Thanks to JoyOfTech.com

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Photo by Matt Clarke

My pal Jon Bell makin the snow fly with his custom-made snow-blower! Whoo Hoo!!!

Here’s some stats:

• 4 wheel drive
• 4 wheel steering
• 2 engines
• 6 transmissions
• 7 foot blower run by a V-8 engine
• Designed and assembled over two years at home with parts from at least 9 vehicles and a log splitter
• Minimum speed: 660 ft/hr
• Maximum speed: 45mi/hr

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Just upgraded to v2.1 (Ella) of WordPress - went pretty smoothly. Only glitch I’ve seen so far is that all my static pages duplicated. Not bad since I have only 6 or so, but I can see that infuriating some folks. Not sure what caused it - followed the (excellent) detailed upgrade instructions to the letter. *shrug* No deaths, no sucking chest wounds, it’s all good.

Thanks and kudos to the WordPress team! The new static-homepage feature, the autosave and the spell check are KILLER improvements. Hope they add a customizer for the rich text editor next. WordPress just gets better and better! I give it two thumbs and a coupla toes up!

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Squimmy
1989-2007

Beloved of Rebecca and David, departed this 20th day of January. Adopted as an orphan and cared for as family. I knew this sweet girl and mourn her passing. Bon voyage mon petite.

I offer the following for her owners:

Do not stand at my grave and weep

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning’s hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.

Mary Frye

Posted by macguiguru as Discuss!, Life, etc., Musings, People, Photos, Poetry at 4:45 PM MST No Comments 

http://blog.wired.com/cultofmac/2007/01/apple_makes_a_b.html

Apple’s first-quarter 2007 results are the best ever.

Thanks to selling an unbelievable 21.1 million iPods over the holidays, Apple reported record-breaking revenues for the December quarter of more than $7 billion. $1 billion of that is pure profit.

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Not bad for a company that’s (supposedly) been going out of business since 1984.

I think it’s time for Apple’s detractors to wake up and smell the burning silicon.

Posted by macguiguru as Discuss!, Life, etc., Musings, News, Tech at 11:13 PM MST No Comments 

…so… hard to be a cat… the pain… the torment… the napping…

Posted by macguiguru as People, Photos at 11:17 PM MST No Comments 

Okay, imagine this two feet wide… in the dark.

Their ancestors used to eat our ancestors.

I love kidding them about it.

Posted by macguiguru as People, Photos at 11:08 PM MST No Comments 

My protege Nick Beier and his stygian-coated Labrador, Mandy.

Sweet.

Posted by macguiguru as People, Photos at 10:57 PM MST No Comments 

My cousin Joe and his immediate family:
Pictured left to right, Leslie, Megan, Joe, Casey, Laura, and Annie.

…a veritable bevy…
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http://www.chocolatedeities.com/deities.php

Tired of religious repression! Want to lash out at a diety and not be smited like a bug?

Give these a try!

Posted by macguiguru as Humor, Musings at 10:48 AM MST No Comments 

If you’ve never heard Hawaiian Slack Key guitar, do yourself a huge favor and go get:

Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Vol 1 and 2

http://www.slackkey.com/

http://www.danielho.com/html/catalog.html

http://www.amazon.com/Hawaiian-Slack-Key-Guitar-Masters/dp/B0000030MF

http://www.slackkey.net/

http://www.kbeamer.com

Simply amazing.

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My buddy Shane Schieffer has been working on an independent film project ‘Unspoken Things’ for four years now - I’ve seen early releases of it and it’s superb! The price of the ticket is well worth it - give it a shot and help support a budding filmmaker!
From my pal Shane Schieffer:

Hello,

My film, Unspoken Things, has been almost 4-years in the making, by February it will be completed, and on January 22nd (two Mondays from now) I will be holding a “sneak peek” and fundraising event at the Oriental Theater in Denver. I hope you will come and please invite friends and family!

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Well, you already know my opinion about this, but here’s John C. Welch at Information Week with an in-depth comparison of Windows Vista and Apple OS X.

Review: Mac OS X Shines In Comparison With Windows Vista

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If this doesn’t scare the crap out of you, nothing will.

The NTSB’s recent report on this very near miss is here.

Can you say Tenerife?

Ask me again why I’m afraid to fly.

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When you marry someone, you don’t always learn everything about their past right away. Sometimes you stumble across things…

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Pretty quiet New Year’s Eve…

Happy New Year y’all.

Posted by macguiguru as ME! ME! ME!, Photos, iSightz at 1:05 AM MST No Comments