Monthly Archives: September 2008

In Memory of my Friend Paul

We still subscribe to the Norton Telegram. Oftentimes, there is not much to read, except details on last Friday’s football game, or how there’s all-you-can-eat special for $9.99 at a local eatery. Seeing that the paper arrives here about 10 … Continue reading

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TSA Gestures

Via Makezine, this report of a MAKEr who is working on a metal plate that you insert into your carry on luggage. The plate is cut out in a judicious fashion, with a witty saying or an image of some … Continue reading

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So Long, Office Depot Store #339

We have an Office Depot about a mile or so from tbbs WorldHQ. Over the course of the last 15 years, I’ve spent a lot of money over there; the laptop on which I currently type this post was purchased … Continue reading

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Cloud Funnies

I have my WordPress TagCloud widget set to display the most popular tags in a random order. By so doing, I realized that there was a possibility that certain tags could be placed side-by-side in ironic, cute, or possibly even … Continue reading

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Half Retired

More precisely, my better half is now officially semi-retired. Our short-lived plans to relocate to West Virginia led to her leaving her job. Initially, I felt bad that she had resigned after 15 years to come with me on another … Continue reading

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Almost Beta Time

Tuesday, September 30, is the new release date for the Fedora 10(Cambridge) Beta. I’ll download and burn the iso, back up my home directory, and perform a fresh install. Let’s light this candle!1 -k- fedora, fedora10 1 It ain’t work, … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday, Fedora!

Happy 5th Birthday, Fedora. My distro of choice. A peek into what may be included in RHEL. Hackable, but amazingly wonderful and useful out of the box. Thanks, developers, engineers, ambassadors, and to the entire Fedora Project. You’re keeping one … Continue reading

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A is not non-A

Unaccustomed as I am to citing anything from the New York Times, this post confirmed my nascent anti-bailout leanings. When an Administration official, like Ministry of the Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson writes on Sunday that: Sec. 8. Review. Decisions by … Continue reading

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Autumnal Header Graphic

tbbs is graced by the photographic expertise of WSK_2005, aka Shawn Kinkade who got this beautiful shot of autumnal foliage at the Kansas City Zoo. More importantly, Shawn made the work available under a Creative Commons license with the “free … Continue reading

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Writing on the Wall

On a whim, about a month or so ago, I installed the WP Wall plugin and widget. The widget sits in the right sidebar over there. From the plugin author’s site, WP Wall provides this: Readers can add a quick … Continue reading

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