http://www.bosunsmate.org News from The Bosun's Mate en Copyright (c) 1987-2008 The Bosun's Mate web@BosunsMate.org PawPrint XDe News Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:43:26 -0500 120 http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/index.php?action=view&nid=292 http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/index.php?action=view&nid=292 One of my favorite comedians has passed away. While he is well known for his sometimes unpredictable performances and for pushing boundaries - my favorite aspect of his humour was always his intelligent look at English grammar and the idiosyncrasies of our society. http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/index.php?action=view&nid=291 http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/index.php?action=view&nid=291 I recently printed out a Service Overview from my printer and was very surprised to learn all that the thing was tracking silently in the background... For example, I know know that since it was purchased the paper trey has been removed 83 times! http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/index.php?action=view&nid=290 http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/index.php?action=view&nid=290 It's been just over a year since the grace left Victoria for places South and interesting. Today marks her return home and having tracked her progress across the Pacific these last months it's wonderful to welcome her home. http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/index.php?action=view&nid=289 http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/index.php?action=view&nid=289 Been working on the back-end of all my web sites again in earnest lately - largely in the vein of translations and multilingual compatibility. At the same time I'm now using the Release Candidate 2 of Firefox 3 as my primary browser and loving every minute of it! http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/index.php?action=view&nid=288 http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/index.php?action=view&nid=288 What do mountain bike races, web hosting, first aid, and explosions have in common - well, last weekend for me anyway... http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/index.php?action=view&nid=287 http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/index.php?action=view&nid=287 OK, so I've been gone for a month... life's been busy! But I'm coming back in with a bank - Sailing with old friends on the Pacific Swift for a day - BANG! http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/index.php?action=view&nid=286 http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/index.php?action=view&nid=286 I'm a pretty big fan of Firefox - working to try and get all my customers converted over from the insanely slow and insecure Internet Exploder series of unfortunate software applications... Looks like the soon to be released Firefox 3 is going to make it even easier for me to convince people! http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/index.php?action=view&nid=285 http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/index.php?action=view&nid=285 By way of a third party contact through my Father I found out about this rather well organized attempt to do something to save BC's wild salmon. It's called Adopt-A-Fry and is focused on trying to find a way to ensure the wild salmon of BC will survive the devastation caused by industrial fish-farming http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/index.php?action=view&nid=284 http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/index.php?action=view&nid=284 I've been buried in work for the last month the the blog has suffered. As sad as it is I felt I must take a moment to pass along the latest images of the Robby at rest and slowly becoming one with the seas she had plied for so long... http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/index.php?action=view&nid=283 http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/index.php?action=view&nid=283 Stressalanch (n): The chain-reaction of everything coming tumbling down (or the perception thereof) due to far too much stress...