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Do Not Call Lists
We have been getting more and more sales calls lately.  I try to take the time to report them to the do not call lists, both for our state and for the country.  We are supposed to get $100 for each violation (where the caller pays $1000).  But, I haven't ever gotten any money.... (More)
Posted by jondaley on December 10, 2007, 4:20 pm
Category: Reviews
30 Day Organizational Challenge
My friends Bonnie and Liz participated in the last Challenge, and quite intimidated me by doing so.  But I put OrgJunkie's blog in my reader (one of only three strangers' blogs I read) and have slowly been gaining confidence.  The real enouragement I give myself is to note what... (More)
Posted by joyful on November 2, 2007, 4:26 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
Winamp upgrade
I got a security notice that I should upgrade from version 5.32 of Winamp to 5.35, so I downloaded the upgrade (and noticed that it supports my Creative Labs portable MP3 player - I'll have to check that out at some point), and once the install was mostly finished, got this message:  ... (More)
Posted by jondaley on September 27, 2007, 11:40 am
Category: Reviews
American History
I am sorry to report that I am below average, when compared to college and high school seniors in the United States with regard to knowledge of history. Here is a quiz to see how you do .  (More)
Posted by jondaley on September 25, 2007, 11:40 am
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
"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
Snowballs in June
The Carnegie Science Center has a promotion that if you bring a snowball in on the first day of summer, they give you free admission.  Although this was the first year I'd heard of it, everyone else in Pittsburgh knew about it, too. We'd planned on getting there when it opened,... (More)
Posted by joyful on June 22, 2007, 7:38 am
Category: General
All Is Safe In The World Again
I am in the middle of a non-direct red-eye flight from Seattle to Pittsburgh.  I was supposed to go to Charlotte, NC on the way, but USAir called(!) last night to tell me to come a half hour early to the airport (I was already there and had already checked in, and having a relaxing dinner... (More)
Posted by jondaley on June 14, 2007, 6:54 am
Category: Reviews
Strawberry Picking
This is the weekend for strawberry festivals and several local farms have pick-your-own fields.  Last year, when I was about 39 weeks pregnant, Mom, Dad, Jon, Jonathan and I picked 14 lbs of strawberries at Trax Farms . Jon is on a business trip, but I wanted to get at least some fresh,... (More)
Posted by joyful on June 10, 2007, 5:58 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah
It's Worth Finding A Good Pediatric Dentist!
Last month, I took Jonathan for his first dental checkup and cleaning.  He did a great job, asking lots of questions and generally having a good time.  But they did discover two huge fillings.  The regular dentist doesn't do fillings for kids, so she had us make an appointment... (More)
Posted by joyful on April 30, 2007, 11:40 am
Category: General, Jonathan
Modesty Survey
I never knew Josh Harris had brothers, but I recently found out about their web site , and a survey they have published - the questions were based on questions and comments from women who were interested in what guys thought about different articles of clothing, make-up, etc. The survey... (More)
Posted by jondaley on February 14, 2007, 8:43 pm
Category: Reviews
Car Radio
I finally got around to taking apart our radio in our car that has had a CD stuck in it since we purchased the car.  The dashboard came out unexpectedly easily, so I should have done it a long time ago -- I had been intimidated by not seeing any obvious screws, but when I yanked on it,... (More)
Posted by jondaley on February 13, 2007, 6:52 am
Category: Reviews
Unsupervised Electrical Experiment
I'll begin by assuaging grandparental fears: no one is hurt!  And now I'll start from the beginning.  As mentioned elsewhere, it is extremely cold out today.  We forgot to open the cupboard under the kitchen sink and thus the pipes froze.   I put our space heater on... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 5, 2007, 4:51 pm
Category: Jonathan
Thoughts on Marriage
A friend of John Kuhns was asked some questions about marriage and what the point of it is.  This was his response: I think you are right that marriage is becoming less and less meaningful these days. People seem to think of marriage as just a very-committed relationship. When you are in a... (More)
Posted by jondaley on January 17, 2007, 9:11 pm
Category: Reviews
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