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I'm Sorry, Your Product is Obsolete
This is what the HP technical support person said to me when I called about our printer.  Our faithful HP LaserJet 6L, which was manufactured 10.5 years ago, and given to us 6(7?) years ago.  It printed Mom's boarding pass just fine, and then one day later, all three indicator lights... (More)
Posted by joyful on December 3, 2007, 3:50 pm
Category: General
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
Anti-spam tool for Web Forms
I got a couple spams through my Lime Daley contact form the last couple days, so I took another look at the script that I was using.  I wrote it a year or two ago, and was my first attempt at writing an anti-spam tool that was designed to have a 0% false negative rate (ie. humans can't... (More)
Posted by jondaley on October 4, 2007, 8:36 am
Category: Internet, Reviews
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
Walking to the Store
Monday, Noah walked all the way to the ShurSave on his own two legs.  He also pushed the stroller the last half.  The only exception was that I carried him across Friendship Ave because his walking speed is not yet up to crossing that busier road.  In other news, he can say... (More)
Posted by joyful on August 15, 2007, 1:29 pm
Category: Noah
Noah is Walking!
Noah can now walk across a room, and he tries walking about half the time.  Video In other news (and you can see this on the pictures page, too) his leg got a red, hot splotch after his DTaP shot on Monday, including a ridged rash around the edges of where the bandaid was (non-latex,... (More)
Posted by joyful on July 7, 2007, 6:26 pm
Category: Noah
Germs, Plants, Stacks and More
Noah has discovered the fun of taking out and putting in objects to a container.  He also isn't interested in crashing towers.  Instead, he likes to take them down carefully block by block.  He likes to copy us in driving cars around and the other day we were having a blast... (More)
Posted by joyful on April 23, 2007, 9:08 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah
Shopping Cart Thrill Ride
After Noah's doctor appointment, we went to the grocery store.  I had parked forward-facing to a curbed, sloped sidewalk.  On the side of the walk opposite the parking lot was a railing.  Because of the curb, I did not push the cart to the trunk of my car as I usually... (More)
Posted by joyful on March 27, 2007, 8:39 am
Category: Jonathan, Noah
Home Owners For Real!
Yesterday, I mailed the payoff check for our mortgage.  This is very exciting for us.  To be completely debt free (even of 'good' debt) and really truly own our house.  Sure, it helps to have a house that didn't cost very much to start with.  But we have been... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 22, 2007, 3:33 pm
Category: General
7th Tooth Finally Makes It and Other Stories
Lower left.  It's been bothering him for quite a while.  Glad it's through and I hope the matching one comes quickly so we can have a rest for a while.   Noah has made up his own game that's kind of like Bocce ball.  He holds one ball in his hand, and then uses it... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 14, 2007, 6:05 pm
Category: Noah
Heat/Furnace
Note to self: when going to bed, and walking past a heating vent that is blowing cold air, double check that the furnace is working.  52 degrees in the house this morning, and it isn't that cold out (27 or so).The fan is on constantly, but the ignition isn't turning on, so it seems... (More)
Posted by jondaley on February 14, 2007, 8:39 am
Category: Reviews
Noah's First Word!
I had been wondering for a few days if I was seeing correctly.  But yesterday I knew for sure, and this morning only confirms it.  Noah finishes what's on his tray and looks up at me expectantly.  I ask, "more, please?" with signs (sometimes it's a full sentence... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 7, 2007, 8:44 am
Category: Noah
RSS Feeds
I have been meaning to get around to putting at least some of these in my "Links" panel on the right, though I suspect that it would be too long to place all of them there.  But, anyway, here are the blogs that I read regularly.  (The RSS feed reader makes it possible to... (More)
Posted by jondaley on January 10, 2007, 5:01 pm
Category: Internet
Lost Planner, Boys' Events
I lost my planner just before Christmas (as far as I can deduce, in a shopping cart in the parking lot of Jo-Ann's on McKnight Rd - anybody seen it?  Please return it, you can keep the gift cards, I just want the information!)  It had several notes in it about cute things the boys... (More)
Posted by joyful on January 4, 2007, 1:08 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah
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