Posted in Hardware, Technology on Sep 21st, 2007
My Windows XP has bitten the dust again. I am afraid it may be the motherboard. It is an ASUS A8N-VM CSM motherboard that I purchased a year and a half ago. It has been acting flaky for the last month. It will power up and work for a few days and then it may [...]
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Posted in Asides on Sep 21st, 2007
Some days are a total waste of makeup.
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Posted in Real Estate For Sale or Rent on Sep 20th, 2007
The other day I was asked if I could take some photos of the new apartments behind Super Baru. I had some time after dropping off my paperwork at the Chiriquí Mall, so I stopped by the new development.
They were kind enough to show me a 3 bedroom model and said it would be fine [...]
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Posted in Panama Journal on Sep 20th, 2007
I went to the Chiriquí Mall today and turned in my paperwork to get my new digital license. Since I knew that I needed a copy of my pensionado card and my current driver’s license, the process was pretty painless.
If you are a Panamanian, then you will wait in the line in the following photo [...]
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Posted in Books & Magazines on Sep 20th, 2007
Here is an announcement from Giovy at Read and Relax in Boquete.
If you go, tell her you read about the activity in Chiriquí Chatter.
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Posted in Panama Journal on Sep 20th, 2007
I should have posted this Monday. I guess the circus wasn’t getting enough people to stay until the end of the month, which was the original plan, and they pulled up stakes over last weekend.
If you went, how was it? If you didn’t, you missed it. I didn’t. I missed it.
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Posted in Asides on Sep 20th, 2007
We cannot change the direction of the wind … but we can adjust our sails.
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Posted in Panama Journal on Sep 19th, 2007
Ok, get ready for another walk. Put on something comfortable because this is going to be a little longer than the other day. It is reasonably cool out since I had my alarm set for 6:30. I have been a little pokey, so it it about 6:45 now, but if you are ready, lets go.
I [...]
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Posted in Asides on Sep 19th, 2007
Dogs have owners. Cats have staff.
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Posted in Linux, Music on Sep 18th, 2007
Recently I had another Internet music provider (Slacker) stop providing music in Panama. It followed suit with my previous provider (Pandora). If you live in the US, both of these services are still available.
With this latest defection, I decided to find out what was available to me using a UBUNTU music player. I installed Amarok, [...]
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