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By Dave, June 8, 2010 3:26 am

Monday: Had planned on heading to Calcis today but things didn’t work out that way and we ended up working at the …

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By Dave, June 7, 2010 3:26 am

At Home Sunday: Had planned on going and opening the store for a while this afternoon but didn’t get out at all to…

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By Dave, June 6, 2010 8:12 pm

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By Dave, June 3, 2010 3:34 am

Hump day: In which we made it through once again. Sold some stuff. Bought some stuff. Overall came out ahead. …

Well the storm got here and decided to slow up and just rain on us. Had been moving pretty good but no more. Tis slacking up a bit finally.

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By Dave, June 2, 2010 3:08 am

Tuesday: Back at work. Finally. Still not doing real well but made it through the day. Cat did spend most of the m…

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By Dave, June 1, 2010 1:22 pm

Mornings were much easier with coffee…

Long Monday: Went to Piedmont this morning only to find the store was not open today. So headed to Attalla to loo…

Yep it runs. Quite well as it turns out. Took me a while to get the wireless working but tis now downloading the updates nicely.

At present am installing Mac OSX 10.4 on an old Powerbook G3/400 and hoping it’ll run when all is done. If not all thats lost is some time.

Did make some new contacts and pass out a few business cards while up there so hopefully the day wasn’t a total waste.

Back from a day in Attalla, buying more glass that we don’t need and aren’t selling. But we ARE amassing quite a collection.

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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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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…