Archive for November, 2005

The Electric Franklin

Tuesday, November 29th, 2005

(The Electric Franklin): “The diversity that is the Internet may be epitomized by only one person in history — Benjamin Franklin — someone commercially successful, ever concerned and involved with the public good, a great communicator, and a remarkable man of science and technology, finding practical effective solutions to real problems.”

The Unnatural Natural

Friday, November 18th, 2005

I don’t normally post about sports, but this one struck a chord:

KnowledgePlex It was supposed to be a simple story about a mysterious senior-softball phenom whose legend was growing in America’s heartland. Of course, nothing is simple.

10 years later

Thursday, November 17th, 2005

Today is Colli’s and my 10th anniversary! Over the years, I’ve gotten her a lot of corny stuff for different anniversaries - framed certificates, giant, ethnic-specific cards, etc. This year, we are meeting with a jeweler to have something fun made from my parents’ diamonds and things. Looking through the giant tangled pile of baubles, I found my genetic heritage. That’s right, THE JACK PATE 10 YEAR AWARD!

Neooffice flies

Friday, November 11th, 2005

I’ve been using NeoOffice for over a year and have been very happy with it as a total replacement for M$ products. However, the latest “performance patch (v. 1.10)” has really sold me. Optimized fot the latest Java, Neo now positively flies on my old dual-450! You can find the patch under “news” at the site.

Looking for plumber

Wednesday, November 9th, 2005

Our regular plumber has been abducted by aliens. If anyone knows of a good plumber in NWA who would like some easy remodeling work (moving a drain a few feet, for example), please let us know.

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005

Lots of remodeling right now, so we’re all in a kind of suspended animation as we try to ignore the fact we’ve “adopted” a crew of construction workers. Should be grand when it’s done, though.