Redwood Asylum (emeritus)
...by the inmates...for the inmates...
Wednesday, October 23, 2002
Webopedia
Blogging Resources
Free Downloadable 300-Page Stats Book
Jaguar, Here We Come?
Maybe we'll take advantage of Apple's free Jaguar OS X v10.2 offer. Maria is willing to give it a try and I'm interested to see it. We'll see.
More Photo Work
I was awake until 1:00 a.m. this morning scanning wedding photos and making multiple backups to CD. All scans were done at 300 dpi in Photoshop and saved in PSD format to preserve the quality. Now I need to do a quick batch downsize and JPG convert so I can email some of them. I'll bet Photoshop can do that itself. Maybe I'll check the help file tomorrow.
Stupid Router/UPS/Hub
Found the ISDN router turned on and dialed-up when I got home from work. I think it was last Wednesday when this last happened. Recently, I started turning off the hub and router by turning off the APC UPS each night. I think the UPS performs a weekly self-test. I might be turning itself on, performing the battery/self-test, but then not shutting off again. I checked with Maria and the kids, but nobody turned on the UPS after I shut it down this morning before leaving for work.
Penguin Lust Satisfied. Thanks, Bryan.
Bryan and I unpacked the Penguin Computing server mentioned on Sunday. Nice little black 1U rack-mount box. He plans to format the hard drive and install a clean copy of Linux. Given this, he said I can power up the box and play as much as I want. Too bad I won't have any time in the next few days.
Game Over. Bryan Lost.
Son Bryan and girlfriend Katie were here for dinner tonight and Bryan turned on the heater. The two of them then sat on the heater vent in the kitchen floor. Evidently this is a time-honored tradition at Katie's house as well as ours.
Every year I play a game with the family to see who finally turns on the heater as winter approaches. I tested it last Sunday to make sure it would light safely and that the burners produced a clean blue flame. I figured someone would break down soon and wanted to be ready. With both kids out of the house, it looked like we might hold out until November.
The house heater is fed by a (200 gallon?) outdoor propane tank. Time to check the fuel level. Our supplier is supposed to automatically replenish the tank, but they aren't very reliable.
...by the inmates...for the inmates...
Wednesday, October 23, 2002Webopedia
One of the better online dictionaries for technology-related material that I've seen. And it's free! [MetaFilter] [Ye Olde Phart]
11:47:57 PM
Blogging Resources
Nice collection of blogging resources over at Blogroots. [Seblogging News]
11:45:01 PM
Free Downloadable 300-Page Stats Book
A fascinating statistical study of American society....
The First Measured Century contains quite a bit of information about American society; population, work, education, religion, health, money, politics, crime and more. Everything from the median marriage age to the percentage of Americans who believe it is wrong to go to the movies on Sundays (13%). [MetaFilter] [Ye Olde Phart]
11:15:36 PM
Jaguar, Here We Come?
Maybe we'll take advantage of Apple's free Jaguar OS X v10.2 offer. Maria is willing to give it a try and I'm interested to see it. We'll see.
10:49:29 PM
More Photo Work
I was awake until 1:00 a.m. this morning scanning wedding photos and making multiple backups to CD. All scans were done at 300 dpi in Photoshop and saved in PSD format to preserve the quality. Now I need to do a quick batch downsize and JPG convert so I can email some of them. I'll bet Photoshop can do that itself. Maybe I'll check the help file tomorrow.
10:43:23 PM
Stupid Router/UPS/Hub
Found the ISDN router turned on and dialed-up when I got home from work. I think it was last Wednesday when this last happened. Recently, I started turning off the hub and router by turning off the APC UPS each night. I think the UPS performs a weekly self-test. I might be turning itself on, performing the battery/self-test, but then not shutting off again. I checked with Maria and the kids, but nobody turned on the UPS after I shut it down this morning before leaving for work.
10:37:59 PM
Penguin Lust Satisfied. Thanks, Bryan.
Bryan and I unpacked the Penguin Computing server mentioned on Sunday. Nice little black 1U rack-mount box. He plans to format the hard drive and install a clean copy of Linux. Given this, he said I can power up the box and play as much as I want. Too bad I won't have any time in the next few days.
10:32:13 PM
Game Over. Bryan Lost.
Son Bryan and girlfriend Katie were here for dinner tonight and Bryan turned on the heater. The two of them then sat on the heater vent in the kitchen floor. Evidently this is a time-honored tradition at Katie's house as well as ours.
Every year I play a game with the family to see who finally turns on the heater as winter approaches. I tested it last Sunday to make sure it would light safely and that the burners produced a clean blue flame. I figured someone would break down soon and wanted to be ready. With both kids out of the house, it looked like we might hold out until November.
The house heater is fed by a (200 gallon?) outdoor propane tank. Time to check the fuel level. Our supplier is supposed to automatically replenish the tank, but they aren't very reliable.
10:23:46 PM