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Miscellany
Jonathan loves to create meals and side dishes.  On 10/2, he made a vegetable salad that we have recreated several times.  Carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes, onions, with one lemon's worth of juice as a dressing.  Simple and delicious. 10/12 - I was in the basement... (More)
Posted by joyful on October 27, 2007, 7:20 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah
Life as an Immigrant
Jon asked me to post this essay written by our friend. Life as an Immigrant By Marc Brands From 1993 to 1996 I did an apprenticeship in Electronics Engineering at Siemens. In Switzerland apprenticeships are very common, students attend about 16 hours of classes... (More)
Posted by joyful on October 17, 2007, 3:59 pm
Category: General
Canadian Thanksgiving 2007
We headed out Friday morning, listening to The Nutmeg of Consolation by Patrick O'Brian on the way.  At our first stop, for gas, Jon realized that he hadn't brought his wallet.  One of our stops was at our "usual" rest area, the one with the pedestrian walkways over the... (More)
Posted by joyful on October 12, 2007, 2:47 pm
Category: General
Fairly Mindless Entertainment
This game would be better if it were random, but still kind of fun.  I think 17 seconds was my high score on my desktop, and I just it again before posting on my laptop, and I only got to 11 seconds.  Perhaps I am just more tired, or else it might be showing the difference between a... (More)
Posted by jondaley on October 11, 2007, 7:34 pm
Category: Internet
Kill-A-Watt
Peter was nice enough to loan me a Kill-A-Watt for a couple weeks to investigate power usage around our home.  I have thought about buying one before, but borrowing one is certainly better, though it is quite a bit of fun to test out devices to see how much power they use. I... (More)
Posted by jondaley on September 25, 2007, 8:25 pm
Category: Reviews
Using tcpd_wrappers with pure-ftpd
pure-ftpd isn't designed to work with TCP wrappers, which is unfortunate, because then I can't simply add an ip address to /etc/hosts.deny to block the hackers when they guess passwords.  But, since the hackers have tried to login to my servers thirty thousand times this month, and... (More)
Posted by jondaley on September 19, 2007, 4:04 pm
Category: Programming
Always Assume the Best
Mom wrote recently about thinking the best , and Janet just got back in touch with a lost friend whose email was misbehaving.  Now it is my turn to be on the receiving end of a gracious friend thinking the best of me.Our friend Sanda, who grew up in Romania, is now staying in our house... (More)
Posted by joyful on September 19, 2007, 3:15 pm
Category: General
Debian Updates vs. Windows Updates
Everyone always says how user-friendly Windows is, and as I sit here waiting for my Windows computer to endlessly update itself, I am struck by how much harder it is to update my Windows laptop than all of my Linux (Debian) servers put together. On Debian: Type "aptitude",... (More)
Posted by jondaley on August 23, 2007, 6:53 am
Category: Reviews
"You must dial a 1 for this call to go through"
I have been having lots of fun (that's the bad kind of fun, not the good kind) configuring Asterisk for my new IT job.  It has been a pretty big pain getting it to work correctly with a couple different VOIP providers as well as the landlines. I had a good day today, figuring both how... (More)
Posted by jondaley on August 21, 2007, 5:25 pm
Category: Programming, Reviews
Rashes and Power Failures
Jon first noticed red spots on Jonathan's tongue and soft palate while brushing his teeth.  Then we noticed bug bite/pimple-like spots on his knees and then Noah's knees.  Then Noah got more and more spots all around the edges of is diaper area and some on arms and legs. ... (More)
Posted by joyful on August 9, 2007, 8:36 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah
Catching, Cutting, Lights, Stairs
Jonathan is pretty good at catching a ball or object now. He likes for me to print out coloring book pages for him.  But he doesn't want to color them.  He likes to cut the object (usually an animal) out.  He does a very nice job. He can now reach our lightswitches if he... (More)
Posted by joyful on July 16, 2007, 8:58 am
Category: Jonathan, Noah
Taking His Name
" Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain." Exodus 20:7 (KJV)  I've been thinking more recently about what this means.  I grew up thinking that it pretty much just meant don't... (More)
Posted by joyful on July 16, 2007, 8:53 am
Category: Bible
Camping
Last weekend, we went to Keystone State Park with the Tomans.  We got a group campsite so we could put both tents together.  It was right on the lake and separate enough from other sites for privacy. I hadn't done much with our camping supplies since two years ago, and some of... (More)
Posted by joyful on July 7, 2007, 6:33 pm
Category: General
Noah is One Year Old!
Happy Birthday, little guy! Jonathan and I have been singing the birthday song to him all day, and Jonathan's version includes "dear my little brother Noah."  6/24 - 14th tooth, upper right canine poked through. 6/26 - We were dropping Jonathan off at the babysitting for my... (More)
Posted by joyful on June 28, 2007, 2:20 pm
Category: Noah
Macintosh / Core Fun House
I started a new IT job recently, and the majority of the people there have Macs, so I have been bringing one home in order to learn more about them.  They have come a long way in 20 years, when I used to play on a Macintosh SE (with three floppy drives, a nice bonus so you didn't have... (More)
Posted by jondaley on June 24, 2007, 9:10 pm
Category: Reviews
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