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A good, warm hunt just north of Lordsburg, NM in a little area called Red Rock.  Wonderful skies, quite a bit of walking, and quiet time.

So…..I’ve not been here or written a single word in quite a long time.  Normal organizational instinct kicks in for me as the new year approaches and it includes some backburner projects that need a bit of attention.  Well, this is certainly a part of the backburner items. 

 Now that Emily is up and online, I may start back in here again.   Some goals for the new year could be documented here for all to see and then ride me when I slack off!

Let’s see how long it is before I come back…………………

Using a new blog tool.  Moved to WordPress in order to test it all out.  Dumped all the SQL from previous blog and moved here, but didn’t move any of the photos………yet.   Also doing a quick redirect into the /wp install directory until I can move it all to root.  Don’t need to understand that, I just wanted to test the posting and document what I did. 

I am still here. Still working. Still busy. Hard to get back here right now. Check back soon!

The other day I had a very nice neighbor bring me some homemade apple pie. Normally I would have graciously said thank you, closed the door, and walked directly to the trash and deposited it. This time I didn’t do that. I felt “safe” with this woman cooking and sharing some of her food. We have said “hi” back and forth and had a few exchanges that made me feel okay about her. She just returned from a trip to Japan, where she is from, and was happy that I watched her place. Of course, I didn’t really watch it, but I suppose had I seen flames licking out of the windows I would have called 911.

Anyhow, I did write a nice little thank you card and placed it on her door yesterday. I came home today and found an equally nice thank you card on my door. Included in the card was a handwritten note that I just had to share! I really like the attempt at …..well just read it.

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A brief look at bandwidth usage for my whole server had me wondering. I have 31 accounts on this server and my bandwidth reports seemed normal if not a little light. I inspected a few domains including this one and was surprised to see the numbers here. My business domain (180networks.com) had good traffic from many sources as expected. I also had quite a bit of traffic here which was is what surprised me.

Who is reading this? Drop me a quick “Hey, you don’t know me, but I read your stuff” and give me a clue. Of course, I can go back and do NSLookups, Whois, etc on the IP’s but that is not the point. I really thought this was a dumping ground for me and mind. Is there someone actually reading this stuff?

Drop me a quick email or add a comment. Scroll to the bottom of the page and enter your info. It doesn’t even have to be real!

Oh, and thanks for reading who ever y’all are.

I am writing this from my new MacBook. I have had it for about 3 weeks and really do enjoy it. I brought it home and promptly installed Boot Camp and then Windows XP Pro. I know that may disgust some people, but if I intended to make this a work computer (which it is) and use it as a replacement for my Dell then Windows had to be on here. I have been attempting to do everything under OS X instead of Windows and for the most part I have been happy. There are a few things that I just know how to do under Windows and don’t have time to search for it on the Mac side. I will keep “playing” and feel better about it soon.

The Boot Camp install is painless. If you can follow a simple instructions then you should be able to complete the install. Having done many Windows installs did help and made the process seem familiar. The Boot Camp software can be downloaded for free from Apple. You should print the instructions if you have any apprehension about the process.

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I had a little scare after getting the computer home and realizing it held onto every single fingerprint mark on the case. It really doesn’t look too good after a visit to Flying Star, french fries, and browsing. I tried to clean it off with some very diluted soap and water as suggested on a few sites. After everything was done I was left with some serious streaks on the case and no amount of rubbing would remove them. I was pissed. I searched for a little while online and found someone that recommended using a product called iKlear. I called the Apple store and they had it in stock so I went right over. Once I got the iKlear out of the package and onto my laptop it was apparent I had found my answer. It worked perfectly for the streaks, fingerprints, and smudges.

This blogger made this statement in regards to the Michael Richards “incident” recently…
“The first amendment was never designed to protect popular opinion. It was implemented to protect those whose moral compass deviates from our own. There’s real beauty in that and if you can’t realize it, then I have the right to call you a f*****g moron.”

Read more of this persons blog here and
you should also read both sections of this article HERE.

I don’t disagree with some of those takes!

LONDON, England (Reuters) — Criminal gangs using hijacked computers are behind a surge in unwanted e-mails peddling sex, drugs and stock tips.

The number of “spam” messages has tripled since June and now accounts for as many as nine out of 10 e-mails sent worldwide, according to U.S. email security company Postini.

As Christmas approaches, the daily trawl through in-boxes clogged with offers of fake Viagra, loans and sex aids is tipped to take even longer.

“E-mail systems are overloaded or melting down trying to keep up with all the spam,” said Dan Druker, a vice president at Postini.

His company has detected 7 billion spam e-mails worldwide in November….

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