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GRAFFITI -- March 24, 2008 thru March 30, 2008 >> Link to the Current Week << Last Week << Mon   Tues   Wed   Thu   Fri   Sat   Sun >> Next Week Search this site : Welcome to Orb Graffiti, a place for me to write daily about life and computers. Contrary to popular belief, the two are not interchangeable.     About eMail - I publish email sometimes. If you send me an email and you want privacy or anonymity, please say so clearly at the beginning of your message.

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March 24, 2008

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March 25, 2008

2129 - Good evening. Time continues to be my enemy. I'm getting lots done, but there's so bloody much to do. OTOH, that's way better than the alternatives. I've just done Jerry's mailbag, and a Cost Estimate spreadsheet for a network/systems integration job (for the school group project - I'm spending a paltry 200G). Over the next couple of days I'll be deeply embedded in a project to get some systems ready for our Disaster Recovery site, so ... it'll be quiet here. Okay, quieter.

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March 26, 2008

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March 27, 2008

1954 - Hola! Back in town after a trip to our DR site to rack some gear and execute a few network changes. Hours of driving both ways, and work well into the evening last night. But most of the work was successful, and we have direction for setting up a test rig to simulate the next round of changes that we're proposing. So, I'll stay busy. That's good. Oh, yeah, and I've been gone for two days out of a *five* day "week" (counting the weekend upcoming) with reading, exercises, and a quiz all by Sunday. Huzzah!

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March 28, 2008

2137 - Good evening. Doing schoolwork... I have a copy of Office 2004 for the Mac. I picked it up for a song at the software indoctrination center that's associated with UMUC's bookstore. They only offer Adobe, Microsoft, and one other vendor (I cannot remember which at the moment). Anyway, I fired up Word to read the week's chapter notes from our instructor, and I got a pop-up asking if I would allow Word to accept incoming network connections. ??? Hells, No! Here's a useless post on the topic in Microsoft Communities. Wow. If it asks me that every time, I think I'll go insane. Oh, wait... I think I'll wait and read the bloody doc tomorrow. My eyes are starting to cross - I'm a bit tired. Ciao!

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March 29, 2008

1855 - Good evening. Six hours of yardwork, and 4 hours of schoolwork. That counts as a full day by any stretch of the imagination. Front and back yards both got their first mowing of the season. The six vegetable boxes and the mulching box all got attention from the rototiller. And all of the over-wintering decorative grasses in the front beds have been trimmed before new growth can start in earnest. Once showered, I did the balance of the "week's" reading, answered the assignment topics, then completed and submitted the quiz due this week. Tomorrow, shopping and dining room work (and maybe some RFQ reading, should time permit, for work). Ciao!

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March 30, 2008

1359 - Good afternoon. Another round of sanding in the dining room is completed. A very few more re-patch points - I'll touch those up with a lightly damp sponge instead of sanding. Next I've got to caulk some areas before priming. And I may go get that caulk today, so that I can prime during the week.

Today, al Sadr calls for his militants to stand down. That's good, because it's been a hairy couple of weeks. But someday, he'll stand them up again. What a pit! And our guys and gals want nothing more than enough stability so that the President will call them home. Meantime they do their duty, in harm's way. My condolences this week to the families and units of the fallen.

• Tech. Sgt. William H. Jefferson, Jr., 34, of Norfolk, Va., died March 22 near Sperwan Ghar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.
• Pfc. Tyler J. Smith, 22, of Bethel, Maine, died Mar. 21 at Forward Operating Base Falcon near Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when the base received indirect fire.
• Pfc. Antione V. Robinson, 20, of Detroit, Mich., died March 19 in Nawa, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when the vehicle he was repairing collapsed.
• Sgt. Thomas C. Ray, II, 40, of Weaverville, N.C., died March 22 in Baghdad, Iraq, from wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.
• Sgt. David S. Stelmat, 27, of Littleton, N.H., died March 22 in Baghdad, Iraq, from wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.
• Sgt. David B. Williams, 26, of Tarboro, N.C., died March 22 in Baghdad, Iraq, from wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.
• Staff Sgt. William R. Neil Jr., 38, of Holmdel, N.J., died March 21 in Sperwan Ghar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.
• Lance Cpl. Dustin L. Canham, 21, of Lake Stevens, Wash., died March 23 from a non-hostile incident in Djibouti.
• Pvt. George Delgado, 21, of Palmdale, Calif., died March 24 in Baghdad, Iraq, from wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive on March 23.
• Staff Sgt. Christopher M. Hake, 26, of Enid, Okla., died March 24 in Baghdad, Iraq, from wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive on March 23.
• Pfc. Andrew J. Habsieger, 22, of Festus, Mo., died March 24 in Baghdad, Iraq, from wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive on March 23.
• Spc. Jose A. Rubio Hernandez, 24, of Mission, Texas, died March 24 in Baghdad, Iraq, from wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive on March 23.
• Staff Sgt. Joseph D. Gamboa, 34, of Yigo, Guam, died Mar. 25 of wounds suffered when he came under indirect fire in Baghdad, Iraq.
• Spc. Gregory B. Rundell, 21, of Ramsey, Minn., died March 26 in Taji Iraq, of wounds suffered from small arms fire.
• Spc. Joshua A. Molina, 20, of Houston, Texas, died Mar. 27 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.

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