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Sun, 04 Apr 2004
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It's so small
And the neighbor's so close
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Wed, 17 Dec 2003
Linux VPN Server
I'm trying to figure out how to have Linux host VPN sessions for Windows
clients. I need to support both individual users and routable connections
from Windows Routing and RAS.
Easy - No encryption, No authentication (i.e. uselessly insecure):
Install and configure PPTPD, this will also install PPP if needed.
apt-get install pptpd
Edit /etc/pptpd.conf
speed 115200
option /etc/ppp/pptpd-options
localip 192.168.4.1 # IP for private NIC on VPN host
remoteip 192.168.4.65-96 # Range of IP's to assign VPN clients
Edit /etc/ppp/pptpd-options
name fire.fluxsmith.com
domain fluxsmith.com
noauth
ms-dns 192.168.4.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
noipx
nodefaultroute
proxyarp
lock
Set windows to PPTP VPN, no encryption required,
require secured password (which will be ignored by the server).
Use anything you want for credentials.
Only slightly more secure, no encryption, still not
suitable for the hostile world:
Change /etc/ppp/pptpd-options from noauth to auth.
Add a pair of lines to /etc/ppp/chap-secrets for each user
userid * password *
* userid password *
With encryption, as needed for real use:
This is not simple. First, you will have to rebuild your kernel using
patched sources. General guidance on kernel rebuilding is available
at http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-post-install.en.html#s-kernel-baking
After extracting the sources you will have to apply the patch provided
by the kernel-patch-mppe package.
If the patch and rebuild is successful then modprobe ppp_mppe should succeed.
You'll then want to add ppp_mppe to /etc/modules.
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Thu, 18 Sep 2003Yesterday Richard Grasso resigned as Chairman of the NYSE, under immense pressure to do so. He was grossly overpaid, but compared to whom? A Hollywood idiot? A sports star? A so-called musician? Other overpaid CEOs? There is no standard for overpaid in our society.
Mr. Grasso is still nearly universally acclaimed as the best Chairman the NYSE has ever had. Two years ago after 9/11 the financial markets would not have recovered for a long time under weaker leadership. The calls for his resignation and objections to his compensation from various government bureaucrats were particularly disgusting and transparent sour grapes; they live on funds extracted by compulsory means, Mr. Grasso forced no one.
Mr. Grasso may have had little choice, and that he would resign for the good of the exchange is not a surprise given his commitment to the institution. But the pressure for him to do so was so misplaced as to make a prime example of the idiocy of media and jealousy driven public decision making. Those resigning should have been the Board members on the compensation committee responsible for determining the Chairman's compensation, not the Chairman.
Sat, 16 Aug 2003
Guatemala, April 2003
Welcome to our weblog, the following photos were taken this past April on our trip to Guatemala with a medical team from Spokane specializing in plastic surgery, dentistry, also students from Bellarmine University in KY. The trip was organized by Hearts In Motion. Hearts In Motion is a non-profit, non-denominational charity focusing on the needs of children and families. They do incredible work in Guatemala. Their home page is www.heartsinmotion.org.
Burn victim seen at the clinic, burns on both arms, both legs, trunk, also her face. An operation to help improve movement in her left leg was unsuccessful. Children are burned most often in Guatemala because of cooking on open fires on the floor and women are burned often from passing out over the smoke.
We brought little necklaces hoping for a chance to give them to the children.
Heydi and her father Rene waiting for Dr. Paxton to check her jaw.
Heydi lived with us from January 15th to March 15th 2002 with Celeste, wife of the mayor of Jocotan who came as her guardian so she could have this life saving surgery. The operation was very complicated and successful in that her trach could be removed and she could safely lay down and still be able to breathe.
We didn't know when this picture was taken because we didn't have a translator but Heydi is unable to open her mouth more than a tiny fraction and had pain from her large molars coming in. We thought she was only being shy not talking to us but talking is difficult for her and we're not sure she speaks at all. She will face many problems in her future because of Piere Roban Symdrome (under developed lower jaw) and will require additional surgeries.
Surgery begins in temperatures over 100!
Peace Corp worker and the always smiling Dr. Stein from Chicago. The doctors and nurses and helpers were so dedicated; they worked long hours in this tremendous heat starting early in the morning and often were not back to the hotel until late at night. Dr. Stein called this his vacation!
On the lighter side these handsome eighteen year old twin brothers
are finally to have their finger nubs removed. Not pictured, the mother who had the exact finger nub!
There is incredible diversity in Guatemala. The Indians are Maya but there are at least 22 ethnicities differentiated by language in that group. This woman might have been K'iche. They wear long colorful skirts and never wear shoes.
The Spokane medical team specializes in plastic surgery and repairing cleft palates.
Other speciality medical teams are brought to Guatemala by Hearts In Motion during the year
and also volunteers for construction. Construction for a new school was started in July
by the students of Bellarmine University in KY after extensive fundraising.
The hospital in Zacapa has an annual budget of around $80,000. Doctors make around $6,000. The staff is dedicated. Parents sleep on the floor beside their baby's crib and wash clothes in water buckets outside, we saw then hanging on the cribs sides to dry. Expectant mothers must buy their own caesarian kit before coming to the hospital if they need that surgery. When the hospital pharmacy was asked for an aspirin they did not have one.
The clinic next to the hospital in Zacapa. It's closed in this picture but hundreds came that first day to be seen by the doctors and although many were in the area some had to walk for hundreds of miles. It was very hot they had to wait around with no place to sit and selection of those to be seen appeared to be look around and point. We thought things went well because they were very polite and patient.
I don't know why this little girl was at the clinic, I took her picture just because she was so pretty, she actually had pretty blue eyes.
The dental team traveled to different locations each day. Conditions in these clinics were also very hot and very crowded. This young mother was having a very difficult extraction but it was ulimately successful. Important flash light assistant being offered by Dr. Diane Paxton and daughter Lindsey. I can't remember the name of the dentist here, he's retired but what a great way to retire!
Hands high in the air the dentist keeps sterile!
Outside the clinic a Bellarmine University volunteer keep the children enteratined!
The girls are happy with the results!
The hospital hallway outside the surgery area.
Peace Corp worker translating for Dr. Paxton.
This is Mario. Mario and his mother Ericka stayed in our home when Mario got his first surgery to repair a very complicated cleft palate. He will have his second surgery the day after this picture was taken. It went well but we understand that he will need additonal surgery to completely close his palate.
We couldn't resist taking a picture of this mode of tansportation!
Evaluation by Dr. Melanie Lang.
Hopefully this child may have surgery next year to repair her nose, needed was a piece of Gortex.
All mothers want their children to be perfect - but one extra toe may not be a critical medical condition!
Pretty little girl!
After two days at the hospital Celeste and her son drove us to her home in Jocotan about a two hour drive from Zacapa. Here we're eating with Franchesca, the Peace Corp volunteer living in Jocotan. Celeste asked her to be a translator for us and she was a wonderful help for the whole visit. She spoke beautiful Spanish.
The following pictures are of the kids at the day school Celeste's runs for working mothers.
I'm not sure how to spell her name, it sounded like Uvela, this little girl was adopted
by Celeste after she returned from Spokane.
Peace Corp agriculture project in Jocotan.
Lovely church and plaza in this little town.
Street scene.
The people were very friendly in Jocotan. Franchesca the Peace Corp worker said she felt very safe there and had no fears of walking alone at night. The town is like a big family, every one is related to someone. Sleeping was difficult, the chickens crowed all through the night and firecrackers went off all through the night probably keeping the chickens awake. We were told the firecrackers were in celebration of a birthday or such. At three in the morning?
Not just "yard art" a stelae from the great ruins of the Maya!
These cows had a mind of their own as they broke away from the herd passing through town.
Guatemala cows look a bit different, a lot skinner than US beef cows for sure.
We traveled to Heydi's village, La Lima, located on a high mountain top.
This is Celeste with Heydi's cute little brother Ludwig.
The Avalos family. Rene build this home in 1995 probably for his new bride.
It was a well built typical village home made with mud, thatched roof, dirt floors.
Unfortunate that my photo is dark. The children were relatives, Heydi
has about fifty cousins in the little village. They were really beautiful.
Jon on the hammock passing out balls, we brough over
fifty balls and little toy cars. We took a collection
of clothes and things and left them the empty packer wishing
we had more to give.
Jon & Heydi.
The father Rene is a good man, Celeste put it a way
we remembered "he has no vices." He works
hard and earns very little money, we understand
only about two dollars a day. The worry and stress
of providing for his family shows in his face.
These parents kept their little daughter alive
for over four years by never letting her lay down.
This little girl came into our world and
changed us forever. She had to leave her home
with a stranger and come live with strangers
for two months and face a frightening surgery.
We found her very intelligent and with a wonderful personality.
She will remain in our hearts and we care deeply
about her and the well being of this noble family.
Most of the children loved having their pictures taken!
This picture although too dark was taken when Celeste pointed to this mountain range
and indicated the center one was where Heydi lived. We drove to that peak
on a road that was barely wide enough for a wheeled vehicle. I looked out my window
and could not see a road just a view straight down.
Back in Jocotan again - a picture of the church from the balcony of Celeste's hotel.
This is Celeste's little hotel. You never know what is on the other side
of these walls. Sometimes we were surprised to find
beautiful courtyards and massive homes.
We were so lucky to have Celeste and her husband Hector, the mayor of
Jocotan take us to Copan Ruinas in Honduras. These ruins are smaller than others but
they are considered the most advanced and elaborate of all the Maya civilization.
The stelaes standing here were erected around the years 711 and 736.
This unique temple holds the longest known text left by the ancient Maya. Unfortunately the glyphs
cannot be read because after falling out of place they were rebuilt without knowing where they belonged.
Today a tarp covers it to protect the hieroglyphic stairway from further erosion.
The ancient Maya dominated the entire region until
the arrival of the Spanish. This area now Honduras and Guatemala
are scattered with ruins that testify of a great and complex civilization.
I now own three little corn dolls made by this little girl. Treasures at a bargain
price of one dollar a piece!
The town of Copan Ruinas in Honduras is charming. It has steep cobbled streets and red-tiled roofs, thanks to tourist dollars has clean streets but remains largely unspoilt and genuinely friendly. We didn't want to leave and I wish I had taken more picturew of this delightful town. Hector treated us to a wonderful meal there.
Back in Jocotan.
We were in Guatemala a week before Easter so the children
were having a little parade and singing as a part of the Easter celebration.
Celeste has a friend from Jocotan, Arnoldo, living here in Spokane. We took
pictures of his family, pictures I took of his beautiful house didn't turn out
with my camera. His mother and brother own a bakery and a little shops.
After Rene made the long trip Sunday to Zacapa, he had to
come down the mountain again to have Heydi see a team dentist.
We returned to Zacapa and Franchesca left us for a Peace Corp meeting.
We were sad to say goodbye to our new friend and translator.
The kids are scared and nervous at anything to do with doctors!
Dr. Diane Paxton and Lindsey at the dental clinic. The dentist only did extractions. They were appalled at the condition of the childrens' teeth. Mothers give sugar coffee, Coke and Pepsi to their babies, they think it makes them strong. It can have disastrous results to their dental health for both adults and kids.
Bringing the kids for medical care was no easy task
for Rene. They got up at 4 am to hike down the mountain
so they can get a ride at the highway from anyone that will pick them up and take
them to Jocotan. This day Celeste's son took all of
us back to Zacapa. Rene will have a long trip home and
have to walk and carry the kids up the mountain from
the highway and this time with Heydi not feeling well from her
dental surgery.
Ludwig was too scared to let the doctor take a good look at his teeth but just smiling
we could see lots of problems already so Dr. Hood plays ball instead.
Heydi is frightened by doctors of course. We didn't know that Sunday Rene had also taken
her to one of the dental clinics after they left the hospital. Dr. Jeff Hood saw her as one
of the many patients that day but didn't know she was the little girl he heard us
talking about. He noticed her trach scar and didn't even try to remove the teeth
afraid he might break her jaw. When we found out that she was in pain we asked
Rene to bring her back again and also her little brother. This time Dr. Hood went
for it and successfully removed her teeth.
Sterization procedures are very important, just a little different perhaps, but the guys did a great job!
Keeping watch over things is this beautiful ninty year lady, she was a delight.
The population of Guatemala has reached over 13.5 million, and has one the highest birth rates in the hemisphere, also one of the highest rates of infant mortality.
Hallway surgery!
Doctor's lounge!
I'm not sure if this boy had surgery but
his personality made him a favorite with the team.
This was hard work especially in the heat. The youth group
was from Bellarmine University in Louisville, KY.
This wonderful play area was built for the hospital.
This is little Ericka. She stayed with us in
Spokane for only three weeks when her baby
Mario had his surgery. We learned to love her,
she is a lovely woman and devoted mother. Life is
very difficult for her. We visited her humble
home and gave watches to her beautiful daughter
and her two older sons.
Odely Gloria Maybeli Flores Solis - eight years old.
Hector Ricardo Flores Solis - ten years old.
Jefree Estuardo Flores Solis - eleven years old
With the children's father who does not live there and Ericka's father.
Ericka's niece.
Mario was recovering from his surgery and Ericka was worried
because he would not eat but before we left
he drank some coke, the national beverage of Guatemala,
and ate some cookies we gave him. Then he was given the
real national beverage its served warm made with
rice mostly and its sweet. We drank it and thought
it was very good stuff.
No matter how humble the circumstances in Guatemala, we found happy people and loving families.
The team trecking to a village site.
Guatemala has been experiencing a drought in this region for
many years. we saw dry to near dry river beds. Also the land is being deforested
by the numerous poor as wood is their only cooking fire source.
A high percentage of the Guatemalan population
suffers from extreme poverty due to a lack of
working opportunities. Also drought conditions which in some areas not long
ago lead to starvation. Guatemala is placed at a level of
poverty equal to that of Bangladesh and Mozambique.
RURAL POVERTY 93.7%
RURAL ILLITERACY 79%
One of the highest in Latin American.
The back packs were donated by our Spokane
Office Depot and they were filled with school supplies.
We know not to drink the water and Jon didn't
but he did eat a piece of fruit that happened
to be washed in the water. I don't know how
he made it that day but he did the village
tour with all the terrible symptoms, the red
face is a high fever. We had climbed a small hill, and he said "Is it just me or is it cold up here?" The temperature was probably 102.
The government does little for the people.
They do furnish a teacher in these little
villages. They pay her about sixty dollars
a month with no room and board. They do not
furnish much in the way of school supplies,
if anything.
The dogs in Guatemala are horribly neglected
and mistreated. They suffer greatly.
Coke and Pepsi signs litter the entire country. We joked about them being the national beverages, I don't know what company can claim to be number one but they both do well. Our favorite was a drink coke sign over a funeral parlor! Traveling in our large buses to a remote village, so remote in fact we couldn't drive there all they way and the heavy packers had to be carried, but coming down that same road from the remote village was a PEPSI truck!
Donations to another school.
I don't have a before picture but this little
church on the corner located near HIM house
was in pretty bad shape. The volunteers cleaned and painted
and they were very proud of the rehabilition.
The Bellarmine University volunteers!
Jon in front of the HIM school, the red haired lady is Karen!
If anything made me and others on the tour cry it was Kathryn.
This noble little girl is nine years old. She
cannot go to school, she has to care for
her three younger brothers while her mother works.
They are the children resulting from the mother's
work as a prostitute. Wise beyond her years
Kathryn demonstrates her love and devotion to her
brothers. Jon said to her in Spanish "You are very responsible."
She answered simply "Si."
A far away angel!
Outside the back area of where the children live, I can't seem to use the word "house."
After we arrived before anything was passed
out to the villagers they had to wait unti
Kathryn received her things. This way she is given
honor and respect by the Americans. She is not well treated
in her village because of her mother. Kathryn was also put first in line
then she handed out the donations to the others.
The brother had a harder time with the baby when Kathryn had to hand him over so she could give out the donations.
Inside the little room the brothers are examining the new stuff.
The middle brother did not look too healthy.
The line did eventually break up and we
sort of lost control.
Karen and Kathryn.
I'm not sure who they are took their picture because they are beautiful!
Back at the hospital.
Playground equipment being tested!
No one can resist the children!
Dr. Paxton with wife Diane and her sister Dr. Rise.
What a great guy you are Dr. Stein. We were
so impressed by your spirit.
What a great pleasure it was to have met this man.
We wish him well in all his future trips.
Lindsey Paxton with friend. Lindsey helped
with fundraising and donations.
Green t-shirts were given out at the park where
the playground equipment was built by a previous HIM volunteer team
Important testing of the equipment by Bellarmine Unversity students!
A wonderful constribtion from the work of HIM!
Stream washing is quite a common site.
When the HIM vans and buses arrive, it doesn't take long for the crowds to appear!
A team volunteer, Larry from MO, brought 25 pounds of bead
necklaces donated from the Marti Gras festivities.
They were a big hit and were given out everywhere
the team traveled. They were wanted
by both the boys and girls and all ages.
Given out also at this village were Barbie Dolls that
a volunteer restored and donated especially for this trip.
The grounds at the Hotel Atlantico where we stayed.
We stopped here on our journey to Guatemala City and Antigua.
HIM also funds a "feeding station" here mothers drop off
their children to simply be fed for a while. The kids
usually stay for a month and are then returned to their mothers.
The team donated enough money at our stop to fund the station
for two more months.
McDonalds delivers! We stopped at a McDonalds
in Guatemala City on the way to Antigua!
Who could resist this?
History notes: After months of fighting the Spanish defeated the defiant Maya and the colonial expansion movement founded the first city called "Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala" in 1524. The European community and the natural talent of the Maya made for a creative Guatemala colonial style. The capital moved to Antigua in 1527 it had a population of 70,000 wuth 32 churches, 15 convents and monasteries and 10 chapels. There was an earthquake in 1717 and a severe earthquake again in 1773, the destruction of that earthquake is what we see in Antigua today.
Window picture at the Sol Mar. "Windows and doors"
was a monthly subject for the Spokane Camera Club.
Preparations for the Easter week celebrations.
Picture of the hallway at the Hotel Sol Mar in Antigua.
I don't know what those things are called, they are
used in the flower arangements seen in the previous pictures.
Picture was taken at the wholesale marketplace in Antigua.
One of the most intriguing cultural aspects is the infinite and exotic variety of the handmade, traditional clothing of Guatemala's Maya population. The design of the colorfully embroidered tunics, capes and skirts dates back to pre-colonial days. Certain details of garment and design identify the wearer's group and village, or have religious or magical meaning.
The meat is unrefrigerated but we would trust it to be very fresh!
Antigua is very easy to get around, the volcanos tell you what direction your're going. Aqua Volcano here is considered to be inactive and we're told it can be climbed in only five grueling hours but offers a spectacular view! We passed.
Pictures taken in the large plaza!
Guatemala's hand-woven and hand-embroidered textiles are famed throughout the world for their excellent quality and designs. The Maya women selling were so aggressive and we were so busy trying not to pay too much that we came home with only two of them. Now I have regrets.
Most of the people and the children in the
villages love their picture taken.
Its very different here in Antigua. The Maya
want to sell you their wares but do not like
photographers. They now expect to be paid
and even after paying them they still
don't cooperate. This is one of my favorite pictures though!
Such an attitude!
Jon paid her for a picture, we both took one,
then she noticed I was talking another and
covered her face. She has the money
in her hand!
"Iglesia del Carmen"
Jon took this picture we named it "Colors of Antiguity"
The Easter week in Antigua is world famous. Thousands of
people from there and abroad come to observe the pageantry and
pay tribute to this centuries-old tradition. It can't quite be
explained to outsiders but its grand and elaborate and special
to Guatemala.
Here Larry is involved in the art of the deal.
We were told that the right price is somewhere
around half of what they ask. Larry is sticking
to his price with this shrewd little Maya child.
We needed a bit more practice with this art form.
We were no match.
Now look at the beauty of these walls. We came
in to eat donuts. I always felt sugar deprived
the whole time in Guatemala the sweets looked pretty but they don't
use the same super high sugar content as we do.
Anyway isn't this a beautiful place to snack in. A place that probably
existed before the foundation of our country.
I tried to take pictures of these colorful buses, and I'll put
just this one in the web log. We didn't have a chance to ride in one but
tourist nicknamed them "chicken buses" because of the chance you
might be riding along with livestock next to you.
As we leave Antigua we see the beginning
of the making of the colored straw carpets called "alfombras".
They will be elebrate with beautiful and intricate
designs, thousands of hours of work will go into making them only to be destroyed
quickly by the processions.
The processions, carpets and decorated altars form a giant work of community art that spills from the cathedrals into the streets, the traditions and techniques have been passed down from generation to generation.
Everyone from the team left Sunday, but our schedule
was to fly back Monday. This is Guatemala City and we are glad we had that extra
day to see it up close. We at first felt a bit shaky! Scared really after checking into our
high crime Zone 1 area hotel ignorantly booked off the internet, we thought we were going to spend the entire day
in our room, a very quiet room with no TV! But reading got boring and hunger motivated us to give it a go!
As we were leaving the Posada Belen to brave the streets we passed four guests and we said hello, turned out they were not Germans but from Hurricane, Utah. The family had traveled there to meet and return with their LDS missiionary as he finished his two year mission. What great luck, we went out now as a big group and we felt safe and had a great day we otherwise would have missed.
The locals call it "Guate" (WA-TE) a mixture of old and new, it has modern supermarkets, paved roads, high rises and continuous development and people driving Mercedes and cell phones. The National Palace was build 1928-1943. The palace appears green in color because government workers apply an oil based paint that lets them remove graffiti of government protesters. Now they go and graffiti the President's house! We go thousands of miles away and ate at Wendys!
The Metropolitan Cathedral in the town center. We were there on a Sunday and the park was filled with textile vendors, musical groups and stands with traditional Guatemalan food. The Central Market is two blocks away and has textiles and crafts from throughout Guatemala.
The Posada Belen turned out to be quite special, even had hot water although we call it warm here. It was filled
with hundreds of Mayan archaeological exhibits. What orginally felt like a disaster turned out to be a wonderful place and we had a wonderful time with the new friends we met there.
This is the Guatemala Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The area it was in looked
more like the United States than any other place we had seen in the country. Its different design made it hard to photograph.
I know I look a bit ragged here, we haven't slept for many days. The hotels in Zacapa and Antigua although pretty on the outside didn't have exactly four star rooms, I'd give them a half of a star. But the good news is that we have lost 25 pounds between us since our return. Yeah!
Our room, I think I read this was once a house built in the seventeen hundreds.
The photographs in this web log are only the ones taken with my camera. Jon took as many in slide film and I wish many of them had been included but there hasn't been time to do his so far. We'll go with what we have now. We are so thankful for the opportunity we had to make this trip. Many times I couldn't believe I was really there. Guatemala is a special place and we have learned to love this country and its people. We don't know what will happen in the future but we will always have the memories of this trip. We saw dreadful things but also saw the beauty and dignity in the spirit of these great souls that live so far away. How blessed we have been to have had this chance to help and serve others.
Jon & Nancy Lundquist
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Mon, 23 Jun 2003As a recovering Windows programmer, case sensitivity in Linux makes me crazy. My friends who are Linux advocates defend it, but none of them can state a convincing case for the usefulness of having two files which have the same name differing only in case. I am still of the belief that case-preserving case-insensitive is the superior file system design, but that's not what I now have to work with.
As most non-programmers I know expect URLs to be case-insensitive (users don't read RFCs), I've come to the conclusion that the only workable solution is to maintain everything for my website in lower case in the file system. The mod_speling Apache module then makes most of the site function in a case-insensitive manner, but that still doesn't solve the problem for Blosxom URLs. In order to solve the problem within Blosxom I've written a plugin, which may be just about the smallest possible Blosxom plugin which does something useful!
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Sun, 11 May 2003Not many of us get to have a celebrity guest visit our home. We had an opportunity to show our home and yard to Mr. Spongebob Squarepants of Bikini Bottom. WOW!
What a happy and fun guy he was, we really enjoyed having him drop by. Here are some pictures of his visit.
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Gardner Spongebob takes a rest
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Spongebob naps in our Guatemalan hammock
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Spongebob checks out the Grandkid's room
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Who's the better programmer, Grandpa Jon or Spongebob? We'll never know.
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The sponge and Jon settle down for a game of chess.
The sponge turns out to be pretty tough competition
Checkmate! Spongebob won already.
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Nancy shows Spongebob around the yard
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Time to put Spongebob to work in the yard
Jon shows Spongebob his new job
Spongebob takes to work like it was fun
Spongebob spreads the mulch
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Jon and Spongebob take a rest in the back yard
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Tue, 06 May 2003
Legacy C++?
I attended a Microsoft Server 2003 and Visual Studio.Net 2003 launch event today. While the presentations were interesting, the fact that really got my attention was the presenters using the term "legacy C++". If Microsoft presenters are using this term in public for “unmanaged” C++, I fear it at best reflects an attitude, if not intentions, within Microsoft that does not bode well for the C++ community.
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Sun, 04 May 2003
Installed blosxom today
I just installed blosxom today. It took all of about five minutes. Of course understanding it will take considerably longer. Now we'll see how this first post turns out!