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We woke up this morning (5ish) to no water in our upstairs bathroom. The downstairs sink was fine, which had been trouble before, so maybe I actually fixed that last year. The temperature was 9 degrees Fahrenheit, and typically, we have had trouble once it gets to the teens. We set up a... (More)

Posted by jondaley on December 20, 2004, 11:10 pm
Category: General

Plog Plugins

I decided to write a post to describe the features of the plugins that I wrote, and upgrades that I made to existing plugins to others can benefit from their use as well. You can see the actual source code, or else read my feeble descriptions. User Comments by Jon Daley : Description:... (More)

Posted by jondaley on December 15, 2004, 6:46 pm
Category: Programming, Internet

Jonathan Post Catch-up

Other things have gotten priority over this blog recently, but I have been keeping brief notes, so here are some tidbits:November 28 - Jonathan climbed onto the red couch all by himself. November 30 - Jonathan now can say "no." One time as I was putting dishes in the dishwasher, he closed the... (More)

Posted by joyful on December 14, 2004, 8:43 am
Category: Jonathan

Plog Template Update

It had always annoyed me that you couldn't use smarty commands in the stylesheet files in plog. It turns out it wasn't that hard to figure out, and the original authors had it basically done, but if you believe the comments, didn't think it worked yet. It is helpful to change... (More)

Posted by jondaley on December 13, 2004, 12:36 pm
Category: Programming, Internet

Tentative Trial Date

Some dates were actually set in the case against Judy Wilson in a "Status Conference" this morning. There will be additional Status Conferences in February and April 2005. Jury selection will begin June 15th and the trial is tentatively set for June 20th. A two week trial window has been... (More)

Posted by jondaley on December 8, 2004, 3:28 pm
Category: Isaac

Version Manager Setup

Whether you know the program as Merant, Serena or PVCS, the setup is difficult, and despite the sales department insistence that you don't need a full-time person to run their servers, I am starting to doubt it. Here are the instructions to setup a new project using the file server model... (More)

Posted by jondaley on December 1, 2004, 1:14 pm
Category: Programming, Reviews

What Religion Best Suits You?

I ran across a 100% accurate quiz to show what religion you believe in. (: I scored True Christian :You are humble, gracious, kind and extremely Christ-like. You believe in the bible as your law, but read it in its original language. Perhaps you're not a scholar, but you're not an armature... (More)

Posted by jondaley on November 22, 2004, 3:05 pm
Category: Internet

Mis-communication Companies

Our DSL went down and Jon called me and did a three way with Speakeasy to see what was going on. After trying a couple of things that did not work, Jon mentioned that it was raining, but not lightning. I went to the window to check things out, and I saw a Verizon guy up at the telephone pole.... (More)

Posted by joyful on November 19, 2004, 11:30 am
Category: General, Reviews

Thinking of Isaac on Jonathan's Birthday

This morning, I received a card from my parents letting me know that they will always remember Isaac and that they had given a gift to World Vision in his honor. Then, this afternoon, I was listening to Stacey Regan's CD, which of course includes I Offer My Isaac. The lyrics can be found... (More)

Posted by joyful on November 18, 2004, 5:07 pm
Category: Jonathan, Isaac

Flabbergasted Cable Guy

A Comcast guy came to the door yesterday.Cable Guy: "4565 Carroll - you don't have cable." Me: "Nope. We don't watch TV." CG: "You don't?" Me: "No." CG: "Do you have a TV?" Me: "Yes, but we only use it to watch movies." CG: "Oh. So you don't watch any TV at all?" Me: "Only the five... (More)

Posted by joyful on November 18, 2004, 9:09 am
Category: General, Reviews

Test Director Problems

For those of you who have successfully installed Mercury's Test Director , and have it die suddenly, you need to check the IIS/NTFS permissions. ( Note, for those of you asking questions, you should read all four pages of comments - there are various questions and answers given throughout the... (More)

Posted by jondaley on November 17, 2004, 9:45 am
Category: Programming

J-J-J

Is, I think, what Jonathan says for his name. He has said J-J in the mirror before. After shuffling his family bits the last time, the Jonathan bit came up in front, and is easily visible in the file rack. Just now, Jonathan went up to it, pointed at it, and said, "J-J-J" with the syllabic... (More)

Posted by joyful on November 16, 2004, 5:11 pm
Category: Jonathan

Family Bits

Jonathan's most recent set of family bits includes the people he knows best - Daddy, Mommy, and Jonathan. The Daddy and Jonathan bits, especially, get a big smile and happy sound when he sees them. When one of those happens to be the last one, he exclaims and points joyously, saying "Daddy!" or... (More)

Posted by joyful on November 16, 2004, 5:07 pm
Category: Jonathan

Daley Visit

Grammy and Auntie E are in Pittsburgh for the weekend, and an early one year birthday for Jonathan. His accomplishments while they were here: Is tall enough to hit his head on the changing table Can go up the stairs without wanting someone behind him Said "hello" to everyone... (More)

Posted by jondaley on November 12, 2004, 9:22 pm
Category: Jonathan

Great Word

Last night, our four-year-old friend William was telling us about the state of their basement playroom. "You don't want to go downstairs, it's a disastrophe!" (More)

Posted by joyful on November 5, 2004, 12:52 pm
Category: General