Viewing those wretched Haitian earthquake images provokes a outpouring of desire to help. The organization, Doctors Without Borders, is “on the ground” and has operated facilities in Haiti for years. That makes them an excellent choice for donations that will alleviate some of the current suffering. Before the earthquake, Haiti was not so much a [...]
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Saving Haiti?
Posted in Uncategorized on January 17, 2010 | Comments Off
PC update
Posted in Uncategorized on July 14, 2009 | Comments Off
I logged back into my Win-laptop Monday and spent a couple of hours getting the frisbee up to speed. I downloaded all the current anti-malware definitions, then I turned to those critical Microsoft updates again. I manually selected just the titles that looked appropriate to my setup to avoid the 94% problem. Still feel irked [...]
Mac Fanboy Baloney!
Posted in Uncategorized on July 8, 2009 | Comments Off
RANT ALERT II: I sometimes run across articles with references to Mac “Fanboys,” the people who prefer Macs to Windows. The pejorative is hogwash, bunk, poppycock, horsefeathers, hooey, twattle, a shibboleth of those with Mac envy. If it wasn’t just a more pleasant experience working on a Mac, I’d still have to keep one around [...]
Watch out for Doman Renewal Group letter
Posted in Uncategorized on January 27, 2009 | Comments Off
Don’t open, just toss. The notice looks official, it looks like some kind of urgent business, but it’s just junk mail. There must be 1001 domain scams. More Info: http://en.search.wordpress.com/?q=Domain+renewal+group. Rewnew WordPress.com domains online (from your dashboard) using PayPal.
Fort Robinson
Posted in Uncategorized on August 24, 2008 | Comments Off
I took a short vaction to Fort Robinson in Northwest Nebraska. The Fort is the site of the old Red Cloud Indian Agency; and the site where the Lakota leader, Crazy Horse, was murdered. Officers barracks dating back to the 1870′s (along with more current ones) are available to rent for a modest price, but [...]
More weather news
Posted in Uncategorized on June 7, 2008 | Comments Off
Since tornadoes hit Kearney on May 29th, a number of other violent thunderstorms have blasted through Central Nebraska, sending us to our basement at midnight on one occasion, and leaving us in the dark on another. Those storms arrived with hail, whipped rain, and more damaging winds. Yesterday, our power was out for a few [...]
Tornadoes hit Kearney Nebraska
Posted in Uncategorized on June 1, 2008 | Comments Off
A series of six or more F1 and F2, (lightweight) tornadoes blustered through Kearney on Thursday evening, May 29, 2008, doing considerable damage to the power infrastructure, and producing a few amazing sights, but leaving most of the city intact and no reported injuries. The local press seem to have missed the fact that this [...]
JotForm to thwart spammers.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged form tools on May 24, 2008 | Comments Off
Akismet is great at stopping comment spam on blogs, but that’s not the only way they can “get you.” I suspect that spammer are the kind of people who are civil enough in everyday life, but they are really cold and creepy defectors at heart; smiling, sneaky, self-concerned defectors. I don’t want them to see [...]
Google Aps provides email
Posted in Uncategorized on May 15, 2008 | Comments Off
Users who pay for the domain/mapping “Upgrade” at WordPress.com, can also apply for a matching email from Google Aps. I found the process a bit daunting; I had to make note of several longish codes during the setup process, switch between screens, and had to wait a few days for the account setup, but I finally have an email [...]
Summer is almost here
Posted in Uncategorized on May 4, 2008 | Comments Off
It is especially hard to write regularly during the summer, when days are long and grass grows fast. It’s the season of vacations, sports, home repairs, gardening, and other festivities. No time to be sitting at a keyboard. But blogs require a bit of attention, even in the summer, so I’m going to make an [...]
