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Here’s the governor’s air conditioner. This is claimed to be the third commercial air conditioning unit ever manufactured – serial number three. And it still works. If true, that would be really cool. If false, it’s still really cool, since it still works. Although it blows a circuit breaker every five minutes. I guess the governor could afford to have one of his lackeys stand by and push the button all day. That sign on top says “DO NOT TOUCH.” I didn’t touch.

Slightly fuzzy picture due to the fact that they didn’t allow flash. Sorry about that, but I needed to record this important event for posterity. Well, this important machine, anyway.

Extremely Short Shrift tonight. It’s late. So, here goes.

Got up.

Rode the train to work (rain predicted).

Worked (like a dog).

Rode the train home (rain prediction came true).

Got home.

Ate dinner (soup and homemade bread – very good).

Went to Tuesday night meeting.

Got home.

Ate a bowl of ice cream (moose tracks).

Blogged.

Went to bed (currently only a prediction).

See you tomorrow.

Here’s the California Governor’s toilet. At least it used to be, for former governors. The Governator uses other facilities.

Took the day off today. Loyal Readers Numbers Four, Five, and Twelve, the Loyal Mom, and I went to Sacramento and took a tour through the old Governor’s Mansion. It’s a very old building and was in use until shortly after Ronald Reagan became governor. He lived there for three months. The building is beautiful and the tour was very interesting. We even saw the governor’s toilet (see above). The only downside was that the building is being renovated and the entire structure was covered with scaffolding and draped with some kind of protective cloth. It didn’t effect the inside, though.

The day was otherwise quiet. I’ve been spending a lot of time the last few days moving my web server over to Moe, which is now running Ubuntu Server. Its clock speed is less than one fourth as fast as Larry but I think it serves pages way faster now. Ubuntu Server has no GUI, and that has to make a speed difference. The plan is to get everything hosted there, install Ubuntu Server on Larry, move all the sites back to Larry, and install FreeNAS on Moe. We’ll see how long that takes. In the meantime, Morrowlife, Spinfo, and the HRVA are up and running (speedily) on Moe. Do any of my Loyal Readers see a speed difference?

Otherwise, the weekend was busy but undistinguished. We hung around and enjoyed it. Loyal Readers Numbers One and Two went “to the snow” today. I asked the Loyal Mom if she wanted to go, but she declined and said something about getting plenty of snow starting on Thursday. I don’t know what she’s talking about.

It’s supposed to rain the next few days, so I’ll be on the train. In fact, I’m way late for bed, so I’m outta here. See you tomorrow.

Here’s one of San Francisco’s lovelier docks. I wouldn’t be surprised if cruise ships stop there. Photo courtesy of Loyal Reader Number One.

Wonders of Blogger again. We were having such a nice evening (link warning: auto-playing videos with sound on both sites) I didn’t get a chance to sit down at the computer.

Not that we were all that busy. We had hoped to go out to dinner, since I was planning to leave the office no later than 3:30. Things didn’t go according to plan, though, and I ended up having a meeting that ended at 5:00 and then didn’t get home until almost 7:30. Dinner out was canceled. Fortunately, dinner in was delicious. Not that Loyal Readers Numbers One and Two got any of it. They got a last-minute invitation to a last-minute get-together at a friend’s house, so it appears they had leftover pancakes (yum!) and got out of Dodge. That left Loyal Reader Number Four, Loyal Mom, and me to enjoy the spaghetti.

Don’t worry about us, though. We’re going out to eat tonight.

Thanks for the shoutout, Anon! I was worried we wouldn’t hear from you.

Not much new today. Loyal Readers Numbers Five and Twelve came over this morning to spend the day. We don’t have much in the way of plans, other than to enjoy the day.

And now, a word from LRN12: ffcjgvjjfddddddddddddddddddddddddd dddddddddddddddddd ccccccccdx aqqqqqqqqk (editorial disclaimer: spaces added by me)

Thank you, LRN12. We appreciate your contributions. In fact, we’re having a bit of a hard time getting you to finish your contribution. Apparently, I’ve created a monster. The scary part is that she’s discovered the backspace k

Time to finish. Have a great weekend and I’ll see you on Monday.

Here’s Loyal Reader Number One and one of his brassier (copperier? bronzer?) colonial friends. Picture taken in Philadelphia just before we moved away.

Happy Valentine’s Day! We had a quiet time at home this evening – had dinner, jacuzzified, had our traditional Valentine’s cherry cheesecake, and watched Father of the Bride (the Steve Martin version). Pleasant time.

But a bad commute this morning. There were two pretty major accidents, and it took over three hours. Sigh. I’m hoping for better things tomorrow.

That’s it for today. See you tomorrow.

Here’s a rock with a hole in it. Talk about your great art! I’m sure my astute Loyal Readers can identify exactly where this rock is currently located.

Average day at work. It took two hours to get there and two hours to get back. I worked like a dog – lots of things piled up during my two days off. My big project is moving forward smartly. The good thing is that it means continued employment for a few of my people. The bad thing is that it means tons of work for me, and a lot of responsibility for things I can’t control.

The Loyal Mother and Loyal Reader Number Four are out at book group this evening. Let’s hope they bring home some dessert.

I’m working on plans to change the operating systems on my two Linux boxes. Moe would get FreeNAS and Larry would get Ubuntu Server. I’m hoping Moe would speed up drastically and Larry would have much less overhead as it serves its websites. I’ll have to start slow and build up to it, but it won’t be overly hard.

Not much of interest today, huh? Oh, here’s something: I bought a copy of The 20-Minute Gardener for 25 cents at a library book sale on Saturday. Started reading it on vacation. Opinion so far: it’s worth way more than 25 cents. It tells its story in an entertaining, amusing way. My only complaint so far (I’m 62 pages into it) is that, while they start out very early with their basic principles, they’re taking their time developing them. Still, it’s fun and I’m hopeful. I’ll let you know how it turns out.

I also spent a quarter on a book on the history of the California state parks. Haven’t even cracked it open yet. That probably shouldn’t keep me from writing a review, but I’ll put it off anyway.

And that’s it for tonight. See you tomorrow.