Retro Thing: Apple II Turns 30 Years Old

http://www.retrothing.com/2007/05/apple_ii_turns_.html

"June 5th will mark the 30th birthday of the Apple II computer. There were other affordable hobbyist computer kits available before, but the Apple II was the first computer that was ready to run out of the box. It's not surprising that an Apple II was the first computer that I used in elementary school since Apple made inroads with the U.S. educational system from their earliest offerings. What may be a surprise is that the Apple II was manufactured up until 1993 (with some redesigns and cost-reduced versions), with many still in operation today. Between five and six million of the putty colored machines were sold"

More thoughts on Dawkins' The God Delusion

The central chapter is "Why it is almost certain there is no God"

Upon completing this I find myself wanting to read Darwin's Origin of
Species. Read and understand.

My original idea that he conducts his arguments in a "smarty" way is
valid, but he explains why he's being such a smart ass: it is
important to understand that Darwin discovered a new way of
explaining why all this biological stuff which appears to be designed
exists without a designer. And he explains why he thinks we will
discover a similarly brilliant explanation of the existence of the
physical universe as well.

Dawkins really is smart.

Lucky Mojo Curio Co. Catalogue: Occult Shop, Magic Spells, Love Magic Mojo Hands, Amulets, Books, Candles, Information

http://www.luckymojo.com/catalogue.html

They have peony fragrance oil. Can't find many places that do.

I think I'm back online

my old mac from 1999 is still going. Not too many more lives left in
it I bet, but I hope.

thanks to google, all my browser bookmarks are/were saved

thanks to ".Mac" my email accounts info was saved.

got all my email and other documents saved to basement while the
computer would crash...

copy copy copy, crash; copy copy copy crash...

and luck of lucks, it all got put back together.

and works.

still stuff that needs fixing, but "IT'S ALIVE!"

City Repair [The City Repair Project]

http://www.cityrepair.org/vbc7/

The City Repair Project is an organized group action that educates and inspires communities and individuals to creatively transform the places where they live.

In hopes that someday people will be able to live together

From comments on Dave Winer's Scripting News,  http://www.scripting.com

Lost Episode Guides - Recaps and Summaries - Episode Recaps for Lost

http://lost.about.com/od/episoderecaps/Lost_Episode_Guides.htm

I'm trying to find out when the May 23 Finale will be rerun.

Plus this whole http://lost.about.com site is interesting

[Vietnam] Sir No Sir! - About the [anti war] Film

http://www.sirnosir.com/home_about_film.html

I hadn't realized how much resistance there was in the armed services
itself.

This probably explains why there isn't a draft for Iraq.

I would like to see this film

Summer Of Love: 40 Years Later (San Francisco Chronicle)

Great article at the SF Chronicle

http://www.sfgate.com/summeroflove/

Bob Weir

Grateful Dead

Musician in the band RatDog.
Watch video | Read transcript

Country Joe McDonald

Country Joe and the Fish

Musician, Berkeley resident and father of two teenagers.
Watch video | Read transcript

Michael Rossman

Free Speech Movement leader

Writer who continues to focus on counterculture topics and building a huge poster archive at his home in Berkeley.
Watch video | Read transcript

Tomorrow: Dr. David Smith

Founder of the Haight Ashbury Free Clinic

Recently left the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic to start his own practice specializing in addiction medicine.
(video tomorrow) | Read transcript

Keeping insects out of your pants legs

Living in woods.  Working in yard.

I get so bit up.  And now to avoid West Nile Virus in FIRST ILLINOIS COUNTY to report it in 2007!

great review of all things having to do with "Bug Suits":

Getting The Bugs Out Of Hunting - North American Hunting Club:

http://tinyurl.com/285lny

Also I'm ordering "Boot blousers" from Georgia Outfitters:

http://www.georgia-outfitters.com/tabs.shtml

Took a while to find a name for these things.

What I'm doing:

1. high shoes
2. high socks
3. OFF!
4. I do have bug hat... hate to use it.
5. may have bug shirt somewhere here
6. Long pants
7. Long sleeve shirt over t-shirt
8. dump all water containers.

Why I'm doing this:

1. trying to keep yard wild
2. reducing invasive weeds
   
3. pulling up poison ivy

There is of course no end.

West Nile killing off beloved U.S. birds: study | Science | Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN1735085420070518

Includes house wrens, robins, tufted titmice, blue jays, and crows.

Hard to believe. I'm not sure what they mean when they say only house
wrens and blue jays have recovered from their 1995 decline. Did West
Nile virus go away? Or What?

And... does this mean I should quit hanging out with the wrens?

A Wren Landed on My Hat!

I was sitting in the drive, reading Asimov's Magazine. Just
reaching the end of a story called "Always", when there was a
powerful fluttering noise and something landed on my hat.

Then it flew away. Took me a second to spot it.

Earlier I had seen this wren in a tree near our tool shed, and
wondered why it was watching me and squawking.

The wren's house was about 30 feet away. I think it didn't like my
summer hat competing with it for being hot stuff.

And don't doubt it, wrens are hot stuff.

I must have been so concentrated on the story that I hadn't moved for
a while, & the wren had got brave enough to check me out.

What a charmer.

Do Squirrels Eat Tomatoes?

My Mother In Law (MIL) swears they do!

Her neighbor's tomatoes were eaten by squirrels. He took a gun and shot
them, even though doing so was against community regulations.

Strangely, in all my (not so many) years, I have never seen a squirrel
eating a tomato or tomato product.

I asked her if she had seen a squirrel eating her neighbor's tomatoes...
she reluctantly said she had not actually seen this happening, but her
neighbor had assured her it was true.

I assured her that no such thing happened. That someone was full of "it".

Teaching History Backwards

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2007_05/011294.php

An interesting discussion about whether it is better to teach history
from the past to the present or from the present to the past.

have you ever looked at the C-SPAN website?

http://www.c-span.org/

Today is the FIRST time I have ever looked at their website. As a
news site, it's probably the most informing I've ever seen.

Hah. Learn something new every day they say..

Jeff

How to show affection.

http://tinyurl.com/3aozfm  (another google search)

Continuing in my search on how to show someone you love them,  is this search: How to show affection.

On the first page there are several items of interest.

• How to show affection to a cat (important around here)
• How to show affection to Your Children.... quotes Maya Angelou
• Two links to articles on epinions.com

Worthy reading... about "Not Computers"

How do you let someone know you love them?

http://tinyurl.com/34gf6g

For various reasons this is a topic I need to know about.

What's interesting to me is that just by typing the question into the Google search engine as is,  I get a lot of what appear to be good quality "hits".  Google does a great job of doing a relevant search.

And now we are owned by Google.  All our base are belong to Google

as detailed by Wikipedia (http://tinyurl.com/69rzz):

"All your base are belong to us" (often shortened to "All Your Base" or simply AYB) is an "Engrish" phrase that sparked an Internet phenomenon in 2001 and 2002. The text is taken from the opening cut scene of the English version of the 1989 Japanese video game Zero Wing by Toaplan. Its brief but intense popularity derived in part from its poor translation into English and partly from its near-accidental adoption by a core group of Internet humorists. While the wildfire has died down, "All Your Base" is still a well-known reference among gamers and programmers.

 

Chicago circus collector buys early 1900s posters in Vincent

YAY! http://www.messengernews.net/include/articles.asp?articleID=9144

Messenger photo by Gloria Tjaden This 1910 circus poster appears on the side of a building owned by Tanya and Shane Harrison in Vincent. A Chicago circus memorabilia collector, Ken Harck, is planning to have it moved and restored.

[...]

He plans to have them restored to original condition

By GLORIA TJADEN, Messenger correspondent

VINCENT — A recent renovation project has garnered quite a bit of local interest and even nationwide fame. Tanya and Shane Harrison, of Vincent, discovered circus posters from August 1910 while uncovering the side of a building she plans to use for a fabric store. The posters advertise the Ringling Bros. circus coming to town.

Old, old, Mural... Circus Poster Uncovered -- The Messenger - Fort Dodge, Iowa

http://www.messengernews.net/News/articles.asp?articleID=8823

VINCENT — Crowds gathered in Vincent Saturday afternoon to see the circus.

Camels pulling carts, performers in colorful costumes, horses standing inside giant kegs — it all paraded across the side of the old grocery store along County Road P71, the little town's main street.

Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows posters were uncovered when the siding and tar paper were pulled off the old building as part of a renovation project.

Poster images link: http://www.messengernews.net/galleries/news/crcs_posters/index.html

They say it can't be preserved, but I bet otherwise. Not that it will be. Thanks to Ze Frank for the link.

Jeff

Bootie LA - Los Angeles's monthly mashup bootleg party

http://bootiela.com/

Bootleg music, not for reproduction. But irritatingly BETTER than
the originals!

Love the music but I'm such a bore... there's no way I'd stay up till
midnight to go to a show.

Could have, maybe, when I was 20.

Anne Feeney: unionmaid, hellraiser and labor singer

I have to thank Anne Feeney for Dick Meister's article "The Real May Day",  and so, here is a link to all things Feeney...

http://annefeeney.com/

Welcome to my web page.

I'm an activist, organizer, songwriter, folksinger, troublemaker and hellraiser from Pittsburgh, PA. I graduated from high school in 1968 and worked for a year to save up enough money to buy the beautiful Martin D-28 guitar that I still play.

The Vietnam war and the Civil Rights Movement shaped my conscience and consciousness. I worked for a dozen years or so as a trial attorney and served as President of the Pittsburgh Musicians' Union. I have two great kids, Dan and Amy Berlin.

...Now, I'm on the road 200+ days a year... all over the US and Canada, and more recently, Sweden and Denmark. If you're on strike, or in an organizing drive, or doing community organizing for women's rights, the environment, human rights, anti-poverty or anti-racist work, I want to be there.

The most current news about what I've been up to is on my blog. You can also email me at unionmaid@annefeeney.com