How many books do you own?

Sunday, 01 November 2009 21:36 Written by Administrator

Today I started a fall project. To go through my library of books and to do some house cleaning. It is utterly amazing how many books I own and I consider my library small in comparison to some people I know.

After going through the bulk of my library I only tossed out a handful of outdated software books. I mean really, now days you don’t get a hard bound printed book with your application. Especially if you order online and direct.

To be honest, even though I get 99% of my information online via the internet from the leading libraries, I just did not have the heart to toss them. Sentimental I guess. First and foremost they cost me a lot of money. Most of my books are technical in nature and many are related to woodworking and other various art forms.

Your best judgement

Sunday, 01 November 2009 21:30 Written by Administrator

Over past months, I along with the rest of the world have been watching the news around the financial crisis. Everybody is gripped into how will this affect our mortgages, purchasing a new car or just finding gas at a predictable price.

Case in point. The southeast has been gripped in a gas shortage since hurricane Ike shuttled most of the refineries along the south coast of Texas and Louisiana. So people have been waiting in long lines to buy gas. I can feel their pain having survived the 1973 embargo and the ensuing gas lines my self. We went to drastic measures back then to insure we had enough gas. I even installed a 2nd gas tank in my trunk and I rarely let my tank get below half empty. Arriving at the gas station at 2 am to get in line and waiting for the service station to open at 6 am. Just to buy 10 gallons of gas.

Xanluna! Beta now live

Sunday, 01 November 2009 20:44 Written by Administrator

During the wee hours of Friday August 8th, 2008 Xanluna! went live in to full beta preview mode. The base site that had been installed a couple weeks ago was removed and the new format upload.

The good news is it was a pretty easy operation. Although I did have to call BlueHost technical support at around 1 am. They were great, no one calls at 1 am so they answered right away. They were actually excited to talk to someone! Guess that puts a whole new meaning to working the night shift huh!