Archive for November, 2004

Wah.

by @ Tuesday, November 30th, 2004. Filed under Technology

The hard drive in my Dell Laptop just died. It’s partially my fault – I was trying to figure out why my bluetooth worked only when my left hand was resting below the keyboard. I pushed in that spot and got “zing – click, click, click”. Power off, back on “click, click, click”. Well – [...]

Define necessity…

by @ Tuesday, November 30th, 2004. Filed under Misc

Over the holiday we often try to sponser a family. Yesterday Steph got the wish list of a family in the area. Kids – all three of them wanted a Playstation 2, appliances – they wanted a juicer. To us, these seemed more like items of entertainment for those with disposable income – not items [...]

Hope everybody had a good Thanksgiving

by @ Tuesday, November 30th, 2004. Filed under Misc

And thanks to the guys who came over and helped me get 3/4′s of my basement framed. And didn’t even kill my keg off!

The WTO imposes new sanctions

by @ Friday, November 26th, 2004. Filed under political perspective

On us. So much for the myth that the WTO is just a puppet organization for U.S. interests. Apparently, our exports are being sanctioned due to our “protectionist trade policy.” Guess where this links

Is Glass a liquid?

by @ Wednesday, November 24th, 2004. Filed under Technology

Think you know? Read this.

Found on the net..

by @ Wednesday, November 24th, 2004. Filed under Links

“My geography students from last year are horrible. They would have driven me to liquor if I could afford it. Supposedly the capital of Canada is Washington D.c. (I’m teaching in Canada). Canada is bordered by the Atlantic, Indian and Antarctic oceans. Q:Name and provide two examples of Canada’s largest industry. A:The service industry ex: [...]

target follies

by @ Wednesday, November 24th, 2004. Filed under Books, Stories, etc

“Shoot out your super high speed third attention to a star, erase stickiness and other wonders are yours if you simply practice the tenants in this book by Hiroyuki Nishigaki, who also wrote the stirring sequel to this book, “Rejuvenation and Unveiled Hidden Phenix: Carlos Castaneda Shamanism Plus Alpha After His Death,” which is even [...]

Workbench is done

by @ Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004. Filed under Technology

A couple minor touches, legs, braces, etc – and here we go. Need two minor braces between front and back legs, but not waking the wife up with saw noises again.

New toy

by @ Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004. Filed under Guns and such

Went to a gun show in Bealton, VA on Saturday and picked up one of these: I also ordered a cheap scope and rings kit for it.

Children of a lesser workbench

by @ Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004. Filed under Technology

(I need to make an icon for “zinger-hurting-himself-while-trying-to-do-something-he-knows-nothing-about” – which one’s better? Actually, my back’s kinda sore and I have a couple nicks and cuts, but I’m otherwise ok. So – what I did is took 18 2×4′s, cut them down to 72″, drilled five 5/8′s holes in each at 1-foot intervals in length by [...]

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