but twill be a short one.

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By Dave, August 31, 2010 3:10 pm

takes several minutes to completely boot. Once up and running tis super fast and responsive but getting there is another thing.

Guess I will work on the Vista machine, that is STILL taking way too long to boot, some more. Got several of it’s problems fixed but still

Gonna be at home again today. No way I would trust myself driving 20+ miles each way with a disjointed head like I got right now.

Well, up again after many hours of very weird dreams, tossing and turning, unrestful sleep. Got coffee but still feel lousy.

Hoping the nights sleep will allow me to feel up to the long drive to and from work tomorrow. Till later folks…

Still feeling like crap. Stayed home from work today and slept most of the day, but hasn’t helped much. Fixing to call it an evening.

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By Dave, August 30, 2010 2:22 am

http://alpha.libre.fm/ is quite habit forming…

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By Dave, August 29, 2010 2:35 pm

Got another one I need to put together so Cat can have a desktop machine. Still trying to decide what os to install on it for her.

Well, guess that should be, got a day off from shelving/pricing groceries, so working on computers…

Finally a day off. Slept in a bit late. Got a customers machine updating Vista (Boo! Hiss!), while breakfast cooks.

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By Dave, August 29, 2010 2:35 pm

Got another one I need to put together so Cat can have a desktop machine. Still trying to decide what os to install on it for her.

Well, guess that should be, got a day off from shelving/pricing groceries, so working on computers…

Finally a day off. Slept in a bit late. Got a customers machine updating Vista (Boo! Hiss!), while breakfast cooks.

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By Dave, August 29, 2010 2:35 pm

Got another one I need to put together so Cat can have a desktop machine. Still trying to decide what os to install on it for her.

Well, guess that should be, got a day off from shelving/pricing groceries, so working on computers…

Finally a day off. Slept in a bit late. Got a customers machine updating Vista (Boo! Hiss!), while breakfast cooks.

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By Dave, August 29, 2010 2:35 pm

Got another one I need to put together so Cat can have a desktop machine. Still trying to decide what os to install on it for her.

Well, guess that should be, got a day off from shelving/pricing groceries, so working on computers…

Finally a day off. Slept in a bit late. Got a customers machine updating Vista (Boo! Hiss!), while breakfast cooks.

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By Dave, August 23, 2010 2:29 am

Tis quite good! Uses same quantity of grounds as my single cup maker. Totally different and much better flavor with the same grounds.

Filled, loaded, and back on the stove. Should be ready in 5 to 7 minutes. Like I need a shot of espresso at this hour of the night… 😉

Link to pict, description, and operating instructions for anyone interested. http://shoppinghevanet.com/kitchen/store-moka-pot.html

Fixing to try a real pot and see how it tastes, though at this hour am only gonna try just a bit of it.

Got an Italian 3 cup Moka pot today. Got it cleaned out with white vinegar and made the first pot which is throwaway coffee.

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By Dave, August 22, 2010 6:55 pm

Still trying to decide if I am gonna stay with Open Office now that Oracle has taken it over. Wish there was a truly free alternative.

So far I like Puppy 510. Works with my Samsung printer, which 501 would not do. Will give it a while and see what else works/doesn’t.

Got the stuff updated without losing too much. Or nothing I didn’t have copies of anyway. 😉

Have burned and booted from the new Puppy. Now to see if I can get it installed without losing all the stuff on the thumb drive.

Just downloaded the newest Puppy Linux and fixing to try to upgrade my usb mem stick. Hoping I don’t lose everything on it in the process.

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By Dave, August 21, 2010 1:14 pm

Download Clonezilla LiveCD 1.2.6-8 for Linux – A Debian-based Live CD with software that enables users to clone ha…

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By Dave, August 19, 2010 4:11 am

Trinity Rescue Kit 3.4 released – The H Open Source: News and Features: Trinity Rescue Kit 3.4 released – The H Op…

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By Dave, August 19, 2010 4:11 am

Trinity Rescue Kit 3.4 released – The H Open Source: News and Features: Trinity Rescue Kit 3.4 released – The H Op…

xkcd: Tech Support Cheat Sheet: LOL!!!

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By Dave, August 19, 2010 4:11 am

Trinity Rescue Kit 3.4 released – The H Open Source: News and Features: Trinity Rescue Kit 3.4 released – The H Op…

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By Dave, August 15, 2010 6:11 pm

Check out QSL Card for The Next HOPE Conference, From Start To Finish. @ http://www.wizzywigcomics.com/?p=162 Cool stuff!

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By Dave, August 15, 2010 6:11 pm

Check out QSL Card for The Next HOPE Conference, From Start To Finish. @ http://www.wizzywigcomics.com/?p=162 Cool stuff!

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By Dave, August 15, 2010 6:11 pm

Check out QSL Card for The Next HOPE Conference, From Start To Finish. @ http://www.wizzywigcomics.com/?p=162 Cool stuff!

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By Dave, August 10, 2010 1:05 am

And Brent has stuff going on in Atlanta tomorrow, so we will be holding down the fort. Heading to the kitchen to figure out supper.

And get things together for tomorrow as we (Cat and I) have got the entire operation to ourselves once again. Mark is headed to Michigan.

All the ones I need to put the laptop back together anyway. Was gonna do that tonight but have still got to fix supper.

Well, after a 2 hour search, I found my magnifiers in a place I looked several days ago. Now have all necessary tools in one place.

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By Dave, August 10, 2010 1:05 am

And Brent has stuff going on in Atlanta tomorrow, so we will be holding down the fort. Heading to the kitchen to figure out supper.

And get things together for tomorrow as we (Cat and I) have got the entire operation to ourselves once again. Mark is headed to Michigan.

All the ones I need to put the laptop back together anyway. Was gonna do that tonight but have still got to fix supper.

Well, after a 2 hour search, I found my magnifiers in a place I looked several days ago. Now have all necessary tools in one place.