Month: March 2005

I received my email that my Adagio Tea is on its way!

I just posted that “It doesn’t take much effort to make a difference.” A few simple phone calls I have made which led to a difference: I’ve had speed limit signs with “children playing” posted at each entrance of the neighborhood. I’ve had knocked down road markers replaced. I’ve moved bus stops. There are more but I need to return to programming. The point is you can get things done if you are willing to make “a little” effort.

What can the American people do but belief they are watching legitimate news?

The Bush administration, rejecting an opinion from the Government Accountability Office, said last week that it is legal for federal agencies to feed TV stations prepackaged news stories that do not disclose the government’s role in producing them.

Is this legal? In a contradictory memo on February 17 Comptroller General David M. Walker wrote:

such stories — designed to resemble independently reported broadcast news stories so that TV stations can run them without editing — violate provisions in annual appropriations laws that ban covert propaganda.

As a citizen it is your right and obligation to step up to the plate and protect your rights and freedoms. When you see information like this that disturbs you, contact your state representative or congressman. They all accept emails, phone calls, letters and faxes. It doesn’t take much effort to make a difference.

It took me an hour to draw myself from bed but I’m up at the hour I like to rise and I’m working!

I’ve wanted to comment on the beautiful weather and the evening thunderstorms. I’ve wanted to give my wife’s belly more recognition and congratulate her for finding her way into The Zero Boss’ blog. She’s had a record number of people see her now. I’ve wanted to talk of the fantastic Easter morning and the joy and excitement experienced in the kids. And so much more.

I’ve been mired down in my own lack of productivity. I think I flat-rated a project that I greatly underestimated the amount of effort. I’ll pay for this in so many ways.

So last night I cut and marinated the brisket and this morning began making beef jerky. If you don’t own a dehydrator you really need one. Wonderful cooking tool!

Negative: I have a client very unhappy with me.
Positive: I overcame a major hurdle on their project today.

Positive: Started cleaning the bedroom floors and moved furniture
Positive: Boiled eggs for coloring
Super-positive: Painted wife

My wife is so beautiful! She is an absolute work of art!

It’s the Easter belly! 

I love waking up early. I almost got up at 3am today but gave myself permission to sleep until 6:10. When I took the dog outside the air was crisp and the birds, hundreds of birds, were singing away. It was loud and beautiful. I could identify some. Between 4am and 7am the birds sing the most and I could sit outside the entire time and do nothing but absorb what they have to say!

Hit a couple of major milestones on a project today. That feels good. Much more to go.

Preserved meat found in fossil.

William H. Bonney: You remember the stories John use to tell us about the the three chinamen playing Fantan? This guy runs up to them and says, “Hey, the world’s coming to an end!” and the first one says, “Well, I best go to the mission and pray,” and the second one says, “Well, hell, I’m gonna go and buy me a case of Mezcal and six whores,” and the third one says “Well, I’m gonna finish the game.” I shall finish the game, Doc.
Young Guns II

So, that talking you’ve been doing to your plants and the classically music played for them to hear apparently doesn’t make you all that crazy afterall

Not only can plants communicate with each other and with insects by coded gas exhalations, scientists say now, they can perform Euclidean geometry calculations through cellular computations and, like a peeved boss, remember the tiniest transgression for months.

Next time you need a little help on that math homework talk to your plant. (the story)

I forgot to meantion that on the banner above clicking each flavor takes you to a different page of the Adagio site.

I had a very productive and fun day of wireless networking challenges. I connected an office wirelessly using two DLink 7100APs. One acted as the access point and the other as a repeater. Much fun!

Woke at 5:30. Spent the day at the computer. Had an afternoon break to help Sarah deliver Girl Scout cookies. Skipped dinner. Spent 5 hours removing some nasty spyware and viruses from a computer. Returned home to grab 20 minutes of sleep then return to programming on the computer after brewing my final pot of coffee. The bean is dead! Java no more! Have an 8 hour day planned for tomorrow to help a company move their office and make sure all their computers are working.