Month: November 2002

  • Happy Thanksgiving!

    To all my fellow American citizens: Happy Thanksgiving! We’ll be having the traditional Turkey and the rest that’s been traditional for my side of the family, well, the things I’ve loved to continue, minus the things I haven’t 😉 Stuffing and gravy, mashed potatoes, cauliflower, green been casserole, sweet potato casserole, rolls, Cranberry sauce (yes,…

  • Leonid Meteor Storm?

    Not so nice. It was clear all evening and up to 3am. I checked outside at 4am next, and it was totally overcast. 🙁 Out of nowhere it seemed to come. (Maybe it was on it’s way, I hadn’t been checking the weather radar.) The updated weather forecast was for clear to partly cloudy that…

  • Tuesday’s Forecast

    science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/09oct_leonidsforecast.htm? Check out the above link for Leonid show forecasts. We have local weather forecasting clear skies and cold, high 30’s. We’ll be out as a family. The last one we saw was in March and was fun. We hope to see many more than that time, this time. It really should be nice!

  • Win XP: thumbs up; SP1: thumbs down, down, down …

    Windows XP: I like it alright. Actually, I like it better than any previous versions. It’s more stable than any of the three other platforms this monitor I’m using now worked for. What I don’t like is SP1. Yes, Service Pack 1 for WIN XP. I built this computer, and had a time of it,…

  • Computers: Built one; One missing

    Heady feeling, isn’t it, to complete something good! A few months ago we bought a “starter kit” to build our next desktop computer from. We bought our first in the store, then had a friend piece together a better one in Oct. 1998. I got a laptop for me in Dec. 2001 — and that…