Charley Reese on Global Warming

Once again Charley Reese puts into words my exact sentiments. I love the way he uses money to explain parts per million. So simple yet I had never thought of it in that way.

Festivus

Did you know that Festivus was invented in 1966 by a Reader's Digest Editor? All this time I thought it was invented by Frank Costanza. Next they will be telling me there ain't no Santa Claus.

Third Package was a charm

Are you familiar with the old expression, third time is a charm? Well I guess for UPS the third package was a charm. I went out shopping this afternoon and when I got back, both of the packages from last week and a third package (the charm) were sitting on my front porch. I for one am glad that everything arrived in time for Christmas. Which reminds me, if I don't see you in person before Christmas, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Why I am a Libertarian

A lot of people question me being a libertarian. After all, they say, the libertarian candidate never wins except in an occasional constable, school board member or city council race. I've tried to explain it to them, often with mixed results. This morning, I read this article by Harry Browne. He does a better job of explaining why I am a libertarian than I could ever do.

The USPS

While I am on the subject of shippers, I need to say a few words about the US Postal Service. I know that in the past, they have been suspect and I have been one of their critics. As a quasi governmental agency, many times they have lived down to my expectations. But something has happened. It was not overnight, but somehow over the past few years, they have made some great strides in becoming a service oriented organization. They have turned their website into one of the best that I deal with. They have made shipping about as easy and convenient as it can be for a non-business and their rates for the most part are quite competitive. All and all, I have to give them a thumbs up. They are definitely my shipper of choice for outgoing packages.

FedEx Ground is winning my business

This past week I have had multiple headaches with UPS. Suddenly after delivering a package to my house on Tuesday, on Wednesday they decided that my address did not exist. I have called them three times and am scheduled to get a call from them by 10:00 AM Monday to try to get it straightened out. In the mean time, FedEx Ground was scheduled to deliver a package to my house yesterday (Saturday). They could not make it and indicated on their website that the package would be rescheduled. I assumed they meant for Monday but I was wrong. The FedEx truck just left my house. They delivered the package this morning (Sunday). Now that is what I call service. Some of the companies I order from don't give me a choice on shipping, but on the ones that do, you can be assured that in the future I will be selecting FedEx Ground ahead of UPS.

Danger Will Robinson, Danger, Danger

Ever since the days of Lost In Space, I have been fascinated with Robots. When Heathkit came out with the Hero, I was highly tempted, but really could not justify purchasing one. Of course there have been kits and parts available, but I lacked the time or motivation to assemble one from scratch. Enter the Roomba . Finally a economical robot that can perform a much needed task in my home. Unless my plans change, after my budget recovers from Christmas, I am gonna buy one. I wonder if I can figure out how to program it to say "Danger Will Robinson."

The Second Vermont Republic

Now here are some folks that have come up with a peaceful way to get out from under the massaive, invasive federal bureaucracy. I may not agree with every detail of what they propose but I certainly applaud their efforts toward greater freedom.

Holly, Mistletoe and getting jerked around by UPS

I order a lot of stuff off the internet. Car parts, electronic parts, tools, etc. I have found in the last year or two that it is easier and sometimes cheaper to locate what I want, order it and have it delivered than to run all over Birmingham and find that everyone is out of what I need, doesn't stock what I need, or in some cases wants to argue with me and tell me that what I am asking for does not exist.

The bulk of the things I buy are shipped USPS, UPS Ground or Fedex Ground. They all seem to do a good job most of the time. I used to have a problem with UPS periodically loosing their way to my house. I live about 385 feet off the road down what my ladyfriend Linda refers to as a 'lane'. Its more of a bumpy, rutted dirt drive, but that is a story for another time. Back to UPS. They would deliver package after package with no problem and then I would get a post card in the mail saying they could not deliver a certain package because the address, which was the same as they had been delivering to, did not exist. I would call them, tell them that they had just delivered to that address a few days before. They would take down directions and next day the package would be delivered. That all stopped a couple of years ago. They assigned a driver to this route and he was the only one working it. Sometimes he would deliver 3 times in one week. He did get stuck a couple of times, my yard and drive are problematic when wet, but I managed to pull him out with my van and all was well with the world. A month or so ago, I started having a new driver, but still only the one. Apparently he had talked to the previous driver and knew where I was, although it should not be that much trouble to find as there is a big mailbox on the road with 640 in block letters on the side. All continued to be fine. That brings us up to this week. Tuesday a UPS truck pulls up with two people. I think they use a driver and a helper this time of year to expedite the increase in delivers. They delivered my package. I knew from an email notice that I had received that I had another package scheduled for Wednesday. It did not arrive. Yesterday afternoon (Thursday), I checked the UPS website and learned that my package "was undeliverable as addressed." I called their 1-800 number and was told that it was addressed to "640 Hwy 35" which was a non-existent address. I assured the guy I was talking to that it did exist and that UPS delivered here regularly. I gave him explicit directions as to where my house was located. He said the package would be rescheduled for delivery tomorrow (Friday). This morning I checked the UPS website and now my package has a note saying that "a delivery change has been requested" and that the "package will be delivered as requested." Of course the only change that I have requested is that they deliver the package as addressed. I suspect that this is the result of new drivers and the Christmas crush of packages, or at least I hope so. I really don't want things to go back to being like they were in the past.

As for the other two carriers, USPS is doing a good job. Occasionally they leave some thing in my mail box addressed to someone else, but not often. Fedex Ground? They have been good, but I have two packages coming in next week from CompGeeks in California and both were sent Fedex Ground, so we will see.

No Fly Zone

Let me first say that I have never been a real big fan of flying. I have done it several times, mostly commercial, once or twice in a private plane. Since I really don't care for it that much, giving it up was really not a big sacrifice for me, kind of like giving up brussel sprouts. Since 9-11, the world has been a no fly zone for me. I don't fly. It's not so much that I am scared of being hijacked and killed. I really doubt that is very likely. The whole nature of terrorism is to stike where you are least expected. That makes most any other target more at risk than airplanes. No, It is that I don't want to suffer at the hands of the government thugs. Originally this entry linked to an online story. That link is now dead but you can do a search and find all the articles that you would care to read about abuse of air passengers since the war on terra began.

The Internet

You know, when to stop to think about it, the Internet really is amazing. So much of what I take for granted today, didn't exsit 15 year ago. I just read this article from CNN. It really helps to put it all into perspective.

To many WWII movies

I guess I watched too many World War II movies when I was young. You know the ones where the good guys are in Nazi Germany and trying to get out. Everywhere they go, there are Gestapo Agents and Nazi officicals, someone wanting to see their papers. That is what I think of when Congress passes things like the "Real ID Act." Now, I read this . The first thing that I thought of is why do we need undercover agents on trains? Is someone in the government afraid that terrorist are gonna hijack a train and ram it into a federal building somewhere?

Robot in our future?

Personal robots could be the answer to many of the old age concerns of all us baby boomers. Maybe by the time I am old enough to need assisted living, I can trade my Toyota car in on a Toyota robot. Better yet, maybe I can keep my car and buy a robot that can drive me around.

I wonder if driving robots will have to have drivers licenses?

Charley Reese on Christmas

I love to read what Charley Reese writes. To me, he always says just what I would like to say only much better than I ever could. Here's some of his thoughts about Christmas.

Lao Tzu - The First Libertarian

There really is nothing new under the sun.

Baker's Yeast - Not Just For Bread Making

Think all baker's yeast is good for is making bread rise? Not so according to Bill Sardi in this interesting article. If you are like me and are concerned with the over use of antibiotics, you should read what Bill has to say.

Two Worthless Web Sites

I spend a lot of time shopping on the web. I find that it is much easier to find and buy things on the internet than to go to multiple local stores and ultimately have to buy something different from what I want. Of course there are distinct advantages to buying locally, you save the cost of shipping and you get the product faster.

When I discovered that Home Depot and Lowes had websites, I was excited. Finally I thought I would have the best of both worlds. Shop for products online and then buy them at the local store. Unfortunately, both Home Depot's and Lowe's websites are virtually useless. They are difficult to negotiate and the search engines almost never return any items. On the few occasions that they do return items, they are usually not related to the original search. I have purposely looked for items that I know are in the store and almost never was able to force their search engine to find it. What seemed to be a blessing turns out to be just an aggravation.

FEMA at work

Read one Missouri firefighter's account here

More Good News About Vitamin C

I just read this article about another study showing positive affects of vitamin C. This one involved the use of intravenous vitamin C to kill cancer cells.

Now there are two places where I never want to go.

I have always said there is one place that I absolutely never want to go, prison. The horror stories that come out of prisons tell me that anything, up to and including being dead would be better than being in prison. Now there are two places I never want to go. The second one is a relief shelter run by the government.

Truthfully speaking, I can't say that I was too surprised. I mean there is no activity on earth that the government can't make twice as expensive and only 10% as efficient. But even my low expectations were underwhelmed by what went on in the Convention Center in New Orleans.

I was in college when Camille came through and was working for a public utility when Fredrick hit Mobile. Both were bad storms, Camille especially. There was a lot of distruction but I don't recall there being snafus like Katrina has brought. Of course that was before FEMA. Nothing like a federal agency to gimmick everything up.

'Live and Let Live' and the Golden Rule

I know that you have heard the expression, "Live and let live." Have you ever stopped to think about what it means. To me, it means live your life as you see fit and let others live their lives as they see fit. I have said before that if people would follow the direction to 'Live and let live" and the direction of the Golden Rule to 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you', the world would be a much better place.

This brings me to the current situation in New Orleans. I, like most everyone else, have been riveted to the internet, TV and Radio coverage of the events as they unfold. The one thing that strikes me as odd is this obsession with 'getting everyone out so we can start over.' Why is every public official, every bureaucrat, and every TV reporter obsessed with this idea. Why do they think that everyone, even people who want to stay and defend their property must be gotten out so 'we can start over'? I've got news for them. We can't start over. History can not be erased. We have to go on with the hand we have been dealt. The one thing we can do is learn from our mistakes. What I have learned from this event is that you can't depend on someone else to make you safe, secure, or provide for your needs. Individuals need to prepare to take care of themselves. If you wait for the government to help you, you will probably end up a bloated corpse floating in dirty water.

I say leave those people alone who want to stay. I am sure that they have or will find what they need to survive until they can stand on their own two feet again. Sure, help everyone to get out that wants out, but stop harassing folks who just want to protect what is theirs and live their life the way they want to live it. Live and let live. And to the mayor of New Orleans and the folks working in the rescue effort, if you have an extra can of potted meat and some extra bottled water or better yet some clorox or iodine tablets, make it available to them. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Are you an environmentalist?

Do you think of yourself as an environmentalist? Do you really understand what environmentalism is all about? Before you answer, read the qoutes in this article.

Then compare what you believe to what these environmentalist believe.

Gold in your portfolio?

You might want to read this before you decide.

Why I take Vitamin C

Read this article, and you will see why I take Vitamin C and why you might want to consider it as well.

The NCAA

The NCAA is an organization that has out lived its useful life. It should be abolished and replaced by smaller regional associations that can interact with each other as they see fit.

Still Believe In Man-Made Global Warming?

I don't, in fact, I never have. Being an engineer, I have always wanted more proof, more hard data than was available. But even without numbers, it really did not appeal to me intellectually that mankind had done enough to alter the climate of a planet the size of earth. This morning, I came across this article by George Crispen. George provides some information in his article that further reinforces my skeptism. Read it for yourself and see what you think.

After you finish reading George's article, if you are interested in some further reading on this matter, you might want to look at this page . There is a link to James A. Marusek's paper, "Global Warming Theory" about midway down the page.

Charley Reese On Terrorism

Here, Charley gives a great description of terrorism and the situations surrounding it. If he would run for president, I would vote for him!

Iraq is not Vietnam

Back on June 28th, I posted my opinion that what is happening now in Iraq seemed eerily familiar to what I remembered from 1968 and the Vietnam War. This morning I came across an article by Jim Cox, Iraq is Not Vietnam. His article makes several comparisons of the two situations. His observations are enlightening.

You get what you get.

Heard the expression, "You Get What You Pay For." Well it has been my
experience that sometimes you get what you pay for, sometimes you get
more than what you pay for and sometimes you get less than what you
pay for. But you always get what you get.

Better Safe Than Sorry -or- Little Boy Who Cried Wolf

Well Tropical Depression Dennis is drifting along west of here. I lost one bamboo cane and a few
oak leaves. He really did not do too much this far inland, not even as much as a good late
afternoon July thunderstorm. What was more disruptive was the 3 days of preparation. The constant
harping on the TV about the dangerous nature of this storm. The likelihood of sustained power
outages, the need for serious preparation and the influx of thousands of people and vehicles from
South Alabama. There was even one unconfirmed report of a curfew in Alabaster.

I realize that it is better to be prepared and there is a lot of truth in the old saying "better
safe than sorry". However, humans are strange animals. They become jaded very, very quickly. False
alarms and needless hysteria make them discount future warnings a la "The Little Boy Who Cried
Wolf". I think we are all still a little sensitive because of what we experienced with Hurricane
Ivan and I will chalk this over prep to that plus a little tinge of puffing of goods by NOAA. In
the future, it might be wise to take a deep breath, take one step back, and prepare prudently
rather than hysterically.

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Found a pump that works

After two failed attempts with electric pumps, I have found a pump that works for collecting oil.
Originally, I intend to use a vacuum pump to draw the oil into a tank, but to date I have not
found a suitable tank. Since I had a 55 gallon drum filling up behind a local restaurant, I had to
start pumping. With the failure of the second electric pump, I went to the McMaster-Carr website
and did some searching. I found hand operated diaphragm pumps and purchased the model 400-H for
under $50. Took it to the restaurant yesterday and was able to pump out the barrel with ease. It
has a capacity of 10 gpm so the pumping was surprisingly fast. I don't know how long this pump
will hold up, but so far it looks good.

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Victors Muffler Bandage

During the time that I have been modifying the Mercedes, I noticed
that it had started to have a small but annoying exhaust leak. The
hole was in the pipe from the manifold to the muffler, just before the
muffler. Several weeks ago, I ordered a Victor's Muffler Bandage kit
from someone on the Internet. I think it was AceHardware.com. Anyway,
day before yesterday I finally made time to put it on the leaking
pipe. Although the location of the leak made it some what difficult
to apply the bandage, with a little time and effort I was able to get
the leak covered. I know this is just a temporary fix and that I will
eventually need to replace the front pipe if not the complete exhaust
system, but this was quick, easy, cheap and for the time being quite
effective.

Iraq 2005 = Vietnam 1968

All these excuses about why we can't get our troops out of Iraq sound awful familiar. I heard this same stuff back in the late 60's and early 70's about Vietnam. I was fooled back then and thought we had to stay the course or...

Now I know better. We need our troops out of Iraq NOW. Let the citizens of Iraq work out their own problems. I say bring our men and women home ASAP.

Pumping Oil

Last week I received the oil pump that I ordered off ebay. They sent the 115 volt model instead of the 12 volt model. No matter, I just fired up my little 1750 Coleman generator and it worked fine. When I got down to Columbiana Saturday, I did encounter a slight problem with the wand on the end of the pickup line. It was sucking air. Finally I took it off and put the end of the hose in the
55 gallon drum and the little pump pumped the drum dry in a matter of minutes.

Before my next pumping session, I suppose I will have to find and stop the air leak in the wand.In lieu of the wand, the seller where I bought the pump has a check valve, but it is $24 plus shipping and that seems like a bit of overkill just to keep the pump primed. Some how a $24 check valve on a $79 pump does not compute.

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Diesel Purge is Great!

A few days ago I ordered a can of Lubro-Moly Diesel Purge. I had read
about how good it was supposed to be. Yesterday afternoon the UPS man
delivered it. Later in the afternoon I went out and used it according
to the instructions. After I used the Diesel Purge, I noticed that the engine seemed to be idling better, but I knew the real test would be this morning when
the engine was cold.

I just got back from a trip down to Wal-mart and the change in the car
is amazing. No nailing, smoother idling and it seems to have more
power. It is hard to believe that 500 ml of Diesel Purge could
make that much difference in an engine, but seeing is believing.

Hwy 11 Antique Alley Sale

Friday I went from Trussville, AL to Chattanooga, TN on the Hwy 11 Antique Alley Sale, or as we call it around here, 'the springtime sale.' That distinguishes it form the big one in the fall, The World's Longest Yard Sale, aka The 450 mile sale or Hwy 127 Corridor Sale. Of course around here (Central Alabama) we call it 'the fall sale.'

I always go the full distance on the WLYS, but have only gone the entire lenght of the Hwy 11 sale once. This year I only went for one day on the Hwy 11 sale as I had no one to keep the dogs. Crowds and vendors seemed to be off a bit, I suspect due to higher fuel prices. It will take a while for folks budgets to accomodate the higher fuel cost.

If anybody out there took in the other parts of this years Hwy 11 sale, I would love to hear from you. Anything happening between Birmingham and Meridian?

First Filtering Today

Today I put the 32 inch 0.5 micron bag filter that I got from Greasel
in my plastic 55 gallon barrel and poured in the first of the oil that
I got from Beverly's. The oil was prefiltered through a 100 micron
poly filter first into a 5 gallon pail before pouring it into the
Greasel filter. I am still working on the 55 gallon steel barrel and
filter and hope to have it set up next week. I intend to incorporate
the 5 gallon pail and 100 micron filter in to that setup as a
prefilter.

Filtering Oil

Still working on filtering the oil I am collecting. Ordered Dana
Linscotts plans for the hand pump filtering system. Just about got it
set up using a plastic barrel. Also working on a different setup using
a smaller bag filter in a closed pvc container. It is based on a
modification of a design that I saw on one of the forums. If it works,
I will post a diagram somewhere on the net.

Post from email

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a success.

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Another Oil Article by George Crispin

Last month (April 6th) I listed a link to an article by George Crispin about Professor Gold's theory of the origins of oil. Well Geroge is at it again. This article gives additional information about alternate theories of the origin of oil. I find this very thought provoking.

The Radical Environmental Movement

I just read an article by Eric Englund that does a good job of pointing out the hypocrisy of the radical environmental movement. It is a short article and worth reading.

Veggie Car Success

Yesterday I drove the Mercedes to Coosa County. UPS delivered the last part (the coolant pump) last week and I had installed it so the 'veggie car' was ready for a test. Just below Alabaster, the operating temp had gotten high enough that I felt comfortable switching to vegetable oil. There was no noticeable change in operation. I stopped at the Calera exit to look under to hood to make sure everything was ok. Then I walked around to the back and checked the exhaust. I can't say that it smelled like 'french fries' but it definitely had that hot cooking oil smell. I drove on toward Clanton and switched back to diesel at the Lake Mitchell exit. The maiden voyage was a success.

Professor Thomas Gold's Theory On Crude Oil.

I have heard of Professor Gold's theory before. This article by George Crispin gives some information on additional support for the theory. Very interesting to say the least. If you want to read about it in the professor's own words, look at http://people.cornell.edu/pages/tg21/usgs.html from 1993. [Sorry, Cornell seems to have deleted or moved the subject paper.]

Canadian Adscam

When I was growing up in the '50s and '60s, I always admired Canada. I wasn't much on cold weather, but Canada had a certain attraction nonetheless. In 1963 I got to go along on a fishing trip to Kenora, beautiful country in that part of Canada. When they started their lottery, I was thrilled. I even played it by mail for a while until someone stopped the company that was selling the subscriptions. Somewhere between then and now, our northern cousins have taken the wrong turn in the road. I realize that they are not by themselves. We in the USA have made our share of bad turns. In fact we may be just following their lead in some cases. The first really big falling out I had with them was when they enacted their draconian gun laws. Now, when I read about stuff like this , I can't help but be even more troubled. What has happened to send our friends in the north off in the direction of totalitarian socialism. I know that with some of the campaign reform and anti-terrorist legislation we have now, we are not too far behind. In fact, we may already be on the same page and we just don't know about it because of secrecy or censorship or court orders or what have you. They say the pendulum swings both ways, I certainly hope this one has about reached it's limit and is ready to start back the other way.

Making Progress On Veggie Car

Everything is hooked up and ready to go except for the filter and fuel lines under the hood. I am currently waiting on deliver of some plate steel to fabricate a bracket for the filter. When that bracket is fabricated and the filter and lines are connected, it will be time for a road test.

The Easter Bunny and Global Warming

What do they have in common? They are both myths. How are they different? The mythical Easter Bunny is cute, cuddly and gets credit for Easter Baskets. The myth of Global Warming is making otherwise sane, intelligent people do things that are distructive, stupid and hurtful.

I just read a great article by Doctor Donald Miller (no relation). He was critiquing Michael Crichton's book 'State of Fear'. The article Toro! Toro! Michael Crichton links to some interesting information about the myth of Global Warming. If you are like me and just don't believe the currently accepted 'facts' of Global Warming you will enjoy this article. If you do believe in global warming, give this article a read and see if you can find where it went wrong and you are right. Have a nice day.

Did you see me on WTTO last night?

Yesterday morning I got a call from the guy at Greasel. He wanted to know how my conversion was running. I told him that I had made very little progress due to the weather. He said that a local Birmingham TV station had called him to see if anyone in their area was doing a conversion. He asked if he could give them my number. I told him OK. Soon thereafter, I got a call from a lady from WTTO. They wanted to interview me and see the car. I agreed. We met at the shop in Stewartville. The taped interview ran during the 9:00 PM news on WTTO last night (Mar 14, 2005). Oh well, my 15 seconds of fame are done, now back to the work at hand.

Yet Another Linux Distro

Well I have discovered another Linux Distrubution that I really like. It is Puppy Linux. It is only about 50 megs and boots from a cd. Loads into Ram and releases the CD where it can be used for other things. It is amazingly complete. I did have a little problem with the planmaker spreadsheet that came with it. I opened an existing excel spreadsheet in planmaker and when I tried to update it, planmaker informed me that the spreadsheet was larger than the free version of planmaker would accomodate. I checked the planmaker website and the pay version is about 49 euros. A little more than I am able to pay right now. No problem, I still use Excel 97 on my W98 installation and OfficeOrg works real nice on windows and linux. All and all, the Puppy Linux CD works real well. I down loaded the version with Firefox which has become about the only browser I use. I don't have the URL for Puppy Linux at have but a Google search will pop it right up.

Charley Reese

One of my favorite syndicated columist is Charley Reese. Nearly ever time I read one of his articles, I agree with it. Most of the time it will be something political but this morning, I read his article "Hope Never Dies." I don't believe I have ever read anything that so aptly describes how I feel about life. Thanks to Charley for this fine article.

Added a Printer to My Linux setup

The Mita 550 and Lexmark 23 printers that I had on this machine did now lend themselves to Linux printing. I did a little research and found that most of the Epson Stylus Color printers did. A little investigating on eBay showed that they were selling quite reasonably and that ink cartridges were economically priced. I bid on a couple before I was finally successful in getting a Epson Stylus Color 440. Setting it up was a piece of cake using the utilities included with PCLinuxOS 8. Now all I have to do is install a compatible sound card and I will be set.

More PCLinuxOS

I finally got the USB HOME function working correctly with the PCLinuxOS while using a bootable CD. Now my settings are being stored on a USB hard drive and restored when I log back in. I've ordered an Epson printer that is Linux compatible. Once I get it installed and working, the only thing that I will be lacking is a compatible sound card. Probably work on that next.

I read yesterday that it was Microsoft's intent to force everyone to upgrade to newer software. They currently have a problem with folks using older versions of Windows. Those versions have all the functions the existing users need, but there is no profit in it for Microsoft. My main machine (the one I am using right now) still uses W98SE. It has been fine with me until now and would be into the foreseeable future if I had not discovered PCLinuxOS. Of course I am doing this while it is running PCLinuxOS and everything just seems to work faster and smoother. So I guess I am playing along with Microsoft and upgrading to newer software. Some how I don't think that an upgrade to PCLinuxOS was what they had in mind.

PCLinuxOS 8.0

I was reading Claire Wolfe's Blog yesterday and came across a post about PCLinuxOS 8.0

I have been interested in Linux for several years and have tried a time or two to install it on various old pc's that I had laying around. Never was able to accomplish what I wanted to. The thing that intrigued me about PCLinuxOS 8.0 was that it was completely self contained, along with the necessary associated applications, on one bootable CD. I down loaded the ISO, burned a CD and put it in my main computer (an old 350mhz PII machine with 320 mb of ram.)

I was impressed. It loaded great, very fast, found most of my hardware and within minutes I was using it for web surfing and web based email using Firefox. The PC Linux Online website even described a method to customize the ISO. If you are like me and have always wanted to play with Linux but just never got around to it, here is your chance.

By the way, you can also install PCLinuxOS 8.0 to a HD partition from the same CD.

So Many Projects, So Little Time

Seems that every time I get one project lined up, another more pressing one pops up. My dog Corky keeps wanting to run off and play with kids in the neighborhood so I've had to start putting in the side fences to finish fencing in my backyard. In the middle of that, I discovered that I was responsible for rabies vaccination of the stray cat that was hanging around in my backyard. I got a live trap and caught the cat and took it to the vet first of the week. Later in the week it started raining and I only got to work on the fence intermittently. All of this is pushing my veggie car out further.