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My first 7 jobs.....
So, one of the memes going around Facebook this week is to identify one's first seven jobs, marking them with the hashtag #first7jobs. ( Here are mine, with some explanation. ) -
Fit the Fourth.....
Years ago, when I was in college, I fell in with a group of people who had the common interest of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The group was called "Don't Panic!", and were working on their version for the school's low-power AM radio station, WRUB. (It broadcast its signal via power-line communication, using the electrical ( Read more... ) -
Another one rides the bus.....
Earlier today, someone on one of the Facebooks groups I'm on mentioned old school buses. And it reminded me of my bus riding experience.
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Winning the Big One.... (2016 edition)
Last night's Powerball jackpot was $500 million, and there were no winners. Saturday's jackpot is over $700 mllion -- a new record.
The rules for both multi-state lotteries have changed since I posted this article four years ago. ( So let's update this a little, shall we? ) -
Has it really been six months?
My last entry to LJ was back in March. I haven't had a large block of time, or the inclination, to write a long, thought-out post ( Read more... ) -
I try to be a team player....
The new job is working out OK, I guess. But it could be better. The project is to write a file-based source control system to manage remote servers. Puppet is package-based, and doesn't give us the necessary granularity to manage items on a file level ( Read more... ) -
So I'm a genius. Big Fat Hairy Deal.
One aspect of myself that I'm particularly fond of is my keen intellect. I don't need those Facebook quizzes to tell me I'm a genius. I already know that I am. But this is something I rarely ever talk about. Why? Because when I do, it sounds like I'm bragging or boasting, as if this attribute makes me better than anyone else. It doesn't. I'm ( Read more... ) -
New additions to the Sonic Arsenal.....
So, in the past year or so, I added a few pieces to my collection of musical instruments, collectively known as the "Sonic Arsenal".
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OVFF 30 highlights.....
After taking off a year from all filk conventions, I attended OVFF this year ( Read more... ) -
The Coffee Can Emergency Kit.....
I had been thinking about making some of these kits for the Holiday Bazaar my UU Fellowship is having in early December as a fundraiser. But I would need some metal #10 coffee cans for this project, and permission from the man who originally posted this. (I used to work with him years ago, and have since lost contact with him.) But alas, the ( Read more... )