Year: 2004

One Thing Leads to Another

So, how’s your day going? Update: alternate link, in case first one isn’t working. Thanks to Joi Ito.

G5 Optimized Firefox

First, if you aren’t using Firefox as your primary browser, why not? It works better than Internet Explorer, it’s free, and it’s an easy download. It works on just about any computer, including PCs, Linux and the Mac. One measure of the maturity of Firefox is that I use it on a corporate intranet where … Read more

Mac Migration

The G5 Powermac was introduced a couple of months before I bought my first ever Apple computer, a G4 Powerbook. I knew at the time that the G5 offered much greater performance, but the need for portability indicated that the Powerbook was a much better choice for me. In addition, I have a strong aversion … Read more

Site Updated to Latest Movable Type

I updated the site to the latest version of MovableType, largely to better fight comment spam by using the MT-Blacklist plugin. The upgrade went well as did the installation of MT-Blacklist. I’ve missed this program lately, as the level of comment (and occasional trackback) spam has been steadily rising and I hadn’t installed version 2 … Read more

404: Country Not Found

Another fine example of a 404: Page not Found spoof. Thanks to allaboutgeorge.com.

The Mourning After

Random thoughts … Once selected; once elected. It’s not like ’64 or ’72 or even ’84, where the winner arguably had a clear mandate from the people. No one can blame Kerry for the continually worsening situation in Iraq, the upcoming draft, nor any of the other consequences of this year’s election. And let us … Read more

Another Election Day

Before this election, I simply couldn’t imagine long lines to vote, especially in a small town like Lindsborg.

Cow Creek After 1.5″ of Rain

Well, we knew there was an occasional creek running through our property when we bought it, and today we have proof. It rained most of the night, and now Cow Creek really is a creek. Here are a few photos showing the water level after 1.5 inches of rain overnight. It confirms that the back … Read more

Prominent Republicans Against Bush

For a variety of reasons, I’ve shied away from writing about politics lately. Both sides are strongly polarized, and so firm in their beliefs, that it’s hard to come up with any compelling new arguments. So I’m trying a new tack today. If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. It seems that it’s not only … Read more

Fall Colors Near Lindsborg

I still don’t have a lot of time for posting, but did want to share a couple of nice photos I took late yesterday afternoon. We were about 3 miles southwest of Lindsborg for the first photo, and a couple of miles west for the 2nd. The first image is looking northeast, with the late … Read more