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. ;)

Evacuation plan: aim for tree

Posted on 2005-09-26 by Jim Vanderveen

My buddy Andy just launched a hilarious evacuation plan store on CafePress. I picked up a couple of coffee cups (large, of course). Hopefully they arrive this week — I can’t wait to get a look at the actual merchandise! … Continue reading →

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PowerBook boot problem revisited

Posted on 2005-09-25 by Jim Vanderveen

Second attempt at recovering boot drive contents with DiskWarrior Continue reading →

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PowerBook boot failure

Posted on 2005-09-24 by Jim Vanderveen

My PowerBook won’t boot. How to boot single-user for diagnostics. Attempting repair with DiskWarrior. Continue reading →

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It’s been a few days…

Posted on 2005-09-23 by Jim Vanderveen

I haven’t been able to post for a few days. Apologies to all my devoted readers! 😉 I had a nasty cold earlier in the week, and then my PowerBook crapped out on me. Life sucks sometimes… More on the … Continue reading →

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Possible interview with KCRA

Posted on 2005-09-19 by Jim Vanderveen

Chyresse Lowther from KCRA may be doing an interview about BookCrossing. Presumably this would take place at the Java City/Modoc Hall OBCZ. I’d like to get the bookshelf well-stocked before it happens, so if you’re in the area and have … Continue reading →

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What the heck is ‘sudoku’?

Posted on 2005-09-17 by Jim Vanderveen

My youngest child just started 7th grade, and her math teacher sometimes assigns a puzzle called sudoku for homework. The first time she asked me to help her with one of these assignments, I thought it was a variation on … Continue reading →

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SOP’s for web authors

Posted on 2005-09-16 by Jim Vanderveen

The last time I was validating my blog’s XHTML, the “tip of the day” from W3C had some great suggestions (as usual). It inspired me to write this post. Minimum SOP’s for web authors/bloggers should include: Validate your pages. Use … Continue reading →

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A side benefit of Google sitemaps

Posted on 2005-09-16 by Jim Vanderveen

After I completed the registration process for Google sitemaps, I checked my sitemap status and found an extra benefit of this whole rigamarole. From your “My Sitemaps” page, follow the stats link next to one of your submitted URI’s. If … Continue reading →

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General Tso’s chicken

Posted on 2005-09-15 by Jim Vanderveen

I made one of my wife’s favorite dinners last night–General Tso’s chicken, known and loved by everybody who dines at our house. This was the first serious cooking I’ve done since we moved into our “new” house with the retro … Continue reading →

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Diversions: bloggercode, nerdiness, and geourl

Posted on 2005-09-14 by Jim Vanderveen

I was looking at Mike Little’s Journalized-blue page today, to see if there was anything new there, and I ran across some “diversionary” stuff in the left sidebar. I played with investigated the following: My blogger code: B2 d++ t+ … Continue reading →

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