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 [...]
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PC update
Posted in Uncategorized on July 14, 2009 |
Mac Fanboy Baloney!
Posted in Uncategorized on July 8, 2009 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 [...]
I have to play around with this
Posted in Uncategorized on April 20, 2008 |
I’ve tried a few themes, but they are certainly not interchangeable. Header images in particular, often must be adjusted or changed out with a change of themes. There are some other hiccups. I prefer to edit in plain html (xhtml) with at least some CSS. The free version here is a bit uncomfortably restrictive [...]
