Winter Wonderland

Though the first snow of the season doesn’t usually last long (and if fact, last night’s snow should be mostly gone by sundown), it sure is beautiful in the bright morning sunlight. Here’s … Read more

Like Stepping Off a Cliff

So has winter suddenly arrived in mid-central Kansas. After weeks of unseasonably warm weather, (we’ve been tracking Bristol, UK and San Jose, CA temps within 10 degrees day and night), winter weather has … Read more

First Snow!

A little after 8:30 PM it began snowing here in Lindsborg. Our first snow of the season and our first snow in many, many years. The snowflakes are big and moist; the deck … Read more

Aiko, days before we adopted him.

One Thing Leads to Another

So, how’s your day going? Update: alternate link, in case first one isn’t working. Thanks to Joi Ito. The featured image (which may only be displayed on the index pages, depending on your … Read more

G5 Optimized Firefox

First, if you aren’t using Firefox as your primary browser, why not? It works better than Internet Explorer, it’s free, and it’s an easy download. It works on just about any computer, including … Read more

Everything chopped and ready for cooking!

Mac Migration

The G5 Powermac was introduced a couple of months before I bought my first ever Apple computer, a G4 Powerbook. I knew at the time that the G5 offered much greater performance, but … Read more

Site Updated to Latest Movable Type

I updated the site to the latest version of MovableType, largely to better fight comment spam by using the MT-Blacklist plugin. The upgrade went well as did the installation of MT-Blacklist. I’ve missed … Read more