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paragraph start on new lines ... easy to avoid, but not entirely
obviously the behavior I want by default... must ponder more!
I was just reading the latest issue of
<a href="http://www.homepower.com/">Home Power</a>
I was just reading the latest issue of
<a href="http://www.homepower.com/">Home Power</a>
-magazine, which is celebrating 20 years of publication with this issue.
-One of the articles, by Kathleen Jarschke-Schultze, talks about the value of
+magazine, which is celebrating 20 years of publication with this issue. One
+of the articles, by Kathleen Jarschke-Schultze, talks about the value of
reusable cotton bags for shopping instead of accepting the usual "paper or
reusable cotton bags for shopping instead of accepting the usual "paper or
-plastic". It caught my eye because my wife Karen is an avid cotton-bag user.
-Kathleen ends the article with an idea that I think is worth repeating:
+plastic". It caught my eye because my wife Karen is an avid cotton-bag
+user. Kathleen ends the article with an idea that I think is worth repeating:
-I like that. Conservation, courtesy, and generosity should never go out of style...
+I like that. Conservation, courtesy, and generosity should never
+go out of style...
In between keeping things going at work and hanging out more than usual with
In between keeping things going at work and hanging out more than usual with
-my kids (who are off from school on spring break this week), I've been trying
+my kids (who are off from school on spring break), I've been trying
to help out around the edges with
<a href="http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer">Debian Installer</a>
to help out around the edges with
<a href="http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer">Debian Installer</a>
-this week.
-Probably the most significant thing I've done is to provide access to one of
+this week. Probably the most significant thing I've done is to provide
+access to one of
my hppa systems so that nightly builds of d-i for hppa can happen. However,
trying to help out has finally gotten me to organize "my other rack" in a way
that testing stuff like this will be easier in the future.
my hppa systems so that nightly builds of d-i for hppa can happen. However,
trying to help out has finally gotten me to organize "my other rack" in a way
that testing stuff like this will be easier in the future.
switch got damaged a while back. So, I've been thinking about replacing it,
and today I finally ordered a new
<a href="http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/-/-/-/SY_DisplayProductInformation-Start?ProductSKU=STRDE895%2fB&CategoryName=hav_HiFiComponents_Receivers_HiFiReceivers">Sony STR-DE895</a>
switch got damaged a while back. So, I've been thinking about replacing it,
and today I finally ordered a new
<a href="http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/-/-/-/SY_DisplayProductInformation-Start?ProductSKU=STRDE895%2fB&CategoryName=hav_HiFiComponents_Receivers_HiFiReceivers">Sony STR-DE895</a>
-from <a href="http://www.jandr.com/">J&R</a>.
-Should be here next week.
+from <a href="http://www.jandr.com/">J&R</a>. Should be here next week.
I'll move the current receiver to the basement so that I have something to test
5.1 audio with. Taking it out of routine use also means I can take it
I'll move the current receiver to the basement so that I have something to test
5.1 audio with. Taking it out of routine use also means I can take it
While I've smiled for a lot of photographs at speaking engagements around the
world in the last year or three,
to the best of my knowledge Elizabeth Gordon-Werner is
While I've smiled for a lot of photographs at speaking engagements around the
world in the last year or three,
to the best of my knowledge Elizabeth Gordon-Werner is
-the first person who ever painted me during one of my talks. Pretty cool.
-She has the
+the first person who ever painted me during one of my
+talks. Pretty cool. She has the
<a href="http://www.artsmitten.com/gallery/people/det_oss6.htm">painting
of me</a> online, along with lots of others from this and other events at her
<a href="http://www.artsmitten.com">Art Smitten</a> site.
<a href="http://www.artsmitten.com/gallery/people/det_oss6.htm">painting
of me</a> online, along with lots of others from this and other events at her
<a href="http://www.artsmitten.com">Art Smitten</a> site.
and I even came home from Malaga with a CD containing their packages! But
I just hadn't ever gotten around to actually doing anything with Squeak.
and I even came home from Malaga with a CD containing their packages! But
I just hadn't ever gotten around to actually doing anything with Squeak.
-Now I have... and even better, so have my kids. ;-)
-In fact, while I think I understand
-what's actually going on better, my daughter now has spent much more time
+Now I have... and even better, so have my kids. ;-) In fact, while I
+think I understand what's actually going on better, my daughter now
+has spent much more time
playing with eToys than I have. I'm really curious to see how far she
goes with this...
playing with eToys than I have. I'm really curious to see how far she
goes with this...
[[!tag tags/rockets]]
As some of you know, the first weekend in October was a big deal for me,
[[!tag tags/rockets]]
As some of you know, the first weekend in October was a big deal for me,
-because it was [NCR's](http://ncrocketry.org) Oktoberfest launch event.
-My son and I spent the weekend camped out on the prairie
+because it was [NCR's](http://ncrocketry.org) Oktoberfest launch event. My
+son and I spent the weekend camped out on the prairie
with Keith Packard and many of our other friends. Keith successfully went
with Keith Packard and many of our other friends. Keith successfully went
-from nothing to a "level 2" high power certification, which was pretty cool.
-I wasn't quite so lucky.
+from nothing to a "level 2" high power certification, which was pretty
+cool. I wasn't quite so lucky.
On Saturday morning, I flew my custom-designed rocket YikStik for a "level 3"
certification attempt. The name comes from the word my wife uses to describe
On Saturday morning, I flew my custom-designed rocket YikStik for a "level 3"
certification attempt. The name comes from the word my wife uses to describe
[Aerotech](http://www.aerotech-rocketry.com)
M1297W reload. This is a 75mm diameter motor 66.5cm in length with 2722 grams
of propellant yielding 5417 Newton-seconds of total impulse. It was also on
[Aerotech](http://www.aerotech-rocketry.com)
M1297W reload. This is a 75mm diameter motor 66.5cm in length with 2722 grams
of propellant yielding 5417 Newton-seconds of total impulse. It was also on
-sale earlier this year for cert attempts.
-My simulations
+sale earlier this year for cert attempts. My simulations
said YikStik should have flown to about 14,800 feet above ground level at the
NCR north site on this motor.
said YikStik should have flown to about 14,800 feet above ground level at the
NCR north site on this motor.
-The launch went perfectly, and the rocket was stunningly beautiful under boost.
-It disappeared into some high clouds, but we continued to have strong signals
+The launch went perfectly, and the rocket was stunningly beautiful under
+boost. It disappeared into some high clouds,
+but we continued to have strong signals
from the two tracking transmitters installed in the payload bay behind the
nose cone. About the anticipated time after launch, we saw a rocket descending
under chute in the distance, and headed in that direction. A few minutes
from the two tracking transmitters installed in the payload bay behind the
nose cone. About the anticipated time after launch, we saw a rocket descending
under chute in the distance, and headed in that direction. A few minutes
the main should have had a slightly higher descent rate than the nose cone,
I expected to find the rest of the rocket somewhere near a line between the
launch rail and where the nose cone was discovered. So last Wednesday I
the main should have had a slightly higher descent rate than the nose cone,
I expected to find the rest of the rocket somewhere near a line between the
launch rail and where the nose cone was discovered. So last Wednesday I
-spent about 5.5 hours walking around the area searching... but no luck.
-Since then, several other people have been out looking for my rocket,
+spent about 5.5 hours walking around the area searching... but no luck. Since
+then, several other people have been out looking for my rocket,
including two friends who flew over the area today in a light plane looking
down into all the washes. Still nothing.
including two friends who flew over the area today in a light plane looking
down into all the washes. Still nothing.