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About this blog…
I use this platform to share things that are of interest to me or things I'll want to reference later. Occasionally other people like these posts, hence "Shared Interests".
What might you find here?
- Problems I've solved (mostly computer- or network related).
- Recipes and cooking-related posts.
- Hobbies and projects.
- Our remodeling experience.
- Local (Sacramento) information.
- Anything that strikes my fancy.
Author Archives: Jim Vanderveen
Bathroom plumbing, again
Our plumber *finally* made it back out to our project today. (The last time he was on-site was before Christmas.) Unfortunately it’s been raining here for several days, and there’s a pretty big puddle in the crawlspace right where the … Continue reading
Oatmeal
I’ve been battling a cold since the weekend, and last night was the worst of it (I hope)! I slept poorly (if at all), so I was feeling exceptionally miserable this morning. This calls for the ultimate “comfort food” breakfast–oatmeal! … Continue reading
Doh!
I am *so* screwed… I ran the [portupgrade][] utility on one of our [FreeBSD][] servers at work. This was a production system that we used for printing certificates for our students, preparing address labels for [USPS][] shipments, and several other … Continue reading
Posted in FreeBSD, Uncategorized
Tagged backup, dump, pear, php, portupgrade, restore, sysadmin, toc
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Goodbye, January!
Well, here it is the end of January and I haven’t posted *anything* since before Christmas. We spent a lot of our holiday break enjoying our not-quite-finished kitchen, and since then I’ve been swamped at work. Still, I’ve managed to … Continue reading
Christmas break
I’ve got a week and a half off for Christmas, and one can only socialize *so* much. We’ll be spending considerable time working on our remodel, of course. Speaking of the remodeling project, I noticed that I haven’t post much … Continue reading
Posted in Our home remodeling project, Uncategorized
Tagged cabinetry, kitchen, plumbing
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Delicious Library and boardgames
I’ve been using Delicious Library to catalog our DVD’s, CD’s, and books for almost two years. It’s great for keeping track of your library, especially if you loan your books and such out to your friends–just drag the item being … Continue reading
Building permit extension
Our current project actually consists of two separate permits–one for the addition/remodel, and another one for Barb’s quilt shop. We’ve been focusing on getting the house done, so much so that the permit for Barb’s shop is about to expire. … Continue reading
Posted in Our home remodeling project, Uncategorized
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More appliances…
Our [hood][] is wired up, so we have lights on our fancy new range! I was so pumped about the range in my earlier post that I forgot to mention that we got our washer and dryer hooked up again. … Continue reading
We have a stove!
At long last, our [range][] is installed! Barb didn’t waste any time putting it to use. We’ve got the hood mounted to the wall, but it’ll be few days before that’s hooked up. Our HVAC installer will be out on … Continue reading
IWantSandy.com
Welcome to another blog post, transcribed by [Jott][]. I’ve been using a service called [IWantSandy][] to keep track of my calendar, appointments, contacts, etc. It’s pretty cool, and it works with Jott (once you [set up Jott and IWantSandy](http://iwantsandy.com/help/jott) to … Continue reading