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GRAFFITI -- June 09, 2008 thru June 15, 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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June 9, 2008

Stacks of bamboo flooring

0647 - Good morning. Surprised you, eh? Me, too. At right you can see some of what kept me busy in the late afternoon and early evening yesterday — the bamboo flooring that we're having installed on Friday. I wanted to get it up here from the besement, unboxed, unwrapped, and stacked with spacers. Yeah, 600 pounds of flooring up two flights. Yay. But it needs to acclimatise to the space where it'll be installed, up here. So, there it is.

The estimator for the firm we use, Bugsy, of American Carpet Outlet, suggested that I could just get the boxes up out of the basement. But with humidity and air conditioning running, it's better being up here, as it's usually a good 10 degrees warmer here on the second floor, or 15 degrees on a sunny afternoon.

Good bye, Jim McKay. I have fond memories of Jim McKay's work with Wide World of Sports, and with his Olympic coverage. There's a good interview set up on YouTube. He was a class act. We're also going to miss Bo Diddley. He surely loved his music. Here's some, courtesy of YouTube.

Today, I work on BIND, always fun. Ciao!

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June 10, 2008

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June 11, 2008

2024 - Good evening. Well, that was interesting. No post last night because there was no power last night. At least, not for the computers. The generator paid for itself when the lightning storm took out the power, and the rain was bucketing down. Regular maintenance pays off - I opened the fuel line, turned on the switch, set the choke, gave one pull, and it fired right up. 15 minutes after the power was out, I was plugging in the sump pump. The sump was already 3/4 full. So, no flood, me happy. Then I called the BGE line, and they said that power would be back at 630 ... this evening. So I ran two more cords, to the freezer and fridge. As it turned out, the power came back just before midnight. I shut down the generator after a few minutes, coiled everything up, and called it a night. I'm still thinking that a battery-backed secondary pump might be a really, really good idea.

Tonight I've got to catch up on school work. Ciao!

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June 12, 2008

2043 - Good evening. Ow. Ow. I really should get some ibuprofen and supper. But both home offices are empty, only hazmat carpets remaining. Tomorrow at 0700, the flooring crews show up. I don't expect they'll take a super-long time, so I'll be doing the shoe mold tomorrow (already here, and painted), and maybe starting to reassemble the offices. Not much more to report. Ciao!

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June 13, 2008

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June 14, 2008

2132 - Good evening. The flooring's in. Marcia's offise is partially back together. Mine has a bit more painting, and the shoe molding to go in before I can move furniture back in ... couple of days. Wow, am I ever tired. Tomorrow, I mow, paint, prep for Linda's birthday party (here), and hopefully that's it. G'night.

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June 15, 2008

2050 - Good evening. No painting, no remodeling. Just breakfast, shopping, mowing, mowing, cooking, party. Happy Birthday, Linda!

Another Sunday, another (thankfully short) remembrance of those who have died in service in the last week. Our condolences to the families and units of the fallen.

• Sgt. 1st Class David R. Hurst, 31, of Fort Sill, Okla., died June 7 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.
• vSpc. Thomas F. Duncan, III, 21, of Rowlett, Texas, died June 9 in Sinjar, Iraq, of wounds suffered during combat operations.
• Staff Sgt. Tyler E. Pickett, 28, of Saratoga, Wyo., died June 8 in Kirkuk Province, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked by enemy forces using improvised explosive devices.
• Sgt. Steve A. McCoy, 23, of Moultrie, Ga., died June 10 at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, of wounds suffered on March 23 in Baghdad, Iraq, when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.
• Sgt. John D. Aragon, 22, of Antioch, Calif., died June 12 in Kadamiyah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.

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