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We are missing a movie, and so went looking around the house for it (the boys had all the movies out the other day, lining them up to look at all of the covers (as well as taking all the Mancala marbles and throwing them around the house)) - see what happens when Mommy leaves for the... (More)

Posted by jondaley on February 24, 2009, 8:33 pm
Category: Reviews

Cygwin Update: Stuff Broken

Cygwin is one of the packages that seems to often break when I upgrade it. In their defense, it is a large collection of packages, so presumably hard to get everything right in all circumstances. I run Debian (testing) on my Linux systems, and I rarely have any issues during... (More)

Posted by jondaley on February 23, 2009, 11:09 am
Category: Reviews

Recovery Rebate Calculator (AKA, Will the IRS Give Me Any More Money?)

The IRS hasn't published their calculator yet, and I have been reading about lots of people trying to figure out what to do with line 70 on their 1040 (ie. the famous RRC that is causing probably more time wasted than was worth the money that was sent out last year. So, I wrote a... (More)

Posted by jondaley on February 17, 2009, 1:41 pm
Category: Programming

Happy Birthday to Me

I figured I'd be getting some birthday money from someone, so I went ahead and spent it last week, by buying a handful of CDs from Sovereign Grace , which happens to be having a fairly big sale. It will go for the rest of February, so you should probably check it out. It seems to be... (More)

Posted by jondaley on February 12, 2009, 12:10 am
Category: Jonathan, Reviews

House Work on Denny Road

I also have been doing some work on our new house. This morning we installed new downspouts on the west side of the house - (we previously had done some work on the east side). They aren't the prettiest pipes in the world, but the take the water from the two corners and pipe it over down... (More)

Posted by jondaley on February 11, 2009, 11:47 pm
Category: Reviews

House Work on Carroll Street

Heather and I spent several days over the last week at our old house, cleaning and fixing various things that our previous tenants broke. It is pretty annoying to have people totally not care about your property, and live in pretty disgusting conditions, presumably to get back at me for... (More)

Posted by jondaley on February 11, 2009, 11:38 pm
Category: Reviews

Stuff

1/23 - Faith's matching lower tooth came in. It looks like she's teething again, maybe some top teeth on their way. She, like Noah my other early teether, is interested in solid foods already. Jonathan bought her (with his own money) some little cereal pieces, the kind that dissolve... (More)

Posted by joyful on February 7, 2009, 8:51 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith

$0.01 Credit Card Charge and Cancelling a Card Due to "Low Use"

Mydad had mentioned a news article story a month ago about some company charging a whole bunch of people $.01 each on their credit cards; presumably with the thought that no one would complain about a $.01 charge, and since they charged a million people or something, they made a bunch of... (More)

Posted by jondaley on January 26, 2009, 3:55 pm
Category: Reviews

Switzerland: Back to the USA (12 Jan 2009)

Very early in the morning, we got up, had breakfast and said goodbye to Sarah (all the other Dutlers said goodbye the night before.) Janet and Stephan came to pick us up and we crammed all ourselves and stuff into the mini-minivan. They took us to the Basel airport where we spent quite... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 18, 2009, 10:22 am
Category: Reviews

Switzerland: The Last Day (11 Jan 2009)

We missed our intended tram for the morning, but the next one got us to church just barely in time. In fact, we met the Dutlers coming up the sidewalk. It was nice to visit Janet's church. This is, in fact, where she met Stephan. Jon told Jonathan he could go to Sunday School if he... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 18, 2009, 8:43 am
Category: General

Switzerland: Bern (10 Jan 2009)

In the morning we once again took an early tram to the train station. This time we boarded the train by ourselves and rode to Bern. As soon as we got off, we were greeted by Reto, “You must be the Daleys!” Reto is a programmer that Jon met through the LifeType project. He... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 17, 2009, 5:57 pm
Category: General

Switzerland: Zurich (09 Jan 2009)

Once again we took an early tram to thetrain station, meeting Janet and Stephan there. Then we rode to Zurich and the first thing we did was walk to the historical museum. We saw ancient gold, medieval and more modern weapons, and costumes, elaborately panelled rooms, banners and medals from... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 17, 2009, 3:58 pm
Category: General

Switzerland: Around Basel (06 Jan 2009)

The morning got off to a slow start, but we did more packing and I believe Mom and Dad came to Richard's so we could all go together to the heart of Basel. We were originally going to see some sights and then meet Janet and Stephan for lunch, but we ended up just getting there in time for... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 17, 2009, 8:58 am
Category: General

Switzerland: Sickness, Hymn Sing, Lucerne (04-05 Jan 2009)

The Swiss prefer to drink their water with carbonation and it's hard to find bottled water without it. The tap water in most places (including the public outdoor fountains) is perfcetly drinkable but you have to ask for it. At the castle, they served us the "with gas" kind most of the... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 17, 2009, 8:30 am
Category: General

Switzerland: Wedding! (03 Jan 2009)

I woke up around 6am (with alarm) and got ready to go to Valda's to get my hair done. I got myself some yummy muesli with yogurt and sat down in the living room to eat, only to see the clock and note that I needed to leave in only a few minutes. I gulped a few more mouthfuls as I put my... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 17, 2009, 7:57 am
Category: General