Some years ago I found, perhaps at a garage sale, a small (2 ft. long, 2 ft. high) workbench. It has been useful, but it was really beat up: Continue reading
Rebuilding a small workbench
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Irish Class, May 18, 2009
Irish Class, May 18, 2009
Rang Gaeilge, 18ú lá Mí na Bealtaine
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Catching up with the PC
Last month I reported this. Today we see Mac OS X Users Vulnerable To Major Java Flaw.
“a vulnerability in Java that has been patched by everyone but Apple.”
Light my fire!
As part of our living history work in colgaffneyis we demonstrate how to start a fire without matches. This can be very difficult to do. However, some people are able achieve it without even trying:
To Serve Man
How Neanderthals met a grisly fate: devoured by humans,
A fossil discovery bears marks of butchering similar to those made when cutting up a deer
Saturday night and Sunday
My job requires that I occasionally work on evenings and weekends, doing things that cannot be done in normal business hours. Fortunately, in most cases I can do the job remotely by logging on to the County network from home. That helps a lot. Also, in most cases the job is goes according to plan and does not take too long. Last night…well, I am glad the first was true. Continue reading
Friday night
I stayed late at work then took the train to south Minneapolis for colgaffneyis Night at the Pub. I got to Merlin’s Rest early, so I stopped in at the hardware store next door. I found some large old-fashioned (tapered square shank) auger bits there. I bought three, one 1-1/8″ and two 1-1/4″.
The company at Merlin’s Rest was pleasant, but I have had better evenings there. It seemed a lot noisier than usual. My tolerance for crowded loud bars and similar settings, never very high, seems to be declining as I get older.
Irish Class, May 11, 2009
Irish Class, May 11, 2009
Rang Gaeilge, 11ú lá Mí na Bealtaine
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Programming Languages
jeff_duntemann pointed me to A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages.
I was thinking about composing a suitable entry for APL, the first programming language I used professionally (1977-1984), but it is late and I need to go to bed.
Another day, another fair
Today I spent the afternoon at Shepherd’s Harvest. mia_mcdavid was a vendor there She had a successful weekend. I minded the store (literally!) so she could take a couple breaks, and helped her with teardown and packing the car at the end of the day.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 