After the strenuous upgrade that took more than a week to accomplish, I can now report after many months of use that the MS Vista OS has been (operationally) quite stable and reliable. I always figured it would be, it had to be. Oh, all the other problems have not gone away. The OS has to be treated “special” by every piece of software that runs on or in the OS. It is a brave...
Continue reading...Got the Picture?
I have been working on a new project since last weekend. This time not in the machine shop. I am pretty good at photography and digital processing. I have developed (pun intended) a sideline converting wet process photo albums and photo collections into digital images and then producing a premium grade photo book publication. This sideline has been discussed previously in this blog. My daughter did a couple of albums from my (our) stay in Alaska, which...
Continue reading...About Time
As my period of existence increases (as I get older) my analog internal timekeeper seems to be running slower and slower. The effect is that the outside environment is moving faster and faster. I have conversed with other creatures of my species with similar chronological originating points and they also experience the phenomenon. So is it mass hysteria based on period of existence or a truly measurable time/space relationship? Something to ponder. I am sure...
Continue reading...Back to Work
I actually got some work done in my workshop this weekend. I built some bits on the A3 project and got to use the PD400 lathe with the 4-jaw. What a nice machine. Smooth and quite. Life’s good even though it was near 100 degrees in the shop! Owww… ~ Dan’l
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