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Yes, that is part of what made my day glorious. Followed two of these through the bush of about twenty minutes. Took a ton of pictures. Really low light on the edge of dusk under the trees, so jacked up the ISO. Made things a little grainy, but hey, it’s not a shot I get…
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Lynn and I drove back into town from our trailer to vote. Unfortunately, we came in at rush hour. Or in this case two hours of not rushing at all. The upside, such as it is, is all the time it gives to people watch. People in dense, slow moving traffic tend to do some…
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I know this picture doesn’t look like, but it’s getting close to the end of the season at my trailer. I’m going to miss it. It’s peaceful, quiet and incredibly relaxing. As you can see, it’s just plain beautiful. Today was a gorgeous, sunny day. The first after several days of rain. So Lynn and…
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If you read this regularly, you may recall that I’ve adopted my daughters orphan net-book. Windows Vista was dead slow on it (go figure), so I installed Ubuntu Linux as a dual boot. After some tweaking and poking, I convinced it to do most of what I wanted. Mind you, part of that success depends…
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I know that I have a nasty temper, so I’ve learned to be very careful of how I manage my anger. At work, I repress it and then vent to my spouse when I get home. Or I fire up a game console and spend some time on mindless violence. (Chucking people out the window…
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Anyone who reads my blog, or Canadian business news, or shops there already knows that Blockbuster Canada is closing. I’ve done a couple of posts already about losing my job, and the misrepresentation in the press etc. This isn’t going to be one of those posts. This one is going to be a bit more…
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I don’t play a lot of online games. It’s a combination of not being competitive enough and not being willing to make the commitment to my fellow gamers. GuildWars was the exception to that. There were a couple of things I liked right from the get-go. There are no monthly subscription fees. You buy the…
Brain Bits To Go 