I received an email a few moments ago. It was a reminder to update my listing in the Linux registry. It was for-real meaning non-spam and I immediately recognized what it was. It was like an old friend coming in for a visit. (Pretty sick lonely nerd speak, right?) I say old friend as I have been playing with Linux since 1993. Long before it became a popular business system. My book shelf this day...
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Late January Ramblin’
Texas weather is going crazy as usual. It is 32 degrees (F) and raining one day then 62 and sun the next which was yesterday. This morning it is 35 and semi cloudy. I know they say this in every place I have lived but, “If you don’t like the weather. just wait a day…” 🙂 Outside Christmas deco was taken down (finally) yesterday. When packing it looked like I cornered the market on outdoor extension...
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I have not been spending a lot of time here on the blog or my other sites. Tisk-tisk. Well, there has been a lot of other things to do. Like letting my back pain subside. Had the worse backache ever, right after New Years. So bad that I went to the doctor after about a week of severe suffering. The X-ray revealed I have no L5-S1 disk under the L5 vertebra. The spine is grinding on the...
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I have often given thought to my fragmented hobby interests; just too many activities within which to divide my time. So what is a man to do? Make the best from all of them, of course. I struggle to overcome what may be seen as a character flaw, that of being an amateur “renaissance man” or “polymath“. I have always aspired toward gaining a wide but significantly detailed range of knowledge and varied abilities. This does...
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