“Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” - James Dean
Posted in Mail Forwarding on Jul 27th, 2007
I just looked at what it cost me to receive the three free CDs from UBUNTU. The charge is listed as Freight $6.90. Fuel Charge $1.17. Sales charge $.41 for a total of $8.48. The package is listed as weighing 4 oz. UBUNTU listed the value of the package of CDs as $5.00 so I [...]
Posted in Software, Technology on Jul 27th, 2007
I realize that most of my recent posts have been of a technical nature as opposed to Panama related. That is because I am still checking out all of the technology I brought back from the US. This post is related to the Mac Mini I brought back and its OS versus any other PC [...]
Posted in ACS Messages on Jul 27th, 2007
Here is the latest ACS notice.
Date: 26 July 2007
To: U.S. Embassy Warden System
Subject: U.S. Consular Section Closing – September 4-14, 2007
Dear Wardens: Please [...]
Posted in Healthcare on Jul 27th, 2007
I just received a letter from SSA to apply for Medicare. I decided I would post the above question and get some feedback before I sent my form in.
First let me say that I understand that Medicare is worthless in Panama. This is one of the downsides of moving to Panama. While you may have [...]
Posted in Asides on Jul 27th, 2007
Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.
Posted in Panama Journal on Jul 26th, 2007
If you have been out of touch, like me, then you may not know that Panama is moving to the use of a new driver’s License. I have attached the contents of Panama’s Motor Vehicle Authority announcement below. It is in Spanish, but you can use Google or another translator product to see it in [...]
Posted in Panama Journal, Software on Jul 26th, 2007
While I was away, WordPress got upgraded to 2.2.1. This caused all of the sidebar to go to default settings and it removed the capability for Latin characters in text as well as a few other problems.
I was able to fix part of it from the US, but some required being on my home [...]
The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.
Posted in Hardware, Technology on Jul 25th, 2007
One more problem bites the dust. Since this keyboard is an Apple type keyboard, you have to use a special key sequence to enter what is called a “hotkey” mode. The manual instructions were not clear or in error and that was the problem.
Using the instructions that iogear provided in their email, I am now [...]
Posted in Asides on Jul 25th, 2007
Experience is something you don’t get until just after you need it.
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