Steve Jobs, has died, he was 56 years old.

I'll be brief, i'm sure there are a lot of people who are grieving tonight.

Steve Jobs was one of the worlds greatest innovators.  Without his
guidance I will feel like a ship without a rudder.  These visionaries
don't just come along every day, there can only be a few for each
generation, and Steve definitely was that an innovator and a visionary.

I know that my family will miss him dearly.  Thanks Steve and RIP.

-marcus

I happened upon a Yaesu FT-101

Dave my buddy gave me a Yaesu FT-101.  And I like it a lot.  It has 
potential


I'm asking you dear reader, would you fix up an old Yaesu FT 101 if 
you had one?  Or, would you just call it too old and be too busy to 
mess with it?

It has an AC? cord that has had the wall plug end cut off.  I under-

stand that some people do this because they don't want someone 

to burn down their shack or let the smoke out.  I don't think they are 

DC wires because it's uniform brown stuck together wire just like 

you would find in an AC extension cord (not industrial).  My intuition 

tells me that if it were a DC harness it would be black and red with 

fuses inline.  

I really don't want to let the smoke out.  I see no way to tell the radio 

that it is getting either AC or DC.  It may have some internal way of 

sensing that.  It's heavy. 30 LBS and built like a tank. 

Tomorrow i'm going to test the tubes.  I hope there's a schematic on 
the underside of the top panel. I should get some steel wool, and start 
dabbing at it with rubbing alcohol and vaseline.  I'll get it shined up 
nicely.  Maybe put some Mink Oil on the leather handle. 

You know, it's the same with computers.  I can hardly bear to throw 

them away, John KD6PAG came by and we took about six computers 

to the Computer Recycling Center.  I just look at an old computer 

and i think there's life in there, it talks to me.  I guess i'm the same 

about old radios.  There's magic in there, and the glowing tubes 

and lighted meters talk to me.

 I still have 5 computers mostly pretty old in my little apartment 
and one in the trunk of the car and a couple in storage.   

I should try to interface one with the TV one of these days.

I think the next sign will be leaves blowing all over the place.

Yep, that's right; it's Fall.  I wonder what kind of winter we will
have.  Might be mild, then again it might be crazy.  Well Pesto
is about 6 or so now.  She's a real trooper.

Damn Damn Damn.  I lost the whole message.  I was fooling
around with something and clicked and then boom it was gone.

Anyway, I made some comment about Pesto getting older and
that since she's not skinny anymore; i could have some
houseplants.  I've had luck with Geraniums, Spider Plants and
Aloe Vera.

Also, might pick up a couple of Parakeets to keep my Cockatiel
happy.  He's great, sings to me and stuff, but i just can't help
but wonder how it would be with a few more birds.  Parakeets
are soooo, beautiful.

Oh yeah, the lady in 508 is going to let me take her little terrier
out for a walk, we'll see how that works out, she seems like a
nice lady.  She wears big thick spectacles and seems a little
befuddled.

anyway that's the 2nd edit, bye for now.

Computer studies at Corrine Camp

I started this tutorial on Friday.  I'm 1/3rd of the way thru.

I'll redo the first segment again on Monday, because I 

didn't understand one segment of the process.  I went 

back and filled in some cells with hand built formulae, 

when the tutorial intended me to use a 'sum' 'function'.

Anyway, the fact that i was able to tweak it manually is 

actually very empowering.  It means that it's not so rigid 

that a little thought will break it.

If you're wondering about the 'What' Excell is the 

Microsoft version of a Spreadsheet and the 'Where" 

is the Corrine Camp Wellness and Advocacy Center.

They have a small network of up to date computers.

Their printer is a little 'blotchy' but oh well, nobody is 

going to look at my work anyway.

I'm also going to start working my way thru a self help

workshop in print.  A lot of writing about me and my 

head, nobody will grade it or correct it.  It's just for me.

We sold Vicki's bike, it's okay we can get a new one.

Danny across the hall is getting a little behind in his 

payments, but Vicki is real easy going.  I'll probably 

have to remind him next month before he buys a 

carton of smokes or whatever he does with his money.

I did quit chewing something like 4 months ago, don't 

expect much, i've fallen off that bandwagon more 

times than i want to think about.  But feel really good.

It's time to look at my diet, include fiber and antioxidants.

I'll probably take 6,000 IU of Fish Oil as soon as I 

finish this note.

Well, i've been drinking Iced Tea for a while and it's a 

better hydrator than some of the other stuff i drink namely 

diet soda pop. I did buy a big jug of Lime Juice to add to 

ice water for a little extra umph.

Added oil and coolant to the Buick the other day, checked 

them again they are good.  Washed the windshield with 

Windex.  Need to stock the windshield washer reservoir 

with Windex one of these days.

Anyway, that's it, planning a campout soon, but not sure 

when.

Gloria's Birthday the 25th of August.

Try to remember Gloria's birthday, Marcus.  It's the 25th of this month.

Well, I helped the GF type out some resumes today.  I should make a
resume.  Surely, I must have some marketable skills.

I want to learn how to operate a forklift. Either that or be a Bank Teller.

Goodnight Internet.

Wow, Doyle Park again

Well, dear diary

Vicki and I picked up Danny and we all went to Doyle Park together.
We stopped at Rite Aid first to pick up briquettes and ice.  Let's see
what all did we bring, well first off we forgot cups.  We did bring lighter
fluid, meat (hot links and hamburgers), ketchup, mustard, and Mayo.
No Condiments like tomato and lettuce cause i just didn't have any and
it was the last thing i was thinking about when i was packing up.  So,
anyway, I brought along 4 hamburger buns, and 4 hot dog buns, little
did i know that I didn't bring enough hot dog buns.  :( I also brought
along a nice big knife, a meat fork, and a spatula. Also, Vicki brought
paper plates, paper towels and other stuff i can't remember right now.
The biggest problem was no glasses.  Danny tried to cut the spout off
a small soda pop bottle of which many were floating around in my car.
I'm always thinking i'm going to take water with me on a hike.  That is
why I've been hoarding plastic bottles.  So we 'sawed' the spouts off 3
bottles and filled em up with ice and had pepsi, until the2 liter bottle
was gone.

Well, that's my little story about BBQ in Doyle Park.  What next?
I'm looking forward to camping and getting some use out of the new
tent.  i would like to get that in this season.  Gosh, i would like to go
fishing and to shoot some arrows too.  Things are starting to pile up
on me. I need to mop the kitchen and bathroom, kitchen again, doh.

Anyway, back to the BBQ, the Hot Links i found were at Grocery
Outlet, and they were just delicious, not too spicy nice sausage taste
and the skin is kinda tough, but that's okay.  If you go to Grocery
Outlet look for James brand Hot Links, very good sausage.

I sure would like to get out and ride my bike.  Maybe i'll start with baby
steps and ride down to Doyle Park which is big and flat. There i could
work on some stamina

-marcus

bamarcus77@gmail.com

Sebastopol in the summer

I just got back from NBLUG at O'Reilly in Sebastaopol.  The topic was
virtual remote servers.  i slipped in a few questions that were pertinent to me.
Frank gave the talk, Kyle told us about a giveaway at O'Reilly.  Saw Walter
(Gandalf) it was good to see him again.  He rode in on a motorcycle.

Kicked the Buick up to 55 for a mile or two along Hwy 12.

I ran the 10:00 PM Chicken Net tonight, only one chicken, Flan.  He's always
friendly and optomistic.

Well, short post tonight.  I'll try and check in tomorrow.

Goodnight Internet