That is amazing. A friend of mine is a flight attendant for US Airways but I knew he flys in smaller planes. It was still a little nerve racking until we heard from him.
Thursday January 15, 2009
Wednesday January 14, 2009
Gaza
So the way I understand it is this. If Hamas lays down their weapons there will be peace. If Israel lays down their weapons there will be no more Israel.
And the MSM seems to think Israel is the bad guy in this.
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Sunday January 11, 2009
I won?
Yes, I won in an online contest. Ok I didn’t win a lot but it wasn’t chopped liver either.
A friend of mine entered my name to send an invite to play this online game and so I did. I didn’t know how real it was but it only took a minute and when I finished it said I had won a Corsair Power Supply. I really didn’t think it was real but today I got an email asking me to send my info so they could send the power supply. I asked the guy who had put my name in and he said he won a Grid Game and yes they were legit.
I put in 6 people’s email so if you get something from Palit Multimedia talking about the Palit Monster Mash you too could win.
Friday January 9, 2009
Windows something or other
I wanted to make the title say Windows Vista7 but I don’t know how to make a line in the title. I’m currently installing Windows 7 on one of my newer machines. It’s not my best machine but it is running a Core 2 Duo and it’s got around 2 GB of RAM so it should work fine.
I’ve been running Vista for close to a year now and I actually like it. Vista got a very bad rap and I’m not really sure why. It does take a little getting used to especially if you moved from Win 2000. It’s not a lot different from XP except it asks you everytime it thinks you might be doing something stupid. I turned that off as soon as I found out how.
Now that Windows 7 is available as a public beta I figured I might as well try it. I’ll report on what I think once I’ve played with it a bit. It’s in the middle of the installation now.
Sunday January 4, 2009
My first apple pie
I’m making a simple apple pie. This will be my first ever. If it’s pretty when it’s done I’ll post a picture.
Ok, it’s kinda pretty. Here’s a picture of it.
Tuesday December 30, 2008
First step for the implants.
You can follow this a bit better on my implant blog. Just returned from the extraction and a bit groggy. Starting to feel a bit hungry too.
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Saturday December 20, 2008
Retired
I am now officially retired. That doesn’t mean I’m done working but it does mean I’m taking some time off.
It felt really strange coming home yesterday knowing I don’t have a job. I would be very scared if I didn’t have 2 things going for me. One, I’ve got a really good pension from Hughes/Boeing. Two, I’ve got a pretty good skill from those 21 1/2 years at Hughes/Boeing so I will be able to work again in a few months.
I’m taking off at the very least 2 or 3 months and the most 5 or 6. I’ll probably get bored soon but I do have some stuff to keep me busy around here. I’ve got a bathroom that needs to be painted and have a new floor and I’ve got a workbench in my garage that I haven’t seen in years.
I also think I will take my wife to Hawaii in a few months. We would like to see it before we aren’t able to.
Saturday December 13, 2008
Thunderbird 3 Beta 1
There is a Beta version for Thunderbird 3 available. I usually jump on betas but since I’m not sure what this might do to my email I’m not going to try this yet. If you want to here’s the link.