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Somehow I may have reconnected my Journal with Facebook again. But I don't know for sure.
Squawk Ident
Apr. 2nd, 2017 02:05 pmI did something wrong on Facebook last week, so this is post to see if my fix worked.
Using my Smartphone to access the 'Net a few hours ago and for some reason it cuts out and goes through a restart.
And just a moment ago I had to do the same rebooting work with Precious.
Something is rotten in that nation between Germany and the Scandinavian Triad.
And just a moment ago I had to do the same rebooting work with Precious.
Something is rotten in that nation between Germany and the Scandinavian Triad.
Time (Free)Will Crawl
Mar. 14th, 2013 12:19 amSagittarius Horoscope for week of March 14, 2013
NASA used whale oil to lubricate the Hubble Space Telescope and Voyager spacecrafts. There was a good reason: Whale oil doesn't freeze at the low temperatures found in outer space. While I certainly don't approve of killing whales to obtain their oil, I want to use this story to make a point. It's an excellent time for you, too, to use old-school approaches for solving ultra-new-school problems. Sometimes a tried-and-true method works better, or is cheaper, simpler, or more aesthetically pleasing.
There have been times I've wanted to use smoke signals instead of the Internet. The problem is I don't smoke and don't really want to talk to anybody who does.
NASA used whale oil to lubricate the Hubble Space Telescope and Voyager spacecrafts. There was a good reason: Whale oil doesn't freeze at the low temperatures found in outer space. While I certainly don't approve of killing whales to obtain their oil, I want to use this story to make a point. It's an excellent time for you, too, to use old-school approaches for solving ultra-new-school problems. Sometimes a tried-and-true method works better, or is cheaper, simpler, or more aesthetically pleasing.
There have been times I've wanted to use smoke signals instead of the Internet. The problem is I don't smoke and don't really want to talk to anybody who does.
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Now Hear This! Now Hear This!
Feb. 22nd, 2013 08:05 pmIf the login situation is fixed then you can "now hear this!"
Trouble Ticket
Jan. 30th, 2013 06:58 pm
If you see this, it's a screenshot of an "audit" I did on my main Livejournal page. I don't know if this "syntax error" is what's blocking me from staying logged in. I'll have to forward this to LJ's managers/admins first chance I get.
FP
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I'm Still Having Problems Here
Jan. 25th, 2013 06:36 pmOkay, I've tried removing the site's cookies again. I'm poking around trying to find other issues with Livejournal and why I can't log in as normal.
Neither Bug Nor Feature
Jan. 23rd, 2013 03:17 pmJust got back from Computer King to attempt to solve the issue with the OS. Turns out (since I couldn't replicate the problem) it had nothing to do with the OS, mostly the modem and how it accesses the 'Net.
I don't know what I'll do next.
I don't know what I'll do next.
From Last Night's 60 MINUTES
Jan. 14th, 2013 03:34 pmMarch of The Machines.
There was a part that meshed directly with the "firmware" portion of POI's Machine. Law offices, prosecutor and defender divisions are now commonly using analytical computers to research cases and collect evidence in the "discovery" phase. How much you want to bet that The Machine already is looking in on every single one of these systems to tell who's being investigated...and who's doing the investigating? Maybe even to recruit potential future assets?
There was a part that meshed directly with the "firmware" portion of POI's Machine. Law offices, prosecutor and defender divisions are now commonly using analytical computers to research cases and collect evidence in the "discovery" phase. How much you want to bet that The Machine already is looking in on every single one of these systems to tell who's being investigated...and who's doing the investigating? Maybe even to recruit potential future assets?
Elegy For An Electronic
Nov. 27th, 2012 03:40 pmAlas, poor Emerson twenty-inch television set with integral DVD player, you shall function no longer. Thus Master Horner, technician of Morris Towne, doth declare, remarking that thine circuitry is irrepairable. And so, Rather Manor's forced transition from analog signal and ray of cathode to digital over air and screen of flat is complete.
The fate of Emerson's carcass is yet undetermined. My first thought is to donate it to the Tech School's electronics program, but I expect they have no lack of such material. Every January Knoxville holds an e-waste drive, so it will probably go there if no better alternative presents itself. I'll find out tomorrow.
If any among you still require a digital converter box, the one we used with the Emerson is still in fully operational condition, and I have re-set it, its cables and its remote, into the packaging in which it had come. Contact me privately if you want it.
FP
The fate of Emerson's carcass is yet undetermined. My first thought is to donate it to the Tech School's electronics program, but I expect they have no lack of such material. Every January Knoxville holds an e-waste drive, so it will probably go there if no better alternative presents itself. I'll find out tomorrow.
If any among you still require a digital converter box, the one we used with the Emerson is still in fully operational condition, and I have re-set it, its cables and its remote, into the packaging in which it had come. Contact me privately if you want it.
FP
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What is wrong with you today?
Maintenance (Kiffiescope?)
Nov. 2nd, 2012 10:22 pmWell, after that incident in Morristown in which I heard some really nasty noises come from Moonshine's underside last week, Dad and I scrambled to find a repair shop to get her back to rights.
Dad calls mechanic he knows #1--"Sorry, I've got a bunch of projects lined up. Be at least a couple weeks.'
Mechanic he knows #2--"I'm busy this weekend. Be out of town too."
I mentioned the place where we got Moonshine's new tires and Dad decides against that. So today he took Moonshine over towards Panther Creek...
New AAMCO shop!
MOONSHINE: Hey! Pull in here!
DAD: Okay, just a moment.
And so Dad tells them about the problems I'd had with the car, and the mechies look her over and get to working...
MECHIE: Two new front rotors! Reconditioned CV axle! And a new brake pad!
MOONSHINE: Eeee...
(Dad's in the lounge getting a cup of tea...)
MECHIE: Clean out and inspect the rear brakes!
MOONSHINE: Ohhhh...
(Dad's getting his shoes shined...)
MECHIE: New spark plugs and plug wiring!
MOONSHINE: Ahhh...
(Dad gets a back massage...)
Of course this takes all afternoon. Finally he gets back to Rather Manor and shows me the invoice.
DAD: 12 month guarantee on all the work.
ME: And you got $50 in discounts!?
He always manages to find good customer service. I'll have to take Moonshine for a test drive overmorrow.
Dad calls mechanic he knows #1--"Sorry, I've got a bunch of projects lined up. Be at least a couple weeks.'
Mechanic he knows #2--"I'm busy this weekend. Be out of town too."
I mentioned the place where we got Moonshine's new tires and Dad decides against that. So today he took Moonshine over towards Panther Creek...
New AAMCO shop!
MOONSHINE: Hey! Pull in here!
DAD: Okay, just a moment.
And so Dad tells them about the problems I'd had with the car, and the mechies look her over and get to working...
MECHIE: Two new front rotors! Reconditioned CV axle! And a new brake pad!
MOONSHINE: Eeee...
(Dad's in the lounge getting a cup of tea...)
MECHIE: Clean out and inspect the rear brakes!
MOONSHINE: Ohhhh...
(Dad's getting his shoes shined...)
MECHIE: New spark plugs and plug wiring!
MOONSHINE: Ahhh...
(Dad gets a back massage...)
Of course this takes all afternoon. Finally he gets back to Rather Manor and shows me the invoice.
DAD: 12 month guarantee on all the work.
ME: And you got $50 in discounts!?
He always manages to find good customer service. I'll have to take Moonshine for a test drive overmorrow.
Reliability, Please?
Jul. 23rd, 2012 12:51 amMy internet connectivity just didn't dig my company over the last few days.
I don't know what the problem is but it's just so frustrating to muck about with this hardware and hope that it's working long enough for me to post something like this entry.
I don't know what the problem is but it's just so frustrating to muck about with this hardware and hope that it's working long enough for me to post something like this entry.
Sagittarius Horoscope for week of May 31, 2012
If you go to a psychotherapist, she may coax you to tell stories about what went wrong in your childhood. Seek a chiropractor's opinion and he might inform you that most of your problems have to do with your spine. Consult a psychic and chances are she will tell you that you messed up in your past lives and need a karmic cleansing. And if you ask me about what you most need to know, I might slip you some advice about how to access your untapped reserves of beauty and intelligence. Here's the moral of the story, Sagittarius: Be discerning as you ask for feedback and mirroring. The information you receive will always be skewed.
I've always defined the Uncertainty Principle (rightly or wrongly) as "When the act of asking a question destroys the likelihood of getting a truthful answer to said question." I suppose you can add the corollary "Be aware of any ulterior motives that bring about quick answers."
If you go to a psychotherapist, she may coax you to tell stories about what went wrong in your childhood. Seek a chiropractor's opinion and he might inform you that most of your problems have to do with your spine. Consult a psychic and chances are she will tell you that you messed up in your past lives and need a karmic cleansing. And if you ask me about what you most need to know, I might slip you some advice about how to access your untapped reserves of beauty and intelligence. Here's the moral of the story, Sagittarius: Be discerning as you ask for feedback and mirroring. The information you receive will always be skewed.
I've always defined the Uncertainty Principle (rightly or wrongly) as "When the act of asking a question destroys the likelihood of getting a truthful answer to said question." I suppose you can add the corollary "Be aware of any ulterior motives that bring about quick answers."
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Now I realize what I should have been studying instead of Aviation Maintenance Technology at Tennessee Tech Center of Morristown: CNC Technology. There are all sorts of openings here for qualified CNC workers.
I know I don't have experience. But I wonder how much I need to learn about the discipline and how much of that learning I can do quickly.
I know I don't have experience. But I wonder how much I need to learn about the discipline and how much of that learning I can do quickly.
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It's Not A Bug, It's A Feature
May. 28th, 2012 08:21 pmI know I've been much quieter than normal lately. I guess I'm under a more covert, sublime form of depression as opposed to the usual demoralization. At this point, I'm of a mind that just letting it run its course, and not fighting it with self-medication, is the best of my few and far-between options.
I'm loathe to plunge into clearing out Mum's desk, even though it's been a month already. Is it understandable that I don't necessarily want to make that hole in my life that much bigger right away? I'll get it done...but I want to get it done right. I guess I said that before.
I took the battery pack out of Mum's 1999-vintage Rocket e-book reader; it hadn't held a charge for years and it's likely becoming a fire hazard. I'll have to see if it could function without the battery, and if the data is safe on it. If so, I'll replace the battery when I've got the money for one. (If not I'll probably salvage the screen for my flight simulation cockpit dashboard.)
Dad sold his Buick to my niece for $1 yesterday. He's got his Nissan truck now, so that may be his last motor vehicle. Depends on if he can still see well enough to drive after his eye surgery, which is still yet to be scheduled.
I was disappointed with the Indy 500 and the NASCAR race in Charlotte yesterday, even though the latter was the better of the two. Didn't get to see anything from Monaco, but I hear that the Red Bull team is being a bunch of sore winners.
I'm loathe to plunge into clearing out Mum's desk, even though it's been a month already. Is it understandable that I don't necessarily want to make that hole in my life that much bigger right away? I'll get it done...but I want to get it done right. I guess I said that before.
I took the battery pack out of Mum's 1999-vintage Rocket e-book reader; it hadn't held a charge for years and it's likely becoming a fire hazard. I'll have to see if it could function without the battery, and if the data is safe on it. If so, I'll replace the battery when I've got the money for one. (If not I'll probably salvage the screen for my flight simulation cockpit dashboard.)
Dad sold his Buick to my niece for $1 yesterday. He's got his Nissan truck now, so that may be his last motor vehicle. Depends on if he can still see well enough to drive after his eye surgery, which is still yet to be scheduled.
I was disappointed with the Indy 500 and the NASCAR race in Charlotte yesterday, even though the latter was the better of the two. Didn't get to see anything from Monaco, but I hear that the Red Bull team is being a bunch of sore winners.
Randomnation
May. 17th, 2012 12:36 am* The Criminal Minds finale was done as if they had a possibility of the show being cancelled. I don't think it is being cancelled, but unfortunately they jumped a lot of shark this season and I'm not as loyal a fan as I used to be.
* This place, that seemed so cozy and even cramped when Mum was around, is so much larger and colder now that she's gone.
* I now have the hard drive from Mum's computer in an external case just like I arranged for Kong's hard drive. Overday I'll show it to my mother's writer buddy and see if she's interested in finishing Jane's last book.
* Dad found a Wal*Mart gift card in Mum's purse. I took it over there to see if they would still honor it. Turns out they would--but Mum spent most of it and it's only worth $1.13 now. Golly, what's the most special thing I could possibly buy there for a dollar?
* This place, that seemed so cozy and even cramped when Mum was around, is so much larger and colder now that she's gone.
* I now have the hard drive from Mum's computer in an external case just like I arranged for Kong's hard drive. Overday I'll show it to my mother's writer buddy and see if she's interested in finishing Jane's last book.
* Dad found a Wal*Mart gift card in Mum's purse. I took it over there to see if they would still honor it. Turns out they would--but Mum spent most of it and it's only worth $1.13 now. Golly, what's the most special thing I could possibly buy there for a dollar?
Broke My Own Heart Tonight
May. 7th, 2012 09:54 pmI was wondering where Mum's Kobo e-reader was so this morning I got Dad to find it. It turned out that he had set it on his dresser without knowing what it was.
Tonight I finally figured out what I did wrong when it came to uploading Mum's books on it. Now they work.
It would have made her so proud and happy to see her own books on its screen. But she never got the chance.
I'm going to have a lot of times like this, I think.
Tonight I finally figured out what I did wrong when it came to uploading Mum's books on it. Now they work.
It would have made her so proud and happy to see her own books on its screen. But she never got the chance.
I'm going to have a lot of times like this, I think.
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