I've got a couple of old laptops that I'm planning on installing Linux on since they're a bit underpowered for Windows (vintage pentium I's).  Does anyone have a suggestion for a distribution that would be relatively legacy-driver friendly and relatively easy to use for the purpose of internet browsing and simple office productivity (e.g., word- ( Read more... )

 Red Sox Win!

(Again!)

Red Sox Win!

(OK, this is a little belated)

At my wife's insistance, I went to the sleep clinic in Norwood the other night. Generally not a pleasant experience. I can live with all of the electrodes all over the place, but part of the test included measuring CO2 content of exhaled breath and measurement of exhalation pressure or some such. Both of these things combined for two sets of ( Read more... )

Had a very nice night Friday evening. The kids, my wife, and I all sat down and watched Robin Hood (Disney version). I hadn't seen it in oh, twenty or more years. I love that movie! For those of you who are littlefurs or babyfurs, it is a must see. I fell in love with Maid Marion all over again, what beautiful eyes ( Read more... )

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Recently, I've given some thought to what I want to be when I grow up. I guess the answer is in some ways (like many others here) I really don't want to grow up. And then the question comes back, why not ( Read more... )

I got another invite recently to attend another employer appreciation day at Westover AFB ( Read more... )

One of my guys recently nominated our company for employer recognition by the Guards/Reserves. In a nutshell, he was sent off to Afganistan and Iraq for about a year and the company made up for what would have been lost wages and we also sent him several care packages ( Read more... )