I'm in the process of cleaning out my inbox. I have (had) over 200 messages of unknown value or importance. I decided that I would capture the web addresses that were floating around in my inbox and document those that had minimal or questionable value. (Well, some of these I actually find interesting, but...)
BTW, I'm now down to about 60 messages of known value. I feel like I accomplished so much. Somehow I think it would have been better off to do a Ctrl-A, Ctrl-D. I'd never know what I was missing.
Falling Sand Game. Requires Java.
Endless hours of fun. Now if I could just convince Milady.
One of my favorite radio stations is in Phoenix. That doesn't do me much good here in Fairbanks. That is until now.
Sometime between my last two visits, they started broadcasting online. Now when I'm on the computer, I'm listening to 95.5 KYOT. Happy, happy. Joy, joy.
For the record, I will NEVER utter nor write "happy, happy, joy, joy" again. That's just too weird.
I'm getting ready to go on a long overseas trip and in preparing, I have come across several good informative sites:
I suppose I should make the disclaimer that I'm not going to be wearing a bow tie. I just came across the website and thought I would document it just in case. Besides, I've always wondered now you tie those things.
Also, totally unrelated to that, I have discovered that there is an Example webpage that has been set aside for use in documentation. What'll they think of next?
Picture this...you have a 15 year old computer that is still running a homegrown application in Windows 3.1. The application doesn't need anything fancy, so you never upgrade it. The computer just keeps humming year after year. In fact it still has a 5.25" floppy drive. (Fortunately, you installed an extra 3.5" floppy drive you had laying around a few years ago.)
Now picture this...there is a data log on said computer that you need to move to another computer. No problem, you'll just copy it over the net to another computer - oh wait, this computer isn't connected to the internal network, furthermore, it doesn't even have a NIC. Come to think of it, it doesn't have a CD drive nor a USB port. How big is the log file anyway? Maybe you could break it into chunks and use a floppy disk. 40mb! Ouch. Nevermind.
Can we pop the drive and slave it to another system. Yeah, but it's an operational system. Can you guarantee the move will happen seemlessly without any artifacts? Without messing with the disk? Probably. Probably? Okay, maybe. Maybe? Alright, no, not 100%. Didn't think so. What else?
Okay, grab that old parallel port zip drive. Do you still have drivers for it. No. Hmmm, Iomega here I come. What! What do you mean you no longer offer drivers for Windows 3.1? How much does it cost to host a flippin' 2mb file? Okay, Google is our friend. And now so is Comet Enterprises.
Wait, did I mention that the zip image is 2mb. Did I also mention that there is no CD, network, or USB drive? Now what?
Didn't we have a parallel port CD reader at one time? Oh yeah, I've got it in my drawer. Good deal. Load the drivers (which were on a floppy) for the CD drive, reboot, install the drivers for the Zip drive from a CD, reboot, copy the 40mb file from the hard drive to the Zip drive. It only took 45 minutes. After that, I think I'm going to turn my Macintosh SE/30 into a dual proc file server. Easy as Pi.
Just found GasBuddy.com. A neat little site that links you to a region specific page that lists the cost of gas in the local area. It looks like it is maintained by dedicated people who don't have anything better to do than drive around recording gas prices from various stations.
Glad they do it. Glad I don't.
Here's a link to the Fairbanks region.