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And now, for an existentialist moment…
What if a demon were to creep after you one night, in your loneliest loneliness, and say, ‘This life which you live must be lived by you once again and innumerable times more; and every pain and joy and thought and sigh must come again to you, all in the same sequence. The eternal hourglass [...]
A friend to my Daughter and I
Published in Morning Call on February 6, 2010:
Susan R. Kernechel, 49, of Coopersburg died Wednesday, February 3, in her home. She was the wife of Calvin Kernechel to whom she was married for more than 24 years. Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late William and Willetta Dolly (Schmitt) Pashley. She was [...]
Magellan Roadmate Loose Power Plug
Recently I received a call from a friend of mine who said the power plug on his GPS had “fallen off inside….” and he asked if I would be interested in taking a look at it. I thought: “Cool, a chance to take apart someone else’s stuff!” Or something like that…
Once I had it [...]
1999 GMC Yukon Intake Manifold Gasket Leak
I noticed some time back that my Yukon was stumbling under loads, and tried several repairs and diagnosis techniques without success (I don’t have access to a scanner/reader), so I nursed it along until one evening it was really acting up, and as I looked in the rear view mirror to see if anyone was [...]
Please avoid Symantec/Norton
In the late 90’s I started questioning the quality of Symantec/Norton products as they started showing a large amount of support time (while IT Director at a Video Game Company supporting over 200 workstations)…
Norton support was lacking, and we often had to uninstall their products to get our employees workstations up again. This required a [...]
Cash4Gold pays a penny. Literally.
I hadn’t heard much about this company, and was surprised at the outlandish Superbowl ad’s. Big names, big greed.
Didn’t we used to have a Consumer Protection Agency?
Cash4Gold Complaints – Former employee exposing the scams of Cash4Gold.
I heart Sarah Jeck
I’m glad I ran across this story about a student questioning Justice Scalia while on his book tour. Her question was simple; Why aren’t cameras allowed in the Supreme Court even though the court hearings are open, transcripts are available and the court’s justices are open enough to go “out on book tours.”?
“Read the next [...]
It’s a lie.
On honesty:
For whatever reason you refuse to feel this space we’re in, to know its insanity, really know it; whatever your particular anesthetic is, that you hold onto so desperately (the thing, I mean, that makes you think you know who you are); whatever that thing is you allow to keeps you sane, your ace [...]
Fear or Love
Whenever I’m making a decision that I feel I am ‘emotionally’ involved in, such as answering a question from my (almost 19 y.o.) daughter: “Do you like my new tattoo?” I’ve learned to try and ask myself a question before answering… This question has helped me enormously in my relations with others, and uncovered some [...]
Make ColorZilla work in Ubuntu – Firefox
ColorZilla has the ability to work with Ubuntu, but not the way it is packaged. If you install the regular ColorZilla_1.x.xpi the library that does not work with Ubuntu gets installed and you get the ‘mode not supported on your platform’ error message.
The ColorZilla_1.x.xpi (both the one on Mozilla.com and the beta at iostart.com) [...]
