Category Archives: Asides

A Minor Nit

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I’ve inherited my Mom’s intolerance of clocks that aren’t right. I just now noticed that the timestamp on my last three posts is wrong; it’s the EDT, not EST, time.

So, I made a little adjustment to the time-stamping, after seeing this in WP settings for timezone:

Unfortunately, you have to manually update this for Daylight Savings Time. Lame, we know, but will be fixed in the future.

Roger the lame part.

-k-

UPDATE: After posting this, it originally appeared below the three chronologically previous posts. So, I had to manually update several timestamps. All’s right with the world. Lameness, however, is approaching unacceptability, as far as timestamps are concerned.

And the Bolus Helped

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Back from a post Constantine upgrade reboot. Network Manager applet problems … gone!

Sound playing problems persist; I could head to some Fedora Forum and bitch up a storm to the effect that “#@%!@ sound don’t work!”, but since I know little about the underpinnings, I’ll do the research, use Uncle Google, and if I get my problem fixed, I’ll post the results. I’ve said it before, that using FOSS software carries an implicit obligation to invest a modicum of effort in understanding the workings. And sharing the results of your troubleshooting efforts.

I love this stuff; I wish I had it when I was a kid. To the extent that I’m still a kid, Fedora helps keep me that way.

-k-

Back

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The technical problems are resolved; the Chieves and Skins are back. The Chieves scored a field goal whilst Baltimore/Minnesota were on.

Surprise, surprise.
-k-

He’s Still Got It

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Nice to see Awesome Bill Elliott racing well in duel #1. Don’t know what happened to his car to cause him to drop back so much, but he’s in the field for Sunday.

Two things I can’t explain:

  1. The NFL Playoff System.
  2. Qualifying Procedure for the Daytona 500.

Takes no effort on my part to watch and enjoy either one.

-k-

Update: It was a tranny that KO’d His Awesomeness.

Pure Class

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Watchin’ the Gatorade Duels on the TiVo. Tony Stewart. #14. Strange to see him outside the #20. Heartwarming to see is that Smoke invited one A.J. Foyt to be his guest, and sit on his pit box, during Speed Week.

Roots of the sport being honored. That’s one more thing to like about NASCAR.

-k-

A Rare False Positive

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For the first time in a long time, Akismet mistakenly flagged a non-spam comment. The auto-flush spam comments on old posts has trimmed the spam cesspit by a huge margin, so non-spam comments are easier to find.

And, I plucked James‘ comment out of the dreck, and it’s available to all.

Not beating up on Akismet at all; I’m in no danger of having to take off shoes and socks to count false positives.

-k-