Cassie joins the gimp squad

It’s not bad enough that I’m only able to make my way in a wobbly fashion these days, but, now, dear pet Cassie managed to step on something sharp, doubtless during the patio remodel, and she’s hobbling around, too.
Good news, according to vet, is no infection, so she should heal relatively quickly. Linda and I, […]

Industrial revolution

While perusing web pages, I came across this interesting PDF about the Scorpius space transportation system a component of which can be seen above, right. To the left is a Saturn J-2 engine: it’s successor, the RL-10 produces about the same thrust as the Scorpius for about 100 times the cost. The RL-10, like almost […]

eBooks redux

The Kindle eBook reader from Amazon is very similar to Sony’s e-ink reader, but it has a full time wireless connection via Amazon Whispernet which rides on Sprint’s EVDO network.
The 600×800 display is housed in a 10.3 ounce device. The UI is apparent, simple and easy to use. You can choose from some 80,000 books […]

Inbox progress

So we dug through the inbox, scanned in or otherwise digitized what we could, and moved our ‘To-do’ list to the version of Apple Mail in Leopard (we’ll be trying the new Ghost Action as well). So now we will try to get a discipline going to stay on top of the digital inbox…

An afternoon with Grace

Granddaughter Grace is now 2 weeks old, so we traveled over to Oakland for a viewing, with a stop in San Francisco for brunch (at Cafe Tartine in the Mission district) with Denver-based friends Ginger and Stan. Grace has gained a pound and grow an inch since she was born. She opens her eyes and […]

Getting a quote for solar power at gulker.com

The new furnace will be considerably more efficient than the old one, reducing both our energy bill and carbon footprint which got me thinking about our other big energy use, electricity.
The RealGoods.com estimator came back with a price of $37,000 for a 5.5 KW photovoltaic system for gulker.com, and promising a $1300 to $2400 reduction […]

Ghost Action for Leopard

Speaking of InBoxes, Jacob Wallstrom says there’s a new version of GhostAction for Leopard. I, for one, will give it a try…

The inbox: paperless or bust

I just have to figure out how to move my inbox to a paperless workflow. The stuff that piles up on my desk, like so many leaves, plastic bags and old newspapers that gather under freeway overpasses is just a mess. I need to scan all of this stuff in, as soon as it […]

Bushed

No reference to a certain Republican, not much loved hereabouts. I navigated up to UCSF on public transport, underwent chemo infusion, came home, arranged for a new furnace (ours has broken again), hauled out 6 bins of recycling (and brought ‘em back in) did the mail, worked through a long to-do list, cooked dinner and […]

E*Trade in trouble?

So, naturally, the brokerage that holds about 2/3s of my assets has a ‘15% chance’ of declaring bankruptcy, according to an analyst. Initially that knocked E*Trade stock for a loop, before it recovered this PM. I was thinking of buying E*Trade earlier in the day… but I have such bad luck trying to time the […]

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