Monthly Archives: June 2005

Neighbors

Posted on June 30, 2005 by ricbret

The last of the "Five New Homes in Willow Glenn" finally sold so we’ll soon have new neighbors over the back fence.  Lovely home, often thought about buying it myself, would have made the move very easy…   Anyway, they’re … Continue reading →

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Herbie

Posted on June 29, 2005 by ricbret

My friend Chuck Farnham is an eccentric.  Certifiable, he made a living and reputation off being eccentric for about a decade. Now it’s just a hobby.  I may get back to that history some day, but let’s talk about last night.   Chuck most … Continue reading →

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Cat

Posted on June 27, 2005 by ricbret

Even if you’ve visited, you may not be aware that we have a cat. Shadow is notorious for not being around when strangers are in the house. This morning she was actually being friendly and let me take a picture … Continue reading →

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Diary

Posted on June 25, 2005 by ricbret

Lots of recently discussions with friends about the purpose of a blog.  It’s kind of asking about the purpose of a letter, or maybe even paper. There’s the question of what makes blogs real, and interesting when the whole act … Continue reading →

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Humans

Posted on June 24, 2005 by ricbret

Justin and I have been playing "Destroy All Humans" video game some evenings.  He’s recently finished the epic rpg Fable, and is basically sitting nearby as I manipulate the small alien giving me advice like "what happens when you jump … Continue reading →

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UI

Posted on June 23, 2005 by ricbret

I am the IT guy for my parents.   A call from Mom, two issues: She needs to print out prescription information she got via e-mail, but the printer is shooting blanks.  Also, there’s something wrong with the answering machine, she’s … Continue reading →

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Grades

Posted on June 22, 2005 by ricbret

While we still haven’t seen grades, we did get two interesting school-related pieces of mail yesterday.  First, Justin passed both his CA State exams.  Passed is an understatement, he got 100% in 3 out of 5 math sections, with the … Continue reading →

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Bowl

Posted on June 21, 2005 by ricbret

Took the scouts bowling last night.  Good times with a fair turn out given they’d just had a camp out this past weekend.  We did pretty awful but nobody really cared.  With two of our three lanes complete, I had … Continue reading →

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Quiet

Posted on June 20, 2005 by ricbret

Could our neighborhood be settling back down again?  Looking more and more like the low-lifes have been carted off and maybe, just maybe, their mother is looking to fix the house and put it up for sale.  Sure, I’m reaching … Continue reading →

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Fathers Day

Posted on June 19, 2005 by ricbret

Not waxing poetic on the day.  Nice weather. Got the gazebo assembled after going back to the store for a copy of the missing instructions.  Heading over to Dad’s shortly. He fell down again last night… a couple of times … Continue reading →

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Victory

Posted on June 18, 2005 by ricbret

Just so you don’t think I’ve been spending all day trying to get this phone photo blog thing working, today I went out early and bought a gazebo, then had lunch, then went and test drove a Mustang GT, went … Continue reading →

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Toilet

Posted on June 18, 2005 by ricbret

This will work but it is stupid.

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Another attempt from the phone

Posted on June 18, 2005 by ricbret

This attempt through the MSN Hotmail web page, using the phone web browser. How delightfully geeky. This is all just trying to make sure I understand the limits of the connectivity involved. -RB

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Test from phone

Posted on June 18, 2005 by ricbret

Short message of course.

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Fake picture blog from NY

Posted on June 18, 2005 by ricbret

Picture that was taken in New York of a burning garbage bin.  You could see the smoke for blocks, and it was plastic stuff so you could smell it as far away or more.  Guy in front of the smoke … Continue reading →

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Now with a picture…

Posted on June 18, 2005 by ricbret

Now with a picture… We’ll see how pictures work.  Here’s a nice one.  I particularly like this picture because is works on two levels.  Those who say “oh yeah! Me too!” and those who actually get it.

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Remote Blogging

Posted on June 18, 2005 by ricbret

OK, giving this a go to see how it… well, how it goes. This is being sent remotely via e-mail. Which avoids all that awful loggingin and having to remember passwords and then clicking that darn difficultedit button.

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Scientific Proof!

Posted on June 17, 2005 by ricbret

Blogging does not help a headache.  I’m still suffering from a massive frontal lobe burn.  Right behind the eyes.  Shouldn’t even be at the keyboard.  What kind of an addict am I?

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How many times…

Posted on June 17, 2005 by ricbret

How many blogs have you gone to where the first thing you read is an entry about how the blogger is trying out the software, giving it a spin and promising things will get better. Well, this is that number … Continue reading →

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