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More figs!

Posted on 2006-08-06 by frank

Today we, well, actually, Andrea, since all I did was carry the ladder, picked 5.5 more pounds of figs. From one tree. And it’s still going!

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Monolingual broke our Tiger

Posted on 2006-08-06 by frank

Monolingual version 1.3.2 broke Tiger, Mac OS X 10.3.6, on a macbook, to the point where Rosetta applications wouldn’t run, and software updates couldn’t complete. Andrea got a new Macbook so she could work on writing her book. As the … Continue reading →

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Figs, canning, heat, nesting insincts, etc

Posted on 2006-08-05 by frank

I know it’s hard to believe all these things are related but trust me, at least they aren’t completely unrelated. We’ve got a fig tree in the back yard. This is its third summer bearing fruit, and what a haul … Continue reading →

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Doping in professional cycling

Posted on 2006-08-04 by frank

When I read this article about a ‘German anti-doping expert’ being shocked at the dossier he saw on Jan Ullrich’s alleged doping transgressions, I would have liked to have responded sarcastically, ‘What, someone is surprised that former Soviet-bloc athletes have … Continue reading →

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More tools

Posted on 2006-07-29 by frank

I went to ACE Hardware again — I realized the old rotor was rusted to the hub so I wanted brake component grease and anti-sieze to put on the surfaces after cleaning to prevent this problem if there is a … Continue reading →

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