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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...

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...

Nifty Video

A bunch of people made a neat video of a lot of kids using augmentative communication devices.  My guess is that most of the...

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...

Corneal Abrasion

Sunday morning, after playing outside before church, Jonathan came to me complaining that his eye hurt.  It was red and watering,...

15 Months

Noah is 30lb 12 oz, 34 1/2" tall.  He's getting over a cold, so the doctor could see fluid in both ears, but it's mild and...

Laundry, Singing Scripture, Driving

Both boys like to help me with the laundry.  Jonathan can unload the washer completely independently (standing on a stool and...

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...

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...

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...

Organizing for your Brain Type

Here is a brief review of Organizing for your Brain Type by Lanna Nakone .  This is a neat book that gives some explanation...

Grandchildren Update

As has already been observed, I haven't been so diligent at writing down the doings and sayings of my sons.  Here's what I did...

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...

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. ...

Speaking at IVCF

I was recently asked to speak at IVCF at CMU on the topic of Christian view of success and vocation.  I am supposed to talk for 15...

Spammers

I hadn't checked my log file in a while for my Lime Daley contact page , but happened to check it today.  There have been 438...

Calendar History

Someone at snurgle pointed this out to me.  I understand that things like this can happen, but when I type "cal 9...

Found it on the Internet...

I read that Harry Potter invented electricity, and that it wasn't Benjam Jam, so it must be true. Source for the answer: unasked.com...

Common Ground

Found some pictures today that are mostly amusing.  I don't understand all of the references, and am probably happier that way....

Camping and Fishing

We went camping last weekend with some friends from Providence Church and the Venables.  We went to a fairly new, no RV, family-run...

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...

"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...

XP vs. Vista

I was recently asked by a Microsoft engineer why I am still asking questions about Windows XP when I should be using Vista, since it is...

Scripture Memory

Hide 'Em In Your Heart scripture memory CDs by Steve Green gets my hearty recommendation for anyone with or without children who wants...

New Skills

At the Maggie P, Jonathan learned how to tie knots.  Now he ties ropes all around the yard in a great booby-trap for potential...

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