Recently I had to take a set of slides exported out of PowerPoint and turn them into slides again. While the process was totally backwards, it generally worked for the purposes of the meeting. When PowerPoint exports slides, it puts 6 slides on a page in PDF form. So to get them back into slides, [...]
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When I moved out to California, I decided not to fly home for Thanksgiving as its a long flight and Christmas is just around the corner. When attending a Thanksgiving dinner out here, I wanted to bring a dessert with me that was reflective of home. I decided to make Pecan Pie. Never having made [...]
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A number of years ago a roommate of mine stumbled up on a homeowner in the area that liked Halloween to a completely new level! Brent Ross, a local in Mountain View, stages a Halloween display that is pretty awesome. The display is fully mechanized and scripted. It fully covers his front yard and while [...]
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A good friend of mine was in town and was looking to do a little riding around the bay as he’s often here on business and has never been riding out here. I didn’t know much in the way of bike rental in this area other than Dubbelju and EagleRider. Rob however found something a [...]
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I just updated to Ubuntu 11.10 and had some massive issues with Ubuntu running Thunderbird. Since Unity, the new UI software never really worked all that well, I decided it was time to wipe my settings. Now that I’ve moved all the files in my home direcotry to another directory I can’t log in. Moving [...]
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The rain and snow never really materialized over the Kings Canyon area so I was in luck. The weather was good and the loud as all get out stream was still rolling in the morning! Normally I just take 180 out to 99 to 152 to 101. CA-180 is a nice ride down to Sanger [...]
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I was looking forward to today. I had a few new roads to add to the repertoire and anything had to be better than yesterday. Breakfast was at Cheryl’s which was next door to the Kernville Inn. Cheryl’s Diner (C is average. No grade inflation here): Category Score Comments Seating B Easy with the breakfast [...]
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The day’s plan started out simple enough: Ride 168 west to see fall color, Ride 168 east to see the Bristlecone Pines, Ride Sherman Pass to Stay in Kernville. As they say nothing is as simple as it seems. And so the day begins. I slept in a bit and had a more leisurely breakfast [...]
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It’s time to head to the Sierras yet again to get yet one more ride in before the snows close the roads for the winter. We had some pretty intense rain down in the Bay area that did close all three major passes. As the weekend got closer I and many riders were hoping that [...]
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I’ll admit I’ve been a fan of the PC be it in Windows or Linux form. It wasn’t until 2004 that I really began to use the Macintosh when I was a QA lead for Dreamweaver. I’d used Mac OS 9 in school and that product never resonated with me. After the release of Mac [...]
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