I wanted to know what was the last date of the preceding month to now… regardless of when now is… The UNIX/Linux cal command came to the rescue: cal -3 | cut -c1-16 | grep -v “^ *$” | tail -1 | sed -e ‘s/^..* \([23][0-9]\)/\1/’ It turns out you need a fairly modern version [...]
Called A&E Appliance Repair for appliance repair of both a Viking under-counter fridge and a Dacor double oven. Identified both by specific model number and asked if they repaired those models and brands. Walked the A&E dispatcher through the error codes on both devices and the exact model numbers, and asked them to pre-buy the [...]
“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” was intense! Gary Oldman never fails to deliver, and neither does Benedict Cumberbatch nor Mark Strong. Excellent casting all around, especially of John Hurt. You have to like a mystery, for there is almost no sex and almost no action; but it is a very suspenseful thriller with stunning acting all [...]
We made the announcement at the Winter Gathering, and Erci and I will be less active in La Belle Compagnie for the time being. We’ve been a bit overloaded. We are going downtown to see the Staffordshire Anglo-Saxon Gold Hoard at National Geographic with fellow La Belle members today, and we will still be involved [...]
Clearly I have been a little overwhelmed by life lately, and that has been both good and bad… Trivial little updates and one liners are so easy on that mixed blessing/curse of Facebook that I am afraid I have neglected more thoughtful writing here. I will try to catch up a little for those who [...]
Years ago I stopped trying to talk friends out of smoking cigarettes, and started trying to talk them into rolling their own so at least they knew what crap was going into the damned things… Now there is a second reason to roll your own: http://boingboing.net/2011/11/27/nyc-sues-roll-your-own-cigaret.html
I noticed a pretty nifty feature of the Airport Utility app on my iOS 5.0.1 based iPad. When I have multiple Apple branded Airport devices wired to the same network, they appear side by side on the Airport Utility’s topology map: When I have one Airport device daisy chained off another, both setting up private [...]
Tagged Airport Utiity, iOS, ipad, networksThe Find my iPhone feature available on iPhones and iPads is very, very handy if you ever lose or misplace your phone. The catch is you have to turn the feature on before you lose the device. Once lost, it is too late. So take a few minutes and enable and test the feature when [...]
Tagged Find my iPad, Find My iPhone, ipad, iPhoneWow, very thoughtful and though-provoking essay by professor Robert Jenson; worth reading and thinking about…. Occupy movement is more than just a flash in the pan. aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/11/201111191022862285.html
In just nine days every registered Virginia voter will be able to cast ballots in the first state-wide general election since redistricting from the 2010 United States Census. Remember to check with the board of elections to find out your ballot before you vote so you have time to research your choices, or lack thereof. [...]
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