January 30, 2011
This Shoveled Porch Brought to You by Pilates
Yesterday while my husband spent nearly 4 hours outside shoveling the roof (yes, one must shovel roofs here to stop ice dams from ruining the house). I was sitting around waiting to see if my boss would call since he was at the office working on servers. While I waited, I got really geeky and started noodling around with Multimarkdown. I promised myself I was not going to do this. Really I did. But I listened to my latest Screen Casts Online and damn if it didn’t turn out to be too fun once I started looking at it. ACK!
Today I am writing this post in Notational Velocity (alt) and I love it. I was able to set up some fantastic Textexpander clips that make linking everything so much faster it’s incredible. And I have a terrific preview screen. (not that previews help me much - I still suck as a proof reader) but I’ll get a better view of how the post will look which I like. If you have a Mac and you blog, you may want to look into the stuff above and have some fun. Sadly I don’t think Multimarkdown works on Windows. Which is a shame. (Guess I should add that no I don't get paid by any of those people above. Just me having fun with geeky toys - ha)
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Today, I shoveled the back porch. I think there were several hundred pounds of snow. It was about 3 feet deep with a layer of ice on the bottom, snow, a layer of ice in the middle and then snow on top. The drawback is, there is no open side on the porch, it’s completely surrounded by rails - you enter from the house. To get rid of the snow, you pick up a shovel and lift it over the side.
Tedious.
But it’s clean and I’m not sore - which I attribute to all the work we do in Pilates class. Those 25 minute ab series that leave me nearly collapsed and unmoving. All those weight reps, all the oblique and lat work… they paid off.
Whew.
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January 28, 2011
Soon We'll Need to Tag Ourselves With Those Orange Road Flags
You may remember my last post of pictures a couple of weeks ago after our first big snow. Have a look back and marvel at how paltry it appears now.***
Since then we've gotten 2 more snows of about 6-8 inches, a bit of sleet to shine everything up and then 10 more inches night before last. We're running out of places to put the stuff.
This would be the little bistro table and chairs on the back porch.
Getting the sidewalk cleared to the front door is now a major project. The top of the snow on the right is at my shoulder height. On the left there are large bushes that we hope will survive the weight of the snow.
We would move this pile of snow...
But there isn't really anywhere to put it. This is the back patio where we generally throw it to get it off the deck. Yes, somewhere under the large mound is the gas grill... I'm sure the mice are quite cozy under the grill cover with all the snow on top.
Mother Nature has not been behaving herself very well of late.
*** note to self - never move to Buffalo, NY where this amount of snow is a mere trifle.
Since then we've gotten 2 more snows of about 6-8 inches, a bit of sleet to shine everything up and then 10 more inches night before last. We're running out of places to put the stuff.
This would be the little bistro table and chairs on the back porch.
Getting the sidewalk cleared to the front door is now a major project. The top of the snow on the right is at my shoulder height. On the left there are large bushes that we hope will survive the weight of the snow.
We would move this pile of snow...
But there isn't really anywhere to put it. This is the back patio where we generally throw it to get it off the deck. Yes, somewhere under the large mound is the gas grill... I'm sure the mice are quite cozy under the grill cover with all the snow on top.
Mother Nature has not been behaving herself very well of late.
*** note to self - never move to Buffalo, NY where this amount of snow is a mere trifle.
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January 27, 2011
Still Watching...
Days later...
It hasn't moved yet, but every once in a while it makes funny noises.
It hasn't moved yet, but every once in a while it makes funny noises.
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January 26, 2011
A Bit More This and That
Here's another hodge-podge of nothingness. I've been working and I've just been too blank at the end of the day to figure out what to post.
Here are a few snippets that have been floating around my head.
I never blogged it, but for various reasons I stopped drinking soy milk about 6 weeks before Christmas. It put a serious dent in my Starbucks coffee drinking... now I get coffee with chocolate... not quite creamy but there is no soy. The results of this one change... I have lost 10 pounds, I have no more hot flashes, sleeping all night (once I get to sleep - but that has always been the case). I venture to say it has been successful and that soy (for whatever reason) does not agree with me at all. Sad.
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I went all geeky (I know... so hard to believe isn't it) and set up an Evernote account. So far I like it very much. It saves all those links and notes I would ordinarily lose in the general clutter of the day. You know... bookmarking stuff and forgetting where the bookmark is, saving a file somewhere...
ah computers.
I can access Evernote through my Mac, ipod touch, and Windows computers. Notes can be stored locally or on their servers. I can email notes to it (either from my devices or even my phone). I can tweet regular or direct messages to it if I want. There is a free version and a paid version, but you can jump between the 2 types and not lose data. Overall I love it as a terrific repository of things I want to remember. Highly recommended.
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More snow tonight. We're in the 10 inch band on the weather forecast.
Lovely.
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Last of all - here's a pic of my daughter's cat. She sent it to me with this caption:
We've been trying to understand this new object for quite some time now...
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Here are a few snippets that have been floating around my head.
I never blogged it, but for various reasons I stopped drinking soy milk about 6 weeks before Christmas. It put a serious dent in my Starbucks coffee drinking... now I get coffee with chocolate... not quite creamy but there is no soy. The results of this one change... I have lost 10 pounds, I have no more hot flashes, sleeping all night (once I get to sleep - but that has always been the case). I venture to say it has been successful and that soy (for whatever reason) does not agree with me at all. Sad.
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I went all geeky (I know... so hard to believe isn't it) and set up an Evernote account. So far I like it very much. It saves all those links and notes I would ordinarily lose in the general clutter of the day. You know... bookmarking stuff and forgetting where the bookmark is, saving a file somewhere...
ah computers.
I can access Evernote through my Mac, ipod touch, and Windows computers. Notes can be stored locally or on their servers. I can email notes to it (either from my devices or even my phone). I can tweet regular or direct messages to it if I want. There is a free version and a paid version, but you can jump between the 2 types and not lose data. Overall I love it as a terrific repository of things I want to remember. Highly recommended.
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More snow tonight. We're in the 10 inch band on the weather forecast.
Lovely.
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Last of all - here's a pic of my daughter's cat. She sent it to me with this caption:
We've been trying to understand this new object for quite some time now...
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January 23, 2011
I Was Just Waiting For The Gov To Tell Me What To Do
What is it with news people? I realize the top pols in every state are called on to make pronouncements by our vaunted news media who need to fill 24 hours of coverage even if there is nothing to say.
The thing is, I don't get it. Tell me... were any of you people up north just waiting to be told it's cold outside? Or had you grasped the bleeding obvious and figured it out for yourselves?
Patrick Urges People to "exercise extreme caution" in cold
Yeah, because I was trying to decide if I should put on my swimsuit and head to the beach... Then the Governor got on the news and told me it was dangerous and I changed my mind.
Right.
The thing is, I don't get it. Tell me... were any of you people up north just waiting to be told it's cold outside? Or had you grasped the bleeding obvious and figured it out for yourselves?
Patrick Urges People to "exercise extreme caution" in cold
Yeah, because I was trying to decide if I should put on my swimsuit and head to the beach... Then the Governor got on the news and told me it was dangerous and I changed my mind.
Right.
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January 22, 2011
Humidity
It used to be that having web access was a most excellent thing, but was not really a necessity in terms of "I must have this or I can not conduct my day-to-day life comfortably”.
As of today, I am persuaded this is no longer the case.
It seems now that one can not - really can NOT - live life and acquire decent appliances of any kind, without being able to access the internet.
What brought about this sudden enlightenment you may ask???
The quest to buy a new humidifier for our bedroom.
Just a little thing. One of those items that makes winter up north more comfortable.
As the temps drop, the air in the house dries out to the point of severe discomfort. Waking up in the morning with every membrane so dry you feel as if it all will tear if you move it even a millimeter... dashing to the bathroom for water. Receiving that lovely blue shock of static electricity when touching anything metal… what a delightful way to spend the cold months.
Because of these things, the small room humidifier seems to be a brilliant investment of one’s hard earned cash.
We did have a whole house unit when we moved in, but it decided to go bonkers one day and ran itself into a smoking mess. We looked at it, my husband disconnected it, and we decided it was too much effort to buy a new one. (The research on units, the price comparisons, the estimates, the calling of references, the scheduling of workers… way too much time and effort) Thus we arrive at a point every winter where we haul out the old single room humidifier, fill it up, and turn it on.
However, the poor old thing is on its last legs. The fan is making ominous noises speaking of imminent demise. It still wheezes out the fine mist of watery life, but it won’t last much longer.
No problem… I’ll just head to Target and buy a new one. Online at Target they have several PAGES of humidifiers from Hello Kitty to the stolid blocks of plastic. All of them ready and able to send out that lovely mist.
However, online is not the same as in the store. In the store there is a paucity of choice - to put it mildly. There is one model - ONE - and it’s… On Sale!!! Buy it now!!! For $25 you too can buy a bottom of the line piece of junk that will last a week before it spews water all over the floor instead of into the air.
Okay, Target is a bust. On to Sears. Surely they will have a few models in the store.
Ah the optimism it is quickly extinguished. They have the exact same bottom of the line model Target is carrying. No choices, just one model. Guaranteed to be the one you should never buy no matter how cheap it might be.
So it’s back home and online. Wonderful online where I can find the model I want and have it delivered in a week. Marvelous online where there are no other customers blocking the aisles as I try to look for what I want. No customers trying to run me over with carts. Just my computer and me looking for a good product to buy and a good place to buy it.
All the old one has to do is hold out for about a week and all will be well.
No, you can’t live well any more without internet access. You can live… but it would be a life of one irritatingly bad purchase after another. Not my idea of a good way to spend my time or money.
As of today, I am persuaded this is no longer the case.
It seems now that one can not - really can NOT - live life and acquire decent appliances of any kind, without being able to access the internet.
What brought about this sudden enlightenment you may ask???
The quest to buy a new humidifier for our bedroom.
Just a little thing. One of those items that makes winter up north more comfortable.
As the temps drop, the air in the house dries out to the point of severe discomfort. Waking up in the morning with every membrane so dry you feel as if it all will tear if you move it even a millimeter... dashing to the bathroom for water. Receiving that lovely blue shock of static electricity when touching anything metal… what a delightful way to spend the cold months.
Because of these things, the small room humidifier seems to be a brilliant investment of one’s hard earned cash.
We did have a whole house unit when we moved in, but it decided to go bonkers one day and ran itself into a smoking mess. We looked at it, my husband disconnected it, and we decided it was too much effort to buy a new one. (The research on units, the price comparisons, the estimates, the calling of references, the scheduling of workers… way too much time and effort) Thus we arrive at a point every winter where we haul out the old single room humidifier, fill it up, and turn it on.
However, the poor old thing is on its last legs. The fan is making ominous noises speaking of imminent demise. It still wheezes out the fine mist of watery life, but it won’t last much longer.
No problem… I’ll just head to Target and buy a new one. Online at Target they have several PAGES of humidifiers from Hello Kitty to the stolid blocks of plastic. All of them ready and able to send out that lovely mist.
However, online is not the same as in the store. In the store there is a paucity of choice - to put it mildly. There is one model - ONE - and it’s… On Sale!!! Buy it now!!! For $25 you too can buy a bottom of the line piece of junk that will last a week before it spews water all over the floor instead of into the air.
Okay, Target is a bust. On to Sears. Surely they will have a few models in the store.
Ah the optimism it is quickly extinguished. They have the exact same bottom of the line model Target is carrying. No choices, just one model. Guaranteed to be the one you should never buy no matter how cheap it might be.
So it’s back home and online. Wonderful online where I can find the model I want and have it delivered in a week. Marvelous online where there are no other customers blocking the aisles as I try to look for what I want. No customers trying to run me over with carts. Just my computer and me looking for a good product to buy and a good place to buy it.
All the old one has to do is hold out for about a week and all will be well.
No, you can’t live well any more without internet access. You can live… but it would be a life of one irritatingly bad purchase after another. Not my idea of a good way to spend my time or money.
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More Snow
Another 5-6 inches of the white stuff today. More blowing and more shoveling. Now the temps will be dropping over the weekend. Oh yay.
My hands hurt.
I am officially dis-inviting Mother Nature to any and all events for the rest of the winter.
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My hands hurt.
I am officially dis-inviting Mother Nature to any and all events for the rest of the winter.
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January 19, 2011
Maybe I Can Move Tomorrow
As I was returning from Starbucks this morning I noticed the temperature was... warm. Almost 40 degrees! Wow.
We had about 6-8 inches of snow yesterday and after I finished with the snowblower, it started to sleet. Well, at least I got the driveway cleared so my husband could get the car up to the house. But this morning we were greeted with a nice glaze on our driveway.
My husband put down the usual sand early on in the day so he could get down the hill without sliding into the street. By the time I left to go get my coffee things were softening up pretty nicely.
Unlike the Chicago area where the weather pattern was...
- slight warming trend as the storm rolls in
- snow of about 1-3 inches (just enough to really screw up traffic)
- Immediate descent of bitter bitter cold until the next snow storm moves in
Up here in New England the pattern goes more like this
- cold but not too awful
- big huge snow and maybe some sleet
- warming trend
- drop in temps into just the top of the bitter cold scale (around zero but usually just above)
So I knew I only had today to try and clear the driveway.
When you use a snowblower, there is a leftover bit of snow in places of up to a quarter inch. If this is coated with ice, gets mushy, then refreezes, it becomes positively nasty to try and drive on, walk on, or even plow later if it snows again.
Thus I got out the shovel size chisel and the big snow shovel and got to work. It took about 3 hours, but the ice has been scraped off and the driveway now has a chance to dry off. We're all ready for the big predicted temperature drop and the snow on Friday.
As for me - I'm sore. After the marathon session with the ice, I did an hour of pilates this afternoon. Now I have to go stretch out and do some "melting" so I can move tomorrow. I do wish Sue had released her vids on melting for athletes. The back and neck stuff is terrific, but I'm still waiting on the arm and leg stuff. She says it's coming in April.
Wow what a day!
We had about 6-8 inches of snow yesterday and after I finished with the snowblower, it started to sleet. Well, at least I got the driveway cleared so my husband could get the car up to the house. But this morning we were greeted with a nice glaze on our driveway.
My husband put down the usual sand early on in the day so he could get down the hill without sliding into the street. By the time I left to go get my coffee things were softening up pretty nicely.
Unlike the Chicago area where the weather pattern was...
- slight warming trend as the storm rolls in
- snow of about 1-3 inches (just enough to really screw up traffic)
- Immediate descent of bitter bitter cold until the next snow storm moves in
Up here in New England the pattern goes more like this
- cold but not too awful
- big huge snow and maybe some sleet
- warming trend
- drop in temps into just the top of the bitter cold scale (around zero but usually just above)
So I knew I only had today to try and clear the driveway.
When you use a snowblower, there is a leftover bit of snow in places of up to a quarter inch. If this is coated with ice, gets mushy, then refreezes, it becomes positively nasty to try and drive on, walk on, or even plow later if it snows again.
Thus I got out the shovel size chisel and the big snow shovel and got to work. It took about 3 hours, but the ice has been scraped off and the driveway now has a chance to dry off. We're all ready for the big predicted temperature drop and the snow on Friday.
As for me - I'm sore. After the marathon session with the ice, I did an hour of pilates this afternoon. Now I have to go stretch out and do some "melting" so I can move tomorrow. I do wish Sue had released her vids on melting for athletes. The back and neck stuff is terrific, but I'm still waiting on the arm and leg stuff. She says it's coming in April.
Wow what a day!
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January 17, 2011
Squashing the Evil Mouse
I was emailing Harvey the other day after he commented on my home page post. Naturally it had nothing at all to do with home pages because his comment sent my brain off on a tangent. Well… it doesn’t take much to send my brain off on a tangent… oh look! shiny!… but I digress.
I don’t know about you, but I consider the computer mouse to be one of the more hateful creatures inflicted upon civilization. These vermin appear to have been created solely for the purpose of making our hands and arms hurt. Whenever possible I try to avoid using the evil little rodent. Thus I was giving Harvey a few of my keyboard shortcut tips. He told me I had to blog it and here we are.
After much pondering, typing, and deleting I hope I have come up with a post that can give you some small ways to cut back on mouse usage. We shall see. You may know none, some, all, or many more than I have here. This is aimed primarily at people who use the evil little mouse and never thought too much about using the keyboard. The fewer times you have to take your fingers off the keyboard, the faster your typing goes. You see, not only is the mouse evil, it’s a time waster. My advice - take them one at a time. Start using the first one and add another when the first has become a habit. It’s easier that way.
I use both Windows and Mac. And yes, I do tend to mix up the keystrokes at times, usually it’s not too much of an issue although it can be annoying.
The keyboard shortcuts between the two systems are close, but not exactly the same. If you use IE as your browser, you’re going to have one less option than the other browsers out there - sorry, but IE does funky stuff and does not lend itself to one of my favorite keyboard work arounds - the url copy/paste. I prefer Firefox or Safari for my browsing. Now let us commence. The rest will continue below the fold so you can skip it if you have zero interest.
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I don’t know about you, but I consider the computer mouse to be one of the more hateful creatures inflicted upon civilization. These vermin appear to have been created solely for the purpose of making our hands and arms hurt. Whenever possible I try to avoid using the evil little rodent. Thus I was giving Harvey a few of my keyboard shortcut tips. He told me I had to blog it and here we are.
After much pondering, typing, and deleting I hope I have come up with a post that can give you some small ways to cut back on mouse usage. We shall see. You may know none, some, all, or many more than I have here. This is aimed primarily at people who use the evil little mouse and never thought too much about using the keyboard. The fewer times you have to take your fingers off the keyboard, the faster your typing goes. You see, not only is the mouse evil, it’s a time waster. My advice - take them one at a time. Start using the first one and add another when the first has become a habit. It’s easier that way.
I use both Windows and Mac. And yes, I do tend to mix up the keystrokes at times, usually it’s not too much of an issue although it can be annoying.
The keyboard shortcuts between the two systems are close, but not exactly the same. If you use IE as your browser, you’re going to have one less option than the other browsers out there - sorry, but IE does funky stuff and does not lend itself to one of my favorite keyboard work arounds - the url copy/paste. I prefer Firefox or Safari for my browsing. Now let us commence. The rest will continue below the fold so you can skip it if you have zero interest.
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Love It
Jim Cornelison from the Chicago Blackhawks and the Bears fans and a superb rendition of the National Anthem with a perfectly timed flyover at the end.
Rockin' the house.
Rockin' the house.
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January 16, 2011
One Space or Two?
Read it.
When you stop laughing, you may decide that you too have a right to your own beliefs... and type accordingly.
Everyone Has a Right To Their Beliefs
(As for me, I do believe comment number 2 sums things up brilliantly)
When you stop laughing, you may decide that you too have a right to your own beliefs... and type accordingly.
Everyone Has a Right To Their Beliefs
(As for me, I do believe comment number 2 sums things up brilliantly)
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January 13, 2011
A Day of Randomness
It seems I was busy all day but for the life of me I can't think of anything truly accomplished. I have many and varying things on my mind and I haven't been able to sort them out so I can get them ordered and done.
I'm going to blame it on my closets being in disarray. I am convinced that messy closets send out brain disruption waves.
Periodically I realize I've been throwing stuff into closets with the idea that I will go back and straighten it up later. Of course later never really gets here. For some reason when they get to a certain point, I can't concentrate on anything else until I have waded in and done the job.
The closet in the guest room is a complete disaster. I opened it today to stuff yet one more thing in... Unfortunately I really looked at it this time and now I'm trying to decide if I want to spend most of the next couple of weekends clearing it out and getting it into some sort of order.
I have had this particular closet on my list of "things that need to be done, but are not an emergency" since we moved in - 5 years ago. However, it has been tolerable until today. Now I can't stop thinking about it. This means something must be done. The dreaded clean up bug has bitten and it's "damn the football games - full speed ahead" closets will be cleaned.
After that comes my office. I spend 99% of my time in here. While the room itself is mostly tidy, the closet... oh my the closet!
I believe it was last year that I went through it all and it was so nice and cleaned up. Sadly I get working and life gets busy and it's just too easy to take stacks of paper in there that should be filed and set them down. Like the guest closet I always think I'll get to it later. Of course by the time later rolls around, it's a huge chore.
The office closet may be a more pressing problem since it has paperwork I need for taxes. Therefore, cleanup is necessary... soon.
Joy.
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January 12, 2011
Through the Window Darkly
Well, I'm so not up to opening the doors right now and stepping outside to take pictures. So all of these are through my windows which are okay, but not exactly spotless. Ha! Not to mention the day is on the "dark" side. So the pics are dark too - even though I played with them a bit to make them brighter.
We figure we got about 18 inches of snow so far. You can kinda see it on our little back porch table. (you can click to make larger if you like)
Out the front door it looks pretty.
The grills are a bit buried.
The rock wall out front is nearly buried.
I was going to try for some video, but the snow flakes are too small and it all looks like fog or fuzziness in the picture. Yes, it's still snowing. It's supposed to go on most of the day.
We figure we got about 18 inches of snow so far. You can kinda see it on our little back porch table. (you can click to make larger if you like)
Out the front door it looks pretty.
The grills are a bit buried.
The rock wall out front is nearly buried.
I was going to try for some video, but the snow flakes are too small and it all looks like fog or fuzziness in the picture. Yes, it's still snowing. It's supposed to go on most of the day.
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January 11, 2011
The Snowpocolypse Arrives on the Heels of the iPhone
The two biggest stories in the news up here today...
SNOW!!!
and
Verizon gets the iPHONE!!!
In snowy news, the big storm that's had everyone talking down south is joining up with a bigger low pressure system from the Midwest and cold air from the North. Together they are ready to precipitate upon us starting in the wee a.m. hours of Wednesday.
I just watched the latest weather forecast from necn.com (they are generally spot on with their snow forecasts). It seems that tomorrow midday we will be seeing snow at rates of 1-3 inches per hour.
Cool. (so to speak)
Totals will likely be in the 12-18 inch range... Just like many others we've had here. It will restrict most travel for a day and then we'll be cleaned up and back to normal.
The best part... the heavy stuff will happen in daylight hours. So I may be able to grab some video of all the snowiness descending rapidly. We'll see.
For me though, the really fun news was the big announcement of the iphone finally being offered by Verizon. It's been soooo tiresome over the years waiting for this to happen. Now we don't have to listen to all the rumors and speculation anymore. Thank heaven!
My contracts are up in May. I have a phone and a mifi. That will give them time to get past the initial rush of people and work out the opening bugs. If all goes well, I can move my phone, mifi, and ipod touch to one single device. Excellent... with reservations.
These combo things have never worked well for me in the past. So while it sounds fantastic - the actual use may be less than great. We shall see.
Oh and no - I don't want a droid. Really I don't.
SNOW!!!
and
Verizon gets the iPHONE!!!
In snowy news, the big storm that's had everyone talking down south is joining up with a bigger low pressure system from the Midwest and cold air from the North. Together they are ready to precipitate upon us starting in the wee a.m. hours of Wednesday.
I just watched the latest weather forecast from necn.com (they are generally spot on with their snow forecasts). It seems that tomorrow midday we will be seeing snow at rates of 1-3 inches per hour.
Cool. (so to speak)
Totals will likely be in the 12-18 inch range... Just like many others we've had here. It will restrict most travel for a day and then we'll be cleaned up and back to normal.
The best part... the heavy stuff will happen in daylight hours. So I may be able to grab some video of all the snowiness descending rapidly. We'll see.
For me though, the really fun news was the big announcement of the iphone finally being offered by Verizon. It's been soooo tiresome over the years waiting for this to happen. Now we don't have to listen to all the rumors and speculation anymore. Thank heaven!
My contracts are up in May. I have a phone and a mifi. That will give them time to get past the initial rush of people and work out the opening bugs. If all goes well, I can move my phone, mifi, and ipod touch to one single device. Excellent... with reservations.
These combo things have never worked well for me in the past. So while it sounds fantastic - the actual use may be less than great. We shall see.
Oh and no - I don't want a droid. Really I don't.
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January 08, 2011
Home Page
I'm still really tired and finding it difficult to focus much on anything for long. So I have a question for you.
What do you use as a "home page" on your browser?
What do you use as a "home page" on your browser?
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January 06, 2011
It's Zero Day With IE8
I happen to be only mildly interested in this little bug - to the extent that I want to see how long it takes to patch. Depending on how deep the problem is and how much the fix might break... it could take a while.
However, it does occur to me that there are people who prefer using Internet Explorer as their browser and so I should pass along a warning to you.
Researchers confirm Googler's Internet Explorer bug
You can go read the rest if you like. However, the gist of it is:
-- IE8 has a bug.
-- It's tricky to exploit but the method has been released to the world at large (i.e. hackers are working on it as I type)
-- If someone figures out how to use the malicious code, all you would have to do is hit a "bad" web page and your computer could be taken over
-- There is no fix for the bug as yet
My advice? Until the bug is patched, you may want to consider using a different browser. Firefox, Chrome, or Safari. (I prefer Firefox, but hey, I'm all about options)
If you just can't bring yourself to give up using IE, then I suggest making sure you have a complete backup of your files. A backup you've checked and you know it's good! And you know where your reinstall disks might be... just in case.
However, it does occur to me that there are people who prefer using Internet Explorer as their browser and so I should pass along a warning to you.
Researchers confirm Googler's Internet Explorer bug
French security researchers today confirmed the presence of a bug in Internet Explorer (IE) that's at the center of a spat between Microsoft and a Google security engineer.
According to Vupen, IE8 harbors a vulnerability that can be exploited to hijack a Windows system.
You can go read the rest if you like. However, the gist of it is:
-- IE8 has a bug.
-- It's tricky to exploit but the method has been released to the world at large (i.e. hackers are working on it as I type)
-- If someone figures out how to use the malicious code, all you would have to do is hit a "bad" web page and your computer could be taken over
-- There is no fix for the bug as yet
My advice? Until the bug is patched, you may want to consider using a different browser. Firefox, Chrome, or Safari. (I prefer Firefox, but hey, I'm all about options)
If you just can't bring yourself to give up using IE, then I suggest making sure you have a complete backup of your files. A backup you've checked and you know it's good! And you know where your reinstall disks might be... just in case.
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January 03, 2011
Cold
So I have a cold of sorts for the first time in I don't know how long. It's a strange one - all post nasal drip and coughing. Oddly enough I can breathe just fine.
It's cutting into my sleep of course. You know it wouldn't be so bad if one could go to bed and just sleep it off. But going to bed and then having a coughing fit just doesn't work so well.
Oh well, time to go make some hot tea and see if that helps. Then maybe to bed early. Not exactly what I intended to do for today. But there's always tomorrow and maybe this will let up a bit.
It's cutting into my sleep of course. You know it wouldn't be so bad if one could go to bed and just sleep it off. But going to bed and then having a coughing fit just doesn't work so well.
Oh well, time to go make some hot tea and see if that helps. Then maybe to bed early. Not exactly what I intended to do for today. But there's always tomorrow and maybe this will let up a bit.
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