Mike Macgirvin
Diary and Other Rantings
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Saturday, May 17 2008, 10:57 am
Jun 06, 2001
Didn't get the lawn mowed last night like I was going to.

Didn't get the lawn mowed last night like I was going to. By the time I got out there the sprinklers were starting up and that kinda' killed it. I'll have to start earlier tonight. But I did get the wheelbarrow assembled. The instructions were rather poor, since they didn't at all cover the dual wheel model I got. Everything was different. They claimed you needed only a screw driver and pliers. Not quite - it couldn't possibly be assembled without a grinder and/or hacksaw. Luckily I had that covered.

Now I can call in a dumpster and get all that old concrete and other debris out of the back yard. I wasn't willing to do it in the lean green plastic barrow because it has holes punched out of it from the last time I tried to haul concrete in it.

I've been so wrapped up in other events of the past few days that I missed out on a lot of world news. Nepal, Idaho, all kinds of strange stuff. What has had me wrapped up? I quit whining and started responding to personals again. Two responses. The first one was nice but completely incompatible with probably 90% of my so-called life. Second one has my attention; mystery and intrigue and too much common ground and synergy to ignore. More on that perhaps later in the week.

Two more webcams online - though these aren't yet the ones that anybody can program; that's coming soon. I had a few extra USB cams sitting around and decided to put them to use. Very fragile creatures, and I might have to yank them out. Windows and video drivers have never gotten along without frequent crashes. In this case I'm running two video drivers on two machines for four total. This is a recipe for the blue screen of death. In fact I guarantee it. In the last hour since hooking up the two additional cams I've seen thirty or more blue screens.

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