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Technologies New and Old

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After I got home tonight I did a little work for my employer. Nothing terribly difficult–just a system test that could not be done in normal business hours.

Meanwhile, using another computer (my own, not my employer’s) I tried to check e-mail. Unfortunately, it failed to boot. Looks like a hard-disk problem. I will try a file-system repair (this is a Linux box) from a rescue CD tomorrow night. I have a recent backup of my data, so I am not really worried even if that fails. I have another hard disk I can put in the machine and reinstall everything (I am writing this on yet another machine).

I did not do anything about that tonight because mia_mcdavid needed help with her new loom. I made a raddle, a gadget to aid her in the process of warping. This appears to be working quite well, so I have accomplished something. The computer will keep until tomorrow.

Fighting words!

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Found on the OldTools Mailing List.

Apparently a few years ago, the Louisville Baseball Bat Museum had a billboard up outside of town advertising that they had “More Old Bats Than A Knitting Convention.” The local knitters’ group had quite a tizzy over it.

Somebody else promptly commented

And If your SWMBO is a major-league knitter, then you’ll understand why

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Since my SWMBO* is also a “major-league knitter”, I understand quite well.

*If necessary, you can look it up at the OldTools faq :-)>

Sunday

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Difficult time with Tom in the morning. I picked him up at his group home without Mia, and once again he was unhappy about this. Not as bad as on some previous visits–he did walk to the car on his own. But he was pretty weepy and fussy most of the way through church. Not easy to deal with, but getting through it does give a sense of accomplishment. After we got to our house and sat him down in front of a large lunch he did much better. Following lunch he watched a couple of his old videotapes. Mia was working on a fleece on the back porch (see her recent posts) until he went there to bring her inside, which he did very nicely.

I did a little Christmas shopping while Tom was watching the videos. On-line, of course. Years with Tom have made me completely dependent on the internet for Christmas shopping.

Started to excavate my workbench this afternoon. The pile of tools and stuff had gotten pretty high in the past several weeks. Also found a piece of an unfinished project and cleaned it up. I may even try to complete it.

This week

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The week has been relatively quiet. Work has been mostly OK. I have been able to quite a bit of useful work without too many management hassles.

colgaffneyis dance on Wednesday was pleasant although rather low-key; only six people showed.

While mia_mcdavid was out today I had a lot of shop time. The shaving horse is ready now: The only things I have left to do are cosmetic.

Mia and I have been sitting in front of a fire this evening. She has been reading. I have engaged in the less traditional activities of

  1. Trying to fix an old computer.
  2. Adding software to my Nokia 770.
  3. Writing this post on the same Nokia.

Thanksgiving Friday

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I did not spend a dime today. In fact, I came out $35 ahead–the check arrived for one of the Windycon memberships I sold two weeks ago. No problem with mall crowds, since the extent of my outings was crossing the street to the mailbox.

I did a lot of woodwork today. The shaving horse is coming along very well.

Right now mia_mcdavid and I are watching Goldfinger on TV. I have not seen it since it first came out, nearly forty years ago. Still a lot of fun.

In other news….

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Monday night I went back to Irish Class, having missed a week. I did OK. Some other students had also been gone that day, so I was not too far out of step. Still, I need to work harder at this. I never fail to be impressed at how our teachers manage to keep the classes progressing when the whole system is completely voluntary and free. It is great to see devotion in action.

Also, I was feeling stuck on one of my woodworking projects, the new shaving horse. The constraint I have imposed on myself is that it has to be easily taken down for transport and rebuilt on site. I got an idea about that tonight which may help a lot.