Actually it is Sandbox running Ubuntu 13.04 but the result is the same. The operating system and the software are the heart of the system. The name sandbox can represent the hardware which seldom changes after the box is built. The update was flawless as thousands of files were downloaded and installed in their proper locations. This was a far better experience than I had with Fedora. I hope a Fedora fanatic reads this. Hmmm...
Continue reading...Weather Bugged
Here in Texas and in a lot of other places these days we all get severe weather. The job of the weather person is to try to scare the bejesus out of me in their reporting. Every storm is now “potentially dangerous” and is going to rip the roof of my house off or cause dangerous flooding. It’s like I have never lived through a storm and have no idea where I am living, like...
Continue reading...Purple Funks
Look up the various meanings of FUNK. It’s kind of a fun word. Purple is the color of the smog that surrounds funk allowing being “in” a purple funk in a visible sense, although in most cases it is simply a state of mind (depression). One cartoonist drew the condition as a brand of automobile so that the possessor could drive around in their purple funk. So I am not considering it a dire clinical...
Continue reading...A Taxing Day
I tackled one of my least liked annual events yesterday (Saturday). It really does spoil a perfectly good day. This time it took 13 hours, 8:30 AM to 9:30 PM. No lunch break but several for the potty. I did take 30 minutes for a beans and franks dinner. So make it 12 ½ hours. Its called “Doing the Taxes.” Yeah, I know a lot of folks knock that off about January 3 but for...
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