31st
July
2006
The van is nearly packed. The roof container has been strapped into place and shook to see if it falls off. The tents and sleeping bags have been stuffed into their respective sacks, in an imitation of sausage-making. The stove is clean and the fuel is ready. Our portable kitchen has been washed and sorted and made ready for whatever number of meals we finally decide to prepare ourselves.
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posted in travel |
30th
July
2006
CBC aired the first part of a documentary this evening, hosted by Dr. David Suzuki. I don’t often include citations, but this excerpt from the corporate site is a true precis:
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posted in media |
29th
July
2006
I went clothes shopping with my son today. It took a great deal of suggesting and hinting to get him out the door, but the need was pressing… how many hours a day can one wear pyjamas without going to bed?
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posted in economy |
28th
July
2006
This evening my genealogy project reached thirty-two thousand names.
I think that writing it out in long form, in the same manner as when I write a personal cheque, is necessary. This project started a long time ago, in terms of the individuals that are catalogued for posterity.
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27th
July
2006
There we go, another episode of “America’s Got Talent”. Entertaining, but I still don’t quite understand. Oh wait, neither do they. Another variation on the rules was announced tonight! It doesn’t really matter, because they’re already gearing up for next year, even though the finals (sometime soon, really!) aren’t here yet.
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posted in Idol |
26th
July
2006
My installs of Asterisk/TrixBox are becoming quite proficient, from repeated efforts. If only the configuration would follow in the rutted track. Like some demented bricklayer, I lay a foundation wall and then break it up to start over again. Each time, the wall is a bit straighter, a bit more level…
However, today marks the date when the box actually responded to IAX and SIP telephone software, and where the registration of Stanaphone worked.
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posted in computing |
25th
July
2006
Another day with weather that defies the camping spirit. Doesn’t matter; we’re not ready to travel yet anyhow. Just one more reason to visit another camping supply store.
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posted in environment |
24th
July
2006
Given the ambivalent state of the weather, and my need to improve our lighting supplies, we returned to the camper stores today. Two of them, this time, since our curiosity assured that once we’d parked in the shoebox lot at Latulippe (one of three lots) the store across the street was fair game.
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posted in economy, Wx |
23rd
July
2006
I’m under pressure to divest. Not diversify; divest. I have dropped the hunter role of my ancestral forebears and become a gatherer, a harvester. I have filled the barns (read, basement) to a point of “get rid of the junk.”
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posted in environment, media |
22nd
July
2006
I set out to replace our good flashlight this afternoon (the stalwart MagLite has gone “missing in action” to my chagrin) but my departure was late enough that all the box stores had just closed. Mañana.
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