Check it out here. It just proves John will do anything to win a debate…. 😎
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Author: Dave
He was born in Canada, but currently lives in Boulder, CO up in Boulder Heights.
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Pittsburgh airport
I flew through Pittsburgh, PA’s airport last Tuesday. It’s a beautiful, well-appointed, modern airport. And empty.
Check out the monitors during likely travel time (4 PM):
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Watching the election
I view all the polls and election results by consulting this site. I also have a status bar indicator of the current electoral vote for firefox. I trust the tally from renouned computer scientist, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, who runs the site and puts together the polls into a nice map.
Here’s the Tanenbaum image (live, changes without my help):
Here’s a hardcore republican image (also live):
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Owl that changes size
Faced with a smaller owl, it gets bigger, faced with a bigger owl, it gets smaller.
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Stealth cat
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Alien no longer
As of 8:50 AM this morning, I’m an American.
Here’s the timeline for me:
- March 30, 2008 – Sent in Application N-400
- April 3, 2008 – Received application
- May – Fingerprinting appointment
- September 19, 2008 – Citizenship interview
- September 29, 2008 – Oath
- September 29, 2008 – Registered to vote
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US Citizenship: Audio CD
I lost access to the audio CD I was given at the fingerprinting and ID stage of my US naturalization. At this appointment, upon leaving, I was given a Booklet and Audio CD (Both titled: “Learn About the United States: Quick Civics Lessons”). Strangely enough, I could not find the Audio CD anywhere online (except one Russian site ILLEGALLY selling the MP3s). On closer examination of the CD, when I finally got it back, I realized that the CD was not, in fact, copyrighted (this should have been obvious, I know, as it was a government publication), so I am enclosing a link to the torrent (2 mp3 files):
- Quick Civics Lessons: Audio CD torrent (removed December 12, 2008…. Hope everyone got it)
A Cautionary Note:
Anyone applying (submitting form N-400) for US Citizenship on or after October 1, 2008 will have to take a DIFFERENT test (i.e., this audio CD does not cover enough). The new test, based on a quick perusal of the questions, is significantly tougher. After Oct 1, 2008, anyone TAKING the test can opt for either test.
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Ubuntu install error
I’ve found a number of references to the obscure error on the web:
Failure trying to run: chroot /target mount -t proc proc /proc
After careful diagnosis, I have come to the conclusion that this error has three causes (at least for me):
- A bad CD drive. [replace it]
- Bad CD-media or a badly written CD. [slow down the write, or change media]
- CD drive incorrectly connected (Cable Select, Master, Slave: incorrectly set) [check that cable and setting match, and that you have at least 1 Master connected, with the drive either set to CS or Master on a proper cable]
I hope posting this helps other people, as this problem took quite a while to diagnose, and much hair-pulling was involved. In my case, it was a “gradually” degrading CD drive (1), although I’ve also experienced (2).
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Oi! I’m British
I got a call yesterday from the British Consulate in Denver, asking when I wanted to come in and swear my oath. I went in today at lunch. It’s official. Yes that’s Kevin Lynch, the consul himself.
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Rally Cross
My buddy Chad took me Rally Cross driving (flat course marked by cones, on dirt, timed runs) in Fountain this weekend. Click on a picture to get to the gallery.