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dcantrell: Know Your Fireplace!
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Ranked #147 on Alta Vista in 1997! Tuesday, January 13, 2015. We used our fireplace for the first time last night. I've never lived in a place with a usable fireplace except the house where I grew up. Our new house has a fireplace, which we were both looking forward to using. Be sure to know the parts of your fireplace. The mantle. Is the shelf above the fireplace. Do not build a fire on the mantle. This is where you put your Aim n' Flame or matches (but probably shouldn't). The hearth. Now, before build...
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dcantrell: May 2014
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Ranked #147 on Alta Vista in 1997! Monday, May 19, 2014. What Is It Like to Have Some Form of Colorblindness. I've been colorblind my entire life and it's not really a severe problem, it just means some things will be more annoying to you than to other people. Coloring assignments in elementary school were annoying, as were really anything that required coloring. I read the labels on crayons and markers. I dislike those high intensity discharge headlamps that BMW and other manufacturers started using....
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dcantrell: May 2015
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Ranked #147 on Alta Vista in 1997! Tuesday, May 12, 2015. It is 2015 and you can still access the Internet by dialing in via a modem. Find your nearest AOL. Http:/ access.web.aol.com/accessnum/. Yes, this is a real. Remember, dial-up Internet is free when you call from work. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. And We've Only Just Begun. A carnival of technology. Fresh Fish Served Daily. Picture Window template. Powered by Blogger.
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dcantrell: June 2014
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Ranked #147 on Alta Vista in 1997! Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Sometimes You Just Want To Type Ředkvička. So it was time for a reinstall. After backing up data and rearranging where /home sits (wanted it on the largest physical disk), I started up the familiar installation program. In a short amount of time, I was up and running with a new RHEL-7 system. Now to configure it. I do not like the default terminal color scheme. I do not like the white background. Easy enough to change. Failed to install a GNOME...
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dcantrell: On Not So Old Computers
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Ranked #147 on Alta Vista in 1997! Monday, March 9, 2015. On Not So Old Computers. Maybe it really is an old system, but I still don't consider a system from 2005. To be that old. In particular, the Power Mac G5. The last workstation system from Apple. That used the PowerPC. Line of processors. Apple began a move to Intel processors. A had a Power Mac G4. Recently I picked up a dual processor G5 on eBay. Keyboards, mice, and LCD. The battery is used to back the NVRAM. Which stores settings for the firmwa...
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dcantrell: July 2014
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Ranked #147 on Alta Vista in 1997! Wednesday, July 23, 2014. Making Robots Harder To Kill. In researching robotics for the eventual War With The Machines, a team of scientists have successfully built a robot that can learn how to walk after losing one of its legs. Click here. We're already going to have zombies to deal with, now zombie robots. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Making Robots Harder To Kill. View my complete profile. And We've Only Just Begun. A carnival of technology. Fresh Fish Served Daily.
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dcantrell: Dial Up Internet
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Ranked #147 on Alta Vista in 1997! Tuesday, May 12, 2015. It is 2015 and you can still access the Internet by dialing in via a modem. Find your nearest AOL. Http:/ access.web.aol.com/accessnum/. Yes, this is a real. Remember, dial-up Internet is free when you call from work. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. And We've Only Just Begun. A carnival of technology. Fresh Fish Served Daily. Picture Window template. Powered by Blogger.
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dcantrell: February 2015
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Ranked #147 on Alta Vista in 1997! Thursday, February 26, 2015. LED Light Bulb Pricing Variance at Home Depot. For those unfamiliar with Home Depot. Recently I decided to change out the various light bulbs in use in our house with LED light bulbs. I researched different options and went to stores to see what they looked like. I decided on Cree. Brand bulbs (currently exclusive to Home Depot). I purchased 60-watt and 40-watt equivalent bulbs and a bunch of 65-watt equivalent flood light bulbs. Pleased wit...
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dcantrell: March 2015
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Ranked #147 on Alta Vista in 1997! Monday, March 9, 2015. On Not So Old Computers. Maybe it really is an old system, but I still don't consider a system from 2005. To be that old. In particular, the Power Mac G5. The last workstation system from Apple. That used the PowerPC. Line of processors. Apple began a move to Intel processors. A had a Power Mac G4. Recently I picked up a dual processor G5 on eBay. Keyboards, mice, and LCD. The battery is used to back the NVRAM. Which stores settings for the firmwa...
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dcantrell: LED Light Bulb Pricing Variance at Home Depot
http://blog.burdell.org/2015/02/led-light-bulb-pricing-variance-at-home.html
Ranked #147 on Alta Vista in 1997! Thursday, February 26, 2015. LED Light Bulb Pricing Variance at Home Depot. For those unfamiliar with Home Depot. Recently I decided to change out the various light bulbs in use in our house with LED light bulbs. I researched different options and went to stores to see what they looked like. I decided on Cree. Brand bulbs (currently exclusive to Home Depot). I purchased 60-watt and 40-watt equivalent bulbs and a bunch of 65-watt equivalent flood light bulbs. Pleased wit...
