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Back to WinAmp
May 06, 2013
music winamp Zune

Microsoft killed Zune, and now I'm using WinAmp... again.  I'm not surprised.  I suppose that somewhere deep in their accounting department they were showing losses, or maybe not enough gains, and word worked its way out of Accounting and up to Management and eventually down to the users.  Canceled.

It's not really canceled.  You can still use it.  You can still pay them.  But they're not bothering to update the Zune software, which is what made paying them worthwhile.  I should explain.

Our 2013 Veggie Garden
April 29, 2013
plants vegetables hops garden

This years gardenA couple of years ago, we assembled a raised-bed garden in the back yard, and we've been planting in it with varying levels of commitment year-to-year.  Last year, we planted a bunch of interesting items, but most of our crop was eaten by deer.  Hopefully we won't have the same problem this year.

We stopped by Pickering Valley Feed and Farm Store to select our plants.  They tend to have a better selection and variety of vegetables than you can usually This years gardenfind  at big stores like Lowes.  Our selection of veggies included corn, string beans, broccoli, tomatoes, and green bell peppers.

Abby's Second Soccer Game
April 20, 2013
Abby soccer

Today was Abby's second soccer game. Ever. She's almost 12 (her next soccer game is next week, on her birthday) and she's not played any organized team sports before this year.

The league is organized through Glenmoore Eagle Youth Association (GEYA) which offers a bunch of sports in our area, similar to LYA when I was a kid.  The league is for girls in grades 6-8, at which Abby is in the lower end.  The coaches are very friendly, and they've been very supportive of Abby and all the girls playing on her team who are not as experienced as some of the other players.

Restore Your Tray To Its Upright and Visible Positon
March 21, 2013
tray icon restore Explorer

My Windows' Explorer crashes with some regularity.  (Get all of your childish Mac and Linux comments out of the way now - I'm unlikely to ditch Windows anytime soon.)  When it comes back to life, which it does automatically, some programs in the notification tray (that thing with all the icons near the clock) don't come back with it.

It's not that those applications aren't still running, but that they were - for some reason - never told to restore their icons into the task bar.

Why Privacy Doesn't Matter
March 12, 2013
Google Glass privacy

I was driving Riley home from karate when he asked me, "What if the Earth was 150 degrees all the time?"

There are two answers to this question, and one isn't very interesting.  I went with the second, more interesting one, "If it was 150 degrees all of the time, then when life evolved on this planet, it would have evolved to survive in 150-degree weather.  ...  It probably would have looked a lot different from what you see around here today, too."