No Going Back

July 30, 2008

On the 4th of July, the extended family held a gathering at an RV campground in Pennsylvania. A pavilion was rented, food contributions lined up, and then the day arrived. As it happened, I had been to the RV campground many years ago. Many years ago Grandma and Grandpa had a camper at the campground, [...]

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Durian: A Matter of Taste

July 29, 2008

The durian is “the fruit of trees from the genus Durio belonging to the Malvaceae, a large family which includes hibiscus, okra, cotton, mallows, and linden trees” So begins the wikipedia article. Blah, blah, blah, who cares. Right? Well, sometimes the peculiar hides right in plain sight. Further on in the article, there was some [...]

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CSA Farms

June 7, 2008

CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) Farming are an interesting concept. Basically, instead of just buying whatever they want from a farmer, people buy a seasonal “share” and get a fixed percentage of whatever the farmer produces. There are some variations, but the general idea is that it relieves farmers from dealing with fickle customers and the [...]

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Farming The Government Way

May 27, 2008

An AP article on May 15th caught my attention. The title said: House approves $290B farm bill. What really caught my attention was the line which said, almost $30 billion would go to farmers to idle their land Stop a moment to consider. That is $30 billion paid out to farmers so they will not [...]

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Smithsonian, Holy Grail, Earthquake Wedding

May 27, 2008

A few things for the curious. Did you know the Smithsonian Magazine had a website? They do, and it has a lot of content. If you have enjoyed reading the magazine, you might want to check the site out. Search for the Holy Grail, end up dead. The Telegraph had an interesting article on a [...]

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WordPress Geeky-ness

April 29, 2008

From the same website as I mentioned in my last post, here is another tip: How to download your WordPress install on your local computer and get the permalinks to work. It’s nifty to know how to edited a database.

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How to Add “StumbleUpon” and More

April 27, 2008

For some time I have wondered how one went about adding a “Stumble This” link to blog posts. However, I didn’t wonder enough to take the time to look it up. Then I recently stumble upon (ha ha) some directions. As it happens, the website also has directions for implementing a few other services as [...]

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Steve Jobs on The Media

April 6, 2008

Who would have thought such a hip person as Steve Jobs would have such a dim view of human media consumption? Well, okay, who would have thought he’d admit to such a thing. From Wikiquote: When you’re young, you look at television and think, There’s a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. [...]

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Loners

March 10, 2008

Poking around the internet I came across this: Party of One: The Loners’ Manifesto I was on some writer’s blog, and if I remember correctly they felt the book spoke for them. I consider myself something of a loner (not severely so, but leaning in that direction) and so the book piqued my curiosity. If [...]

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For Control Freak Geeks There is CVS

March 1, 2008

For anyone non-technical, this article will make your eyes glaze over. The author has accomplished the feat of keeping track of all that he does with the Concurrent Version System (CVS). Even I do not have a good grasp of the precise details of exactly how one uses CVS or similar software, but I was [...]

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