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GRAFFITI -- May 23, 2011 thru May 29, 2011 >> Link to the Current Week << Last Week << Mon   Tues   Wed   Thu   Fri   Sat   Sun >> Next Week 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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May 23, 2011

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May 24, 2011

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May 25, 2011

2114 - Yep, I'm no longer on call. It's not so terrible, except that I sleep much more lightly while on call, and slowly get more and more tired as the week progresses. So, glad to be done with that for a few weeks. Also good since school starts up again next Tuesday. At this particular moment, I really should log in to the classes and review the coursework that's going to be required. Tomorrow's probably early enough for that. This weekend, two major projects: Migrate the rest of our sites off of Zidane, and get the watering systems up and running, front and back. Together, that should be enough project work, given a three day weekend. Ciao!

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May 26, 2011

2210 - It was brought to my attention that Fox used a screencap from Wargames in their article: China Confirms Existence of Elite Cyber-Warfare Outfit the 'Blue Army'. My nearly first thought was I wonder if the cheat code for the Chinese wargame FPS is "Joshua". Nothing else I can report today. Ciao!

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May 29, 2011

2047 - And the yard is set for the season. Yes, there'll still be maintenance, but the watering systems are set up, so that I won't lose plants I care about - veggies and the hanging baskets are vulnerable to no water on a single day, since they're both raised and drain well. The flowers in the front beds may get droopy, but will revive well. So, working on the watering systems, installing a few more tomatoes and peppers, and getting the lawns mowed ate the weekend. I'll spend a bit of time tomorrow doing further prep work for the first week of school, which starts on Tuesday. Oh, yeah. I also got daynotes.net and daynotes.com migrated over. All that's left from my domains are Marcia's. Time for supper and a shower, but first...

Sigh. A bad week to the be target of IEDs (not that there's ever a good week, but some weeks the insurgents blow up their own asses instead of ours). Our condolences to the families and units of these fallen warriors:

• Sgt. 1st Class Clifford E. Beattie, 37, of Medical Lake, Washington, died May 22 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
• Pfc. Ramon Mora Jr., 19, of Ontario, California, died May 22 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
• Staff Sgt. Kristofferson B. Lorenzo, 33, of Chula Vista, California, died May 23, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
• Pfc. William S. Blevins, 21, of Sardinia, Ohio, died May 23, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
• Pvt. Andrew M. Krippner, 20, Garland, Texas, died May 23, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
• Pvt. Thomas C. Allers, 23, of Plainwell, Michigan, died May 23, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
• Chief Warrant Officer Christopher R. Thibodeau, 28, of Chesterland, Ohio, died May 26 in Paktika province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when his helicopter crashed during combat operations.
• Staff Sgt. Joseph J. Hamski, 28, of Ottumwa, Iowa, died May 26 in the Shorabak district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
• Tech. Sgt. Kristoffer M. Solesbee, 32, of Citrus Heights, California, died May 26 in the Shorabak district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
• 1st Lt. John M. Runkle, 27, of West Salem, Ohio, died May 26 of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device in Kandahar province, Afghanistan.
• Staff Sgt. Edward D. Mills Jr., 29, of New Castle, Pennsylvania, died May 26 of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device in Kandahar province, Afghanistan.
• Staff Sgt. Ergin V. Osman, 35, of Jacksonville, North Carolina, died May 26 of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device in Kandahar province, Afghanistan.
• Sgt. Thomas A. Bohall, 25, of Bel Aire, Kansas, died May 26 of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device in Kandahar province, Afghanistan.
• Sgt. Louie A. Ramos Velazquez, 39, of Camuy, Puerto Rico, died May 26 of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device in Kandahar province, Afghanistan.
• Spc. Adam J. Patton, 21, of Port Orchard, Washington, died May 26 of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device in Kandahar province, Afghanistan.
• Pfc. John C. Johnson, 28, of Phoenix, Arizona, died May 27 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire.
• Spc. Adam S. Hamilton, 22, of Kent, Ohio, died May 28 in Haji Ruf, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.

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