Terry’s Worklog

  • We must be doing something right

    Thursday, we sat down and met with Kenny’s teacher for a parent/teacher conference.  He’s doing exceptionally well.  He reads, writes, etc. all above grade level — and I understand is quite the orator during their sharing times. šŸ™‚ Anyway, during the meeting, Kenny was asked to pick out a story that he’d written (a short…

  • Trying out Windows 7 with the TV

    One of the benefits of having a large flat screen TV is the wide abundance of video inputs.  At present, there are 8 on our TV, 4 HD,  2 RCA style, 1 cable and 1 PC connection (DVI).  This leaves lots of room for experimentation.  As noted on Saturday (https://blog.reeset.net/archives/614), I picked up a netbook,…

  • MarcEdit update notes

    Since a few folks have asked, the update mentioned last week is coming along nicely.  At this point, I have a number of MarcEdit users that are testing new features and the install program (both individually and in an enterprise environment).  Things are looking good, so it will be out the door as soon as…

  • New toys

    So like most folks, Iā€™m hanging out today kind of watching the super bowl ā€” but am also playing with a new toy, my MSI Wind netbook.  This is a nifty little device, running a 1.6 ghz, 1 gb, 160 gb HD, 10.1 inch monitor weight about 2 lbs.  The machine came installed by default…

  • Quick MarcEdit note

    Just a couple of quick MarcEdit notes. As part of my campaign to make MarcEdit work better within group managed systems, I’ve been working on migrating MarcEdit’s installer from a general .exe setup to one using Microsoft’s MSI installer.  This will allow system administrators the ability to use Microsoft’s package management tools to distribute MarcEdit…

  • OCLC to convene a Review Board of Shared Data Creation and Stewardship

    From the OCLC news release: http://www.oclc.org/us/en/news/releases/20092.htm First off, I think that this is a good thing for a couple of reasons. I take this development as a sign that OCLC has heard the membership, heard some of their concerns and has agreed to take some additional time to have further discussion with the membership.  For…

  • What a long ride home

    With the winter storms in the Willamette Valley moving from snow and ice to wind and rain, I’ve been enjoying a long week of riding into a stiff headwind (10-15 mph steady, 25-35 mph gusts) and getting soaked by the rain.  But that’s alright, that’s why I buy Gortex.  However, today was one of those…

  • I think I like mod_rails

    I’ve been doing a little performance and memory benchmarking, but let me say that I think I like mod_rails.  I’ll write up something a little bit later, but for distribution, mod_rails = sysadmin love.  Just install a gem, run an installer and add 5  lines to your httpd.conf file and your running.  As a bonus,…

  • My new favorite shirt

    My wife got me for this Christmas.  I love it.   –TR

  • Tracking Santa

    This has been a tradition in our house for the past 4 years — but each Christmas eve, the boys and I use NORAD to “track” Santa.  It’s a neat, fun little thing that NORAD does that the kids really enjoy.  If you’ve never seen it, check it out: http://www.noradsanta.org/en/home.html

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