Category: Ramblings

  • Spambots

    Spambots

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    Halfling13

    A few days ago, I added a new module to the website, which provides for Google Auto-Captcha connections.  If you are not familiar with Captcha, it is the small graphic picture or puzzle you have to answer when you connect to some sites.  In this case, the routine makes an attempt to decide if a…

  • Family reunion

    Family reunion

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    Halfling13

    I don’t remember this event, I was only 3 in 1976, but this is an old family picture gathering most of the extended family.  My dad I assume is the photographer, with (from the left), my Mom’s parents Ethel and Truman (with me in the middle), my mom, my uncle Roelof with my brother, and…

  • Family Photos

    Family Photos

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    Halfling13

    Received a large collection of old photos, rescued from when my grandmother passed away.  Most of these are relatively ancient family photos, some of which I was involved in, and some of which I was not.  But all bring back a lot of memories.  Will be posting most of them over the following weeks and…

  • A touch less travel

    A touch less travel

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    Halfling13

    Skipping the travel this week, and staying home, thanks to the red tape involved in travel arrangements through work.  Admittedly this works well, it gives me a chance to get to my older son’s Boy Scouts Court of Honor this week, and we have preparations to wrap up for the Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby this…

  • Funding is now non-funded

    Funding is now non-funded

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    Halfling13

    Back when I started this site, and mainly when I started editing and posting videos (and then podcasts), I had never really expected this hobby to turn a profit or really make much money at all.  And over the years, my total earnings have come up to approximately $1 – not even enough for a…

  • Mozilla

    Mozilla

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    Halfling13

    Its been a very long time, but I have decided on yet another shift in traditional tools – dropping Chrome in favor of Mozilla/Firefox.  I recall way back in my college days, Firefox was the upstart browser compared to Internet Explorer (along with Opera), but never clicked with me.  After college, I used Internet Explorer…

  • Stable end to a long week

    Stable end to a long week

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    Halfling13

    Its the end of a long week, and we have a big snow storm supposedly coming in this evening.  Initially, the prediction was for 8+ inches of snow on top of a layer of ice – that has since been reduced to only a few inches.  Of course that doesn’t stop the locals from panic,…

  • Heading home

    Heading home

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    Halfling13

    Heading home again today from Toledo, following yet another work trip.  Always nice to get home, though admittedly there are times when it is good to be able to focus on work.  In this case, it will be nice to get home before the “big” snow storm supposedly comes thru and hits, the current prediction…