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November 28th, 2009

I never realized this

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Windows XP has a built in fax feature to send and receive faxes. Of course, you need a modem in your computer system and a phone line, but this is news to me. I wish I knew it was here when I was trying to send stuff off to the UK. I was scanning and emailing documents, which worked just fine and all, but it's good to know it's built right into Windows.

In XP, you'll find it under START/ALL PROGRAMS, then ACCESSORIES, then COMMUNICATION, then look for FAX.
If you run the little configuration, it sets it up so that you open a document then hit print, then select FAX as if it were a printer, it's a print driver. Pretty cool to have just discovered it.

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I'm not really in the mood to work today... can't seem to actually get anything done... but You Tube is certainly keeping me company! I'm constantly being surprised by some of the clips I'm finding on there... lol

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Who would have thought that The Muppets and Kenny Rogers could be so... deep! lol

November 26th, 2009

Thanksgiving, being a day of introspection and reminiscence leads to this foursome.

1) Four bits of wisdom you've learned over the years.

2) Four really obscure or weird places you've been.

3) Four really weird or obscure places you want to see.

4) Four people (met or unmet) who have influenced your life.

Bonus question: One simple item that makes your life easier.

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I am thankful

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I've witnessed a lot of bad things happening to good people lately, and I am very grateful for my life, it is good. I am fortunate to have a great friend, my wife of all these years, by my side. I'm fortunate to have surrounded myself with wonderful chosen family members and good friends. I appreciate being able to interact with you all, it's a great addition to my day to day world. Enjoy your friends and family, and travel safely.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Yesterday [info]chibiaingeal posted the Muppets doing a remake of Queens Bohemian Rhapsody, which I thought was brilliant... so today I thought I might go in search of a few other Muppet treasures...

I mentioned yesterday that there was a brilliant Muppet version of Charlie Daniels' The Devil Went Down to Georgia, and it had an equally brilliant spin off called The Devil Went Down to Jamaica, so in keeping with my country theme I found the Muppets and Johnny Cash doing one of my old favourites - Ghost Riders In The Sky!

Now that really takes me back! lol

November 25th, 2009

The new iPod Nano commercial has a mighty catchy tune, as usual. I just love, for some bizarre reason, the girl's strained, hoarse voice in it. I'm weird that way. So anyway, the song is “Bourgeois Shangri-La” by Swedish indie pop singer Miss Li.

You can find an mp3 of the full song here.
http://www.knoxroad.com/2009/09/17/new-ipod-nano-commercial-miss-lis-bourgeois-shangri-la/comment-page-1/

You've got to dig any song with a good tuba bass line in it. ;)


It's now on Youtube so it should load decently for those of you on dialup. You can pop it into full screen mode if your computer can handle it, the video holds up well, as it was originally shot in high definition. Now you can put a voice and face to the name.

November 24th, 2009

I just realized- isn't it nice not to hear Ann Coulter's shrill harpie voice anymore? So nice she's out of the limelight. Wish Sarah would follow suit...
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I got the new battery for my power backup unit, and finally got around to setting it up and plugging the render box into it and started some renders last night. I came downstairs this morning to find the computer shut off.

Turns out my UPS is shot. I've had it running day and night for 13 plus years, so I sure got my money's worth out of the thing, and it's saved my ass countless times due to power surges and dropouts and outages.

APC has a trade in system. You can send in your old dead guy for credit towards a new unit. The old one was rated at 420 watts. I looked at the specs for my newer HP render box, and see the thing draws 185 watts when running. That just doesn't seem right. Can it really be just 185 watts when it's up and running?

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After an exchange with [info]takes_a_fairy I just found out that I'm am made of the Edison Trait. Seriously, this is a crazy thing to read, it's me, like this was written about me, my way of seeing things, of learning.. wow, this is weird, this is me. It's a long read, but it's mighty interesting.
http://www.amazon.com/Edison-Trait-Saving-Free-Thinking-Conforming/product-reviews/0812927370/ref=cm_cr_pr_redirect?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0#R3NRPJQFAO7S1O

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Some of you might remember that my New Years resolution was to stay out of surgery for this year. Yes, in a month it will be Christmas Eve. Yes, in a month and a week, it will be New Years Eve. Yes, in a month and a week and a day, I will have succeeded. But, a LOT can happen in that time!

Consider three years ago. Around this time, I was fine. I didn't start feeling ill until some time right after Christmas. It was right before New Years that I went to the E.R., and I was informed that I needed surgery. So, yes, this could all change in a moment!
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