I had to replace our Garage Door Opener today. When we came home from dinner and piano practice last night, our garage door wouldn’t open. After examining it, I could see that the gears were not engaging. I adjusted the force controls on the existing opener but that didn’t engage the gears. Without ripping the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Odds n Ends’
It’s Talk Like a Pirate Day!
Arrrgh! Matey! Swab the Deck befor’ I run ye thru! Well, what would you like to know on Talk Like a Pirate Day? Well, your Pirate Name of Course!!! Mine is Captain John Cash and Kathy’s is Dirty Mary Rackman. What’s yours?
To Retrospect or Not?
I was having a moment this morning while I was working out. All in all it was pretty wierd. I think it was because, having a moment to think while I’m focused on working out and while I have a movie blasting (which I always do) just seems unlikely. That is too many things that [...]
Apple’s new iLife ’08 Software
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a Mac switcher and have been using a Mac predominately for a couple of years. I have two Mac systems I use for two different purposes. My main system is a big, beefy Mac Pro (quad-core system, lots of memory, lots of disc) and my secondary system is an older [...]
History versus Religion
Ok, my family and I were in Church this morning and I couldn’t help but think of a series of podcasts that I have been listening to lately. The podcasts are available from Stanford University (see iTunesU at the iTunes Store for free downloads) and are called the Historical Jesus by Professor Thomas Sheehan (he’s [...]
Silly but fun
Here is a silly but fun web app. Give it a try. Here is some output. .ʇxǝʇ uʍop ǝpısdn pɐǝɹ uɐɔ noʎ ɟı ǝǝs puɐ 1ɯʇɥ.dı1ɟ/ɯoɔ.pɐɟʌǝɹ.ʍʍʍ//:dʇʇɥ ʇɐ ddɐ qǝʍ sıɥʇ ʇno ʞɔǝɥɔ .ǝʌıʇɐǝɹɔ sı ʇı ʇsɐǝ1 ʇɐ ʇnq ʎ11ıs ʇsnظ ɹo buıʇsǝɹǝʇuı sı sıɥʇ ɟı ǝɹns ʇou ɯ,ı .ʇı ɥʇıʍ sbuıɥʇ buıʇsǝɹǝʇuı ʎuɐɯ os op [...]
A Personality Quiz
I took a personality quiz. Here are my results: Your Personality is Very Rare (INTP) Your personality type is goofy, imaginative, relaxed, and brilliant. Only about 4% of all people have your personality, including 2% of all women and 6% of all men You are Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking, and Perceiving. How Rare Is Your Personality? [...]
Some Stats and Analysis
I read a lot of blogs regularly. One of them is Freakonomics which is an interesting blog about economics and related geekery about statistics, economics, data and such. It’s written in an easy to understand style rather than a boring text book style. I came across this post on Vanishing Mailboxes, Underperforming Schools, and Global [...]
Adding a another financial consultant
We had some unexpected, meaning unplanned for, gains this year. Unexpected or unplanned for gains mean that you have no chance to act in advance to plan for the increased tax expense. For us, people who are living on our savings, this is a big issue. Because of this, we decided to hire a tax [...]
I can’t shut-up!
When I was working, I always felt that I was a good inter-personal communicator. What I mean is that when it came to conversations, I was a good participator. It didn’t matter whether this was a one on one conversation or a group situation – I could hold my own. Since I have stopped working, [...]
Other House Stuff
We were in the process of getting some new windows but the Wind Storm seems to have stopped that in it’s track. I’m using a contractor that I’ve used a few other times but I haven’t heard from him.? I’ll give him a call next week. The windows in the boys bedroom’s are just old [...]
Wind Storm, Power Outage – The Follow Up
After a big discussion, Kathy and I have decided to look into getting a generator.? Our house was without power for 3 1/2 days (as compared to 4 1/2 in the last big storm).? The temp in the house got down to 40 degrees F – yes! that was the inside temp. After some calls [...]
Let’s Catch Up
Ok, I’m going to try something new.? I’m not sure I’ll get it all done right tonight but I’m going to catch my blog up since I’ve been a bit pre-occupied with normal life stuff. I’ll do it in little small posts as an attempt to keep each post focused on a topic.? Let’s hope [...]
An experiment at Microsoft
A past friend (I guess he’d be a current friend if I’d have kept in touch better) made a post regarding an experiment about Flexible Office Space at Microsoft. Adam Barr is a sharp guy and does a quick but nice analysis. One thing I’ve always like about Microsoft is that it’s not afraid to [...]
A sermon
Today, I heard a sermon by our Pastor at Church. Our Pastor is not really a very effective sermon giver as he rambles and never gets to a coherent point. Today was no different. But today, I did get one bit from his sermon. I’m sure it wasn’t exactly what he intended but I’d still [...]