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Frustrated by UPS

Posted by marshall Wed, 26 Mar 2003 19:00:00 GMT

I really don't like UPS. They make it virtually impossible for a working person to have anything of value delivered.

Posted in Musings

Printer sharing

Posted by marshall Sat, 22 Mar 2003 19:00:00 GMT

Victory! Today I finally managed to get printing set up from Windows to Mac OS X. This is another one of those things that I've been meaning to get to for a while.

Posted in Computing

Sunny sky, pretty day

Posted by marshall Tue, 18 Mar 2003 19:00:00 GMT

The past few days have brought us some strange-looking skies. Instead of the usual gray, the sky has been blue! We grabbed the camera and took some pictures of this rare event.

Lara wanted me to make it very clear that I wrote the descriptions, by the way.

Posted in Pictures

Pseudorandom thoughts on the GrabBag

Posted by marshall Thu, 06 Mar 2003 19:00:00 GMT

Note: The GrabBag topic has been renamed to the Gallimaufry topic.

The GrabBag is the place for things that just don't fit anywhere else. If it's not Family News^TM or Personal Reflections® or a multimedia-type thing, it gets tossed in the GrabBag.

For example...

Posted in Gallimaufry

It's even more dangerous giving us video cameras

Posted by marshall Thu, 06 Mar 2003 19:00:00 GMT

The arrival of affordably-priced digital video cameras and easy-to-use video editing packages like iMovie has made it far too easy for the average person to start sticking bits of video together and unleashing them on their unsuspecting friends and relatives. Somehow the mere possession of a video camera gives people the impression that they can make better movies than Peter Jackson. Lara and I are two of these delusional people. We've joined a recovery program and are now a bit more restrained with our preciousss camera, but every once in a while, the urge hits...and the results are things like Frodo Ramsey (Quicktime 6 or higher required).

Posted in Pictures

It's dangerous giving us cameras

Posted by marshall Thu, 06 Mar 2003 19:00:00 GMT

One of the frequent requests on the old site...long ago...was for pictures. Now that we have a decent digital camera, pictures should appear a bit more frequently (although that's not saying much, since pretty much anything is more frequent than "never").

To start things off, here's what the view outside our window is today:

Posted in Pictures

It's FINALLY back up!

Posted by marshall Thu, 06 Mar 2003 18:30:00 GMT

I can see you now. "Hey! What's this? There's actually something on their web site!" You're clutching your chest and breathing heavily and...hey, are you okay?!

Yes, just when you thought all hope was lost, a lovely Pittsburgh wintry mix went and coated our dead-end uphill street with ice last night, locking us into our home for the day. Like most folks would do after tiring of DDR and Zelda, we naturally figured we'd install a nifty content management system and open the site back up for the whole world to see. Or at least the two of you that actually visit our site. Thanks for the year-and-a-half of patience, Mom!

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Posted in News