Author Archives: Jim Vanderveen

About Jim Vanderveen

I'm a bit of a Renaissance man, with far too many hobbies for my free time! But more important than any hobby is my family. My proudest accomplishment has been raising some great kids! And somehow convincing my wife to put up with me since 1988. ;)

Cool BoardGameGeek widget!

Posted on 2006-12-12 by Jim Vanderveen

I just stumbled across a way-cool widget over on [BoardGameGeek][]. It’s a javascript widget that (in this case) displays the last five games I played: [BoardGameGeek]: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/ — — The “games played” list is from the BGG database, which I … Continue reading →

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Open letter to motorists

Posted on 2006-11-20 by Jim Vanderveen

An open letter to motorists from Crazy Biker Chick in Toronto Continue reading →

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Tree removal

Posted on 2006-10-27 by Jim Vanderveen

[SMUD][] had a tree-trimming crew come by our house over the last two days. They spent the first day clearing all the “bushes” (which were nearly tall enough to reach the power lines!). Yesterday they finished the job by taking … Continue reading →

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New fence

Posted on 2006-10-20 by Jim Vanderveen

Our back fence completely failed a few weeks ago. We got it replaced today, and we’re very happy with the installer. Continue reading →

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Begonia Gymfest 2006

Posted on 2006-09-27 by Jim Vanderveen

Caitlin’s third meet of the 2006 gymnastics season. Continue reading →

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School Days 2006

Posted on 2006-09-12 by Jim Vanderveen

Caitlin’s second meet of the 2006 gymnastics season. Continue reading →

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SMB file sharing doesn’t support Subversion on Mac OS X

Posted on 2006-09-05 by Jim Vanderveen

I’ve received several queries about the SMB patch that I mentioned in my [svn-on-osx][] post. Unfortunately, when I went hunting for the patch the second time around, I wasn’t able to find it. But I *was* finally able to solve … Continue reading →

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Marin Quilt Show rip-off

Posted on 2006-09-04 by Jim Vanderveen

The Marin Needle Arts Guild has quit running their annual quilt show. But some unscrupulous folks scammed the regular attendees this year. Continue reading →

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ConQuest SF 2006

Posted on 2006-09-03 by Jim Vanderveen

Caira and I took a daytrip down to [ConQuest San Francisco][] on Saturday. It was great, same as last year, but the Bay Bridge closure caused some extra traffic problems. I missed out on all the games that started at … Continue reading →

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Caitlin’s 2006 gymnastics season

Posted on 2006-08-26 by Jim Vanderveen

Tentative schedule for Caitlin’s gym meets for the fall 2006 season. Continue reading →

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