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Distracts Others: Music
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Goodbye Grooveshark, hello Spotify! Some months, I make a playlist to keep track of the new and interesting things I'm listening to. Sometimes I spend enough time on it to make something coherent; other times it's all over the place. Most of it started in Grooveshark, and I'm still copying things over. BC 1990s http:/ open.spotify.com/user/1266586855/playlist/4Hl7ziIBNSrnskEq0O6iRZ. BC 2010 http:/ open.spotify.com/user/1266586855/playlist/0Zwr9T3XFd42UtJkq5gm25. BC 2014-09 http:/ open.spotify.com...BC 20...
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Distracts Others: April 2015
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Google Drive App for Linux (and Mac). I hate desktop-cloud synchronization applications. Googles Drive Sync application is only available for Mac and Windows. I dont care. I have about two terabytes of files in cloud storage. I have several different machines with very different purposes—desktops, laptops, servers, mobile devices—and I only want to store files locally if Im actually going to use them for something. I need a command line tool. Google, through unofficial channels, has delivered. Don't b...
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Distracts Others: November 2013
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Installing Google Earth in 64-bit Ubuntu Linux. Google does provide 32-bit and 64-bit .deb files. For installing Google Earth in Ubuntu. Unfortunately, the 64-bit version does not work in newer (12.04 ) versions of Ubuntu. The solution: run the 32-bit version! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). An interesting opinion piece appeared in the New York Times today, suggesting that we supplement the drinking water supply with small doses . Student, teacher, engineer, investor, writer, scientist. Come say, "hi".
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Seek Arete: Rucking University Class 003 AAR
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Thursday, June 2, 2016. Rucking University Class 003 AAR. Rucking and Social Fitness. Sustain: Presentation of A. Raining and the fundamentals. Improve: More time spent on the nuts-and-bolts of cultivating and running a rucking club. Facebook vs emails, how often to meet, naming/branding, voting/leadership structure, etc. Sustain: I really enjoyed this, even though it was mostly “filler content” between the more practical/useful instruction. Choosing, Sizing, and Packing Rucks. After that, refilled on wa...
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Seek Arete: Ranger Museum and Ranger IPA
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015. Ranger Museum and Ranger IPA. Photo from CenTexFun.com. Eleanor's official first museum visit (of many, no doubt) is the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco. Photo from TexasRanger.org. I'm not going to recount the illustrious history of the Rangers here. Go to the museum or wikipedia. For that. But I'll tell you some things that stuck with me:. The organization is older than you think (1823). The early Rangers were also surveyors documenting the Republic for settlement.
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Seek Arete: June 2016
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Thursday, June 2, 2016. Rucking University Class 003 AAR. Rucking and Social Fitness. Sustain: Presentation of A. Raining and the fundamentals. Improve: More time spent on the nuts-and-bolts of cultivating and running a rucking club. Facebook vs emails, how often to meet, naming/branding, voting/leadership structure, etc. Sustain: I really enjoyed this, even though it was mostly “filler content” between the more practical/useful instruction. Choosing, Sizing, and Packing Rucks. After that, refilled on wa...
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Seek Arete: June 2013
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Kandahar, The Ryca option, and Piraat. I am in sunny Kandahar, Afghanistan. Shoot me an email for details. Still no mailing address. Checking the cheap and tinkerable boxes with bold strokes is the Suzuki S40. And the kits from Ryca motors. Item listed at a hopeful $2200 near my house in Texas. Not ugly, but generally unremarkable. But with one of the Ryca kits, hand tools, and a trip to a paint shop, the S40 can be turned into something lighter, unique, and fun-looking:.
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Seek Arete: May 2013
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013. Update, Reminder, and Gulden Draak. I know this is tiny, but I really like. It's about that time to remind. Is it a Tripel? I don't care, but it's definitely a brew worthy of a chalice. Posted by Kyle McPherson. Belgian Strong Dark Ale. Brouwerij Van Steenberge N.V. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Update, Reminder, and Gulden Draak. Belgian Strong Dark Ale. Brouwerij Van Steenberge N.V. Big Sky Brewing Company. Southern Star Brewing Company.
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Seek Arete: Hero WOD: Togi
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Wednesday, August 26, 2015. Jason Togi (DERECHO 36). KIA 26 AUG 2013. Collage by Samoa News. Hero Workout of the Day: Togi. 400 meter run (warm-up). 36 Russian kettle-bell swings. 27 Russian kettle-bell swings. 18 Russian kettle-bell swings. 9 Russian kettle-bell swings. 500 meter rowing machine. Crossfit Kandahar created this workout challenge for everyone at Kandahar Airfield as a memorial a few days after he was killed. It's a good way for those who knew him to remember his sacrifice. RIP.
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Seek Arete: Red Nose Day and Leute Bokbier
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Friday, March 13, 2015. Red Nose Day and Leute Bokbier. Red Nose Day is a charity telethon done every two years to raise money for children's medical research. It's produced by British charity Comic Relief. And broadcast by the BBC and commonwealth affiliates, but hasn't had much traction here in the United States. I only know of it thanks to the Flight of the Concords song which I'm compelled to share with you:. Posted by Kyle McPherson. Belgian Strong Dark Ale. Brouwerij Van Steenberge N.V.