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I just changed the comments setting to allow posting of comments even if the commentator is not registered. This will hopefully bring more traffic and add more spice to the site. Personally I would like somebody to comment on my Apple iMac predictions.
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Hey- check this out! I just checked and it looks like the XBOX repair has been completed and it’s in the process of being shipped back. It’s still too early to see any tracking information but hopefully the box will arive before Christmas!!
I’m not too hopeful because it won’t ship until Monday and then it’s coming from TX so we’re most likely talking UPS ground which is 7-10 days. The only thing that may help is that shipping is top notch right now because of the holiday rush. So maybe there is hope yet… more…
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The current temperature is 12 degrees but it feels a lot colder! Although it gets much colder here, the wind is blowing right now and taking into account relative humidity and wind speed of 15 mph it feels like -7. Maybe I’m just getting old…
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Well, I have Ubuntu running pretty well on my Dell XPS m1210 but I do have one thing happening that I haven’t been able to resolve yet. I can’t seem to play DVD movies. It’s not the player because I can read the disk and copy files from the disks, but when attempting to play the DVD I get a “seek failed” error.
Other than this error it’s running exceptionally well! Windows XP is running under Sun’s VirtualBox and works great. Ubuntu runs great and very effieiently on the m1210 at x64. Even with only 2gb of ram I can run everything I want including Windows XP.
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I just finished installing a comfort cove heater to replace the outdated electric baseboard heater in our master bedroom. Last night was -20 and I decided it was time to get serious. I had already removed the old heater and we had been using an oil filled electric radiator. Since we’re only talking about one room it wasn’t a big deal, but this 220 volt 1500 watt heater will be much more efficient. Besides, we like to have it warm in the bed room. more…
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Well, it’s now shortly after midnight and I just finished changing out the broken glass on the woodstove with the new piece. At about 8:00 this evening a guy from Country Home Outfitters delivered the glass to me at the house. I quickly set out on the task of tearing the door off of the stove to switch out the glass. more…
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We had Shawna’s family birthday party on Sunday Dec 7th and it was by far more fun than the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
We cleaned the house in the morning and started lunch of taco salad (I still need to post a recipe on allrecepies.com). Howard, Cindy, Shanon, Rhea, Dave, William, David, and Kira came over. We ate taco salad and then opened presents. Shawna got several gifts including a new Mongoose bike. more…
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Bummer! The front glass on the door of our main source of heat got broke on Wednesday. Evidently one of the pieces of wood was too long and when the door was swung shut it broke. Getting a new glass will cost about $130 and take over two weeks! This right before Christmas and at the coldest temperatures we’ve had yet. Oh well, what can you do? I’ve ordered the glass and hopefully it will be here soon.
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Oh no! Today we got the three red flashing lights also known as the “red ring of death” on the XBOX 360. This is indicative of a hardware problem! The XBOX only has a one year warranty, but this issue has a three year warranty so it’s covered. The only bummer is that now I need to send it back to TX for repair and that takes 2-3 weeks. This puts us having the XBOX back AFTER Christmas! So much for getting XBOX games as presents…
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Yesterday was Thanksgiving. There were 17 people here. The weather was fair but it snowed about half inch last night. We cooked lasagne and a 35.5 pound turkey! There was no shortage of food.
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