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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
Gönül’s European Bistro
My wife and I had lunch today at Gönül’s on ‘J’ Street in midtown Sacramento. In a word: Awesome! We ordered (and split) the artichoke ravioli and margarita (the pizza, not the drink), both for $8.95 on the lunch menu. … Continue reading
DiskWarrior finally completed “step 5”
Sometime Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, DiskWarrior finally completed “Step 5: Locating directory data…” which gives an elapsed time of 200-216 hours or almost 9 days! It’s currently working on “Step 6: Overlapped files detected: 146” which translates to quite a bit … Continue reading
What happened to “Air America Radio” in Sacramento?
“Talk City 1240” is still broadcasting in Sacramento, but it’s no longer Air America Radio. What’s going on?!? Continue reading
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Tagged air_america, liberal, morning_sedition, radio, sacramento
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Web tools for keeping tabs on Congress
Some handy tools for US citizens, no matter what your ideology. THOMAS and Project Vote Smart. Continue reading
Sacramento “Go” club
I was posting the next meeting of the Sacramento Go Club on the Sacramento Boardgames, Cardgames, & Miniatures Meetup Group, but this week for some reason Meetup’s software is giving me grief about the event’s URL. I’m guessing it’s barfing … Continue reading
Private blogs versus “official” sites
Quick! What’s more important–an official site or some private blog? Continue reading
A Pending Ping Crisis?
Ping services in the news again. Joseph’s ping service, and my thoughts on the whole matter. Continue reading
Still rebuilding my laptop disk
In an earlier post/comment I started running DiskWarrior in an attempt to recover my laptop’s failed harddrive. Still running after 47 hours, but no sign of progress (or failure) yet…
Testing new ping service
I’m testing Joseph’s new ping service on my blog. Seems much faster than Ping-o-matic. Continue reading
Boot options for PowerBook G4
A list of boot options for my PowerBook G4 laptop. Continue reading