If you think Nutria or AKA Coypu are kind big friendly over grown rats, well scratch kind and friendly. They are pests and highly destructive. Here is what one does when it moves into YOUR neighbourhood and mine. This is in Frisco, Texas. It’s not a matter of can do… does is the correct action word. You can see he (she?) is big, by how high it can reach to strip bark. This amount of...
Continue reading...Beefy Miracle
I posted a little fun countdown in the bottom of the right column. It is titled Beefy Miracle. It is the name and date of the next release (version 17) of the Fedora Linux distribution. The following (next) version already has the name “Spherical Cow“. There is a complex method of how these release names are selected. I am not getting into the details here, but if you want to know, you can do some...
Continue reading...A Day for Radio
I was happy today doing some Amateur Radio Operating. I have a computer in my home office that in this case is also my “radio shack”. No, not the electronic stores. The name comes from the ham and ship radio equipment location and operating positions. At one time because of the whine of M/G (motor generator or dynamotor) sets and loud snaps of electrical arcs jumping gaps (rotary and other) radio operators were usually segregated...
Continue reading...No Packing Needed
I purchased my house… again. It’s called refinancing. Glori and I signed (I counted them) exactly a zillion papers late yesterday afternoon. It’s called a closing because I think they closed and locked the doors after we left. Did you know it takes exactly an hour to sign a zillion papers? Well we know it is a fact and you have to be very fast. No details to expose here. I don’t care to tell...
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