In November, my “church” blog went dark as part of our move to a different hosting service. I’m semi-happy to report it’s back online again, at the same URL: blog.deserthillspc.org.
My other blog is online again
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Uncle Sam’s Credit Score
I found this article informative. I didn’t actually know the details of how the credit score is determined. But I especially found interesting the conclusion that Uncle Sam is (or should be) a sub-prime borrower.
Update (January, 2014). I’ve been asked to remove the link because it’s causing the originator’s spam rating to go up. Sounds like a bug in the algorithm. Here’s the equivalent link, in case it’s helpful: http://goo.gl/swFwgW.
Feedflix is pretty cool.
We’ve been pretty happy customers of Netflix for 2+ years now, but I never knew what it cost us, compared with a brick-and-mortar DVD rental place. Now, courtesy of Feedflix the answer is as clear as this graph:
DSL is working again
For now, at least.
By the way, happy New Year!
Joshua Tree in the Snow
Something you don’t see every day:
Busy Birds
We had snow this morning, so it took me a bit longer to get going. (I had to phone people who might have come to a meeting and tell them not to.) When I got outside, I saw the quails had already run every which way:
Note that my Canon Powershot A620 seems to have gone missing — I had it Saturday. Monday morning I couldn’t find it. — so these photos are taken with my venerable A60. Sigh.
This is Inspiring
Making the rounds of the websites I read: 40 Inspirational Speeches in 2 Minutes.
When the Man Comes Around
Just watched the final episode from season 1 of Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles. It’s a great show; can’t wait until summer when season 2 comes out.
But what made the ending so excellent was the use of Johnny Cash’s “When the Man Comes Around.” I hadn’t heard it before, but I went to Amazon and got a copy right away.
It’s the perfect song to accompany the events that serve as a revelation to FBI Agent Ellison:
More SF love for my fellow geeks.
It’s good to know that somebody actually watches the show. They know why Guy Fleegman is terrified.
Submitted, then, for your viewing pleasure: Redshirts.
Kudus to Ace.
Getting Email Working under Linux
I’m working on migrating myself to the mutt email client. If you’re at all curious about why, and how I’m doing, read on.