Monday done

Though I have not done much. Did get some more pictures taken of some stuff to post on E-Bay. And got a few of them resized but none posted yet. Had some friends come over to get some firewood for their outdoor firepit and walked out to the back of the bamboo thicket to help them gather some up. Then Bill came out and helped and when John and co left Bill and I walked up a bit and looked at what all needed to be taken down that the Airsoft folks left. Soon as this cold snap passes I’m gonna get the big trailer out and load as much of the crap up as I can and move into storage piles up here so I can mow the pastures before the green stuff comes out this year.

Got Ubuntu installed on the iBook and all updates done, last night/this morning prior to going to bed somewhere after 2:30 am. And it seems to be running fine. Have been downloading the Debian testing DVD for the ppc via bit torrent since last night. Not sure if it’s the client I’m using or my ISP or what but something keeps stopping it and I have to quit the client and restart it to get it to resume the download. Has happened 3 times now. Got 4.2 of 4.4 gb of the file so far. Am thinking about installing it on the iBook and trying it too. May use Super Duper to copy the OS X install over to my backup drive and use that partition to install Debian on. Been thinking about it and at this point there isn’t really anything that I do that I need to have the Mac OS for. Guess I reinstalled it yesterday out of habit. Am much more comfortable with and find it easier to get things done with Ubuntu and other Linux distros than OS X now so it really makes more sense to devote the drive to them and move on.

About time to reload the woodburner so will close for the night. Till tomorrow… ;-)

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Carpintaria Carlos Alberto

Carpintaria Carlos Alberto

Now THIS dude is a carpenter! Check out the Vespa and the other motorcycle he has built out of wood. That Vespa is a true work of art! Incredible detail!

Help For Linux: 5 GIMP Tricks Everyone Should Know!

Help For Linux: 5 GIMP Tricks Everyone Should Know!

There’s a couple of good tips here, as well as in the comments once you wade through all the Adobe Photo Shop Zealots BS. Applies to Gimp no matter what the platform, not just for Linux.

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Save the Sea Kittens”: PETA’s Lamest Campaign Yet

“Save the Sea Kittens”: PETA’s Lamest Campaign Yet — The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century

PETA – the food Taliban – continue to scrape of the bottom of the barrel for ideas. Their latest campaign is Save the Sea Kittens, in which they attempt to stop people from eating fish by branding them as “Sea Kittens”.

I have bad news for you: I’m Asian, and I think of cats as egg rolls waiting to happen.

Some days Joey just outdoes himself, and today is one of them. I’m glad I didn’t have any coffee in my mouth when I read the line above, or I’d STILL be cleaning my keyboard, desk, and monitor!

I’m a member of a group called PETA too, but the initials of our group stand for “People Eating Tasty Animals” and I does like me some fish… ;-)

THE CROTCHETY OLD FAN * Rimworlds * The Classic Science Fiction Channel

THE CROTCHETY OLD FAN * Rimworlds * The Classic Science Fiction Channel

For the Sci-Fi geeks out there. Good source for links to all forms of Science Fiction media.

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