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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…

November 20, 2002

Tuesday’s Forecast

http://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!

November 17, 2002

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,…

November 8, 2002

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…

November 1, 2002

Autumn means trees and birds change …

It’s Autumn. Our Autumn Flame Maple trees are turning orange and losing their leaves. (that’s with the help of the drought this Summer as well, not entirely due to Autumn). And we are anxiously awaiting our bigger October Glory Maple tree in the front yard to begin turning color. It survived the drought just fine.…

October 22, 2002