23rd
June
2016
Rebuild
Two days now, but who’s counting? For two days, I’ve been wandering in a fog of low productivity. Or as the fans call it, OS X.
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4th
June
2016
A time to sow
Today, I heeded the siren call. After an afternoon of updates and restarts, two of my laptops have climbed Hill Ten on the Microsoft mountain range. Why today? A question of chance, really. While looking for something else, I found the “spare” hard drive that I purchased for just such an occasion. One that was in the state I received it, with my (then) newest laptop. The drive has been reinstalled in the machine, and moved from 7, to 8, to 8.1. Today, 10. The drive is now back in its box, waiting for the next time around.
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26th
May
2016
Making a new bed
We’re back to regularly scheduled sleeping at our house. The makeshift hospital has returned to guest room in waiting. No big deal, really. However, when the morning started, I had no idea how my afternoon would end.
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12th
April
2016
Take nothing for granted
Take nothing for granted, when it comes to the internet. My effort to post today’s blog entry was stopped, abruptly. The site was unavailable. I’ve been down this path before; thankfully, infrequently. The drill is clear. Contact support and check my email. Their team found irregular activity under another, unused subdirectory. Easy fix; I simply used the big eraser. Should I need to rebuild the other site, there will be newer, better software versions to consider.
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7th
April
2016
Flaky plugin woes
Here’s a shoutout to that hare sitting in front of my door. No, really, a shout, as in “Go back in the woods! The dog is confused by your presence! We have enough pics, already”. I even used the flash; all that did was give me some “monster from another galaxy” hare pics.
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11th
February
2016
Phone home? Nay!
For the last twenty-four hours, I’ve had an unexpected PND. Let’s hope that tomorrow is a better day. Otherwise: no, I don’t have a long range plan for this one.
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26th
March
2015
Does not play well with others
Back when my teachers still provided report cards, there were places for marks, and there were places for evaluation of character. One of the important check boxes involved “playing well with others”. After all, society is based on that fundamental. And as life progresses, one learns that it applies to a whole range of areas.
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12th
March
2015
An inventory of episodes
Well, that’s disconcerting. The blog server is unavailable right now, and all I can do is play the patience card. I’ll write offline, and hope (to the point of desperation) that things will come back online before long. This sort of glitch in the fabric of my universe doesn’t happen often, or I’d be looking for a new hosting site. My loyalty only goes so far.
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28th
February
2015
A small taste of Pi
Time to “bake” a Pi, so to speak. I received my new Raspberry Pi about a week back, and remained patient. Had to wait for the case, camera and a larger SD card to arrive in the postbox. Now, with the various components in hand, I’d run out of reasons to delay any longer.
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25th
February
2015
Make the case fit
Time was, I might have rushed to get as much of a project completed (in a short time) as possible. Now, the projects are stretched out to fit the time available. Subtle explanation for this new lifestyle. In brief terms, I don’t have to go to bed until I want to.
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