If dealerships want to know why no one likes or trusts them here is a perfect example. The quote I was given for a replacement condenser was $256. But a 3 second google seach turns up many places listing them for $120 in just the first page.
I don’t mind paying a few […]
Though we’ve known it for a long time Howard Nemerov does a nice job of rounding up the facts and foot notes. Mr. Memerov also makes certain to remind us it has nothing to do with guns and everything to do with control.
Their bigotry and suspicion of law-abiding citizens does not […]
A couple of months ago I rolled a rather large possum that decided to cross the road in front of me. I knew it had knocked the valance loose and had tied it up with a zip-tie until my next visit to the dealership. That next visit came this morning.
New front […]
I hadn’t gotten what I consider a “deal” at the Indy 1500 in in many years. Over the last few years I’d almost given up going for any reason other than to kill off a weekend afternoon. But today there were a few deals to be had. One vendor had 200 rnd Port battle […]
“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.”
–Patrick Henry
A quick followup to my exitement over handling multiple result sets between PHP and MSSQL. It seems that PEAR_DB does support $result->nextResult() so I have an immediate use of this capability in one of my projects. Over the next few days I’ll get around to checking if ADOdb supports it but if it’s in […]
This Friday was going to be one of Joy and Gladness in the world of technology as Microsoft finally pulled the plug on the Windows 98 platform. The only thing that would be keep the celebration from turning riotous is that support for Windows ME doesn’t expire until December.
But it now looks like […]
It is now the 13th and finally I have a couple of moments to jot something out here. Two of the biggest events in my day today will tell everyone what type of work has been keeping me tied up.
First is Mandrake 9.2. Finally, the necessary libraries are either part of the distribution […]
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The masthead graphic "Road to Oakalla" was taken during a motorcycle ride to the Oakalla covered bridge on 23 May, 2007 with a Canon A85 digital camera (F5.6, 1/125 sec exposure). Additional images from the visit are in the Oakalla bridge gallery.
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