http://andy-cooper.com/blog Problem Exists Between Chair and Computer - Andy Cooper's Blog Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:34:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This site is going down within the week...or so. It might come back later. It's been fun. Thanks all. -andy http://andy-cooper.com/blog/?p=869 TEST/Quick post. Back to the real world after a 5 week hiatus for health reasons. Back to work. Back to living. Back to remodeling and cleaning up the house. Need to get a bid on flooring. Played some videogames last night, that was pleasant diversion. Reading some good books. Will update later. ... http://andy-cooper.com/blog/?p=868 my net addiction appears to be back i need to work on this...again netbook is not helping steph booked vacation today going to see my parents, then to a dog friendly cabin --in the smokies no connectivity and lots of trees and wildlife can't wait http://andy-cooper.com/blog/?p=863 With gift cards from Steph and my parents, for my birthday, I purchased an EEE netbook. So far I'm pleased. I'm still getting accustomed to the keyboard (it's a little cramped), but otherwise it's pretty nifty. I'm hoping use it for doing work research from the road and bed (it's ... http://andy-cooper.com/blog/?p=861 from digg and npr: All animals that fly on Pet Airways will be called "pawsengers" and have a pet attendant to ease their travel. Pet Airways takes flight in July with fares starting at $149 each way. read more | digg story http://andy-cooper.com/blog/?p=855 Test post from digg -I think they fixed their software... from digg and livescience: White blood cells, the immune system's "soldiers" for your body, actually crawl along your blood vessels to find their way to infection and injury sites, new research shows.read more | digg story http://andy-cooper.com/blog/?p=851 I'm fascinated by reptiles, Komodos in particular. from cnn international: An Indonesian fisherman has been killed by Komodo dragons after he was attacked while trespassing on a remote island in search of fruit, officials said Tuesday. Komodo dragons kill their prey with an extremely toxic bite. Muhamad Anwar, 32, bled to ... http://andy-cooper.com/blog/?p=843 from http://www.davis.house.gov WASHINGTON, D.C. – A measure introduced today in both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House will offer choice and independence for people with disabilities.  The Community Choice Act, legislation sponsored by Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL), will bring people with disabilities into the mainstream of ... http://andy-cooper.com/blog/?p=840 I'm hoping to get an 'update' done over the weekend. Nonetheless, this blog is becoming irrelevant--it just feeds facebook. I think I might use it exclusively for video and status updates from my iPhone, just a place to document little pieces of my subconscious... kind of like Microserfs did. This ... http://andy-cooper.com/blog/?p=838 First post from iPhone to wordpress blog. http://andy-cooper.com/blog/?p=833 Finally updated wordpress. The new admin interface is a major overhaul. However, I need to fix the broken things...over the weekend. http://andy-cooper.com/blog/?p=828 We're still trying to reach the contractor to install the new range. It is being delivered on Monday. We're really hoping to reach him before the weekend. It's going to probably take two weekends--according to his estimate. So, time is of the essence. We had the gutters cleaned, reattached and sealed ... http://andy-cooper.com/blog/?p=827 http://andy-cooper.com/blog/?p=826 Well, we found an electric range today at Best Buy and bought it. It's an 'open box' special and is being delivered on Tuesday morning-we hope. It will be nice to have a functioning kitchen, and with the addition of the butcher blocks, a little more counter space. However, I'm ... http://andy-cooper.com/blog/?p=824 We're waiting until after filing our taxes to fix the kitchen. It's getting really frustrating. However, we've gotten a couple of bids. Most of them are pretty reasonable I suppose...expensive, but reasonable. We're going to price appliances this weekend, again. We're getting the gutters cleaned, hopefully next week. There are other household ... http://andy-cooper.com/blog/?p=823 from msnbc and the AP WASHINGTON - New jobless claims rose more than expected last week and the number of Americans continuing to receive unemployment benefits has topped 5.1 million, fresh evidence the recession is increasingly forcing employers to shed jobs. read more http://andy-cooper.com/blog/?p=822 From the Office of Naval Research [pdf]. (this is reading for the weekend, or a late night) A related article from the Times of London and Fox News. http://andy-cooper.com/blog/?p=821 Like the title says....from 3M. Awesome! http://andy-cooper.com/blog/?p=820 Nothing to post. No time. Too busy --working on a second new project. Got another bid, for the kitchen, this evening. My blog is being reduced to 'status updates'. Our dogs are doing well, so are the guppies. We have seven or eight fry, plus four pregnant females. Steph is picking up extra hours at ... http://andy-cooper.com/blog/?p=819 My first new batch of fancy guppies is giving birth, right now. The fry are so tiny, it's surprising they can eat anything. I'm hoping to get specific strains reproducing. Hell, I'd be happy with anything that has a large tail; it's a guppy eugenics project I suppose. I've been ... http://andy-cooper.com/blog/?p=817