Author Archives: Don

Train Firefox mailto: to use Google Apps – Take 2

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Don

In a prior post I’d detailed the method of using a javascript entry to add an external mail resource to allow clicking on mailto: links to use the Google Apps version of gmail. Unfortunately, when I tried to repeat that … Continue reading →

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Arch Linux and 1-Wire on a Seagate DockStar

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Don

Outline for now. This is currently improcess, but I’ve made much more progress than shown below – I now have all but the data logging/graphing set up and everything autostarts with new systemd service files. Yay! Reinstall latest Arch following … Continue reading →

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Westford PCA Barn Dance 3/23/2013

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Don

Tonight I’m calling a Barn Dance at the Westford, MA Parish Center for the Arts (PCA), working with the house band OH, CONTRAire! Despite being called a Barn Dance, I confirmed with the organizer that they are looking for/happy with … Continue reading →

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Concord Monday Contras 11/26/2012

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Don

A great night at my home dance in Concord! I got to work with musicians I like this evening, including: David Kaynor (fiddle), Debby Knight (piano), Jack O’Connor (mandolin, banjo, percussion) & Cal Howard (bass). My called program: Broken Transcription … Continue reading →

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Gardner Contra Dance 11/24/2012

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Don

A fun dance! The crowd was filled with a large proportion of first time dancers, so I significantly revised my planned program below. As I did that on the fly and spent a lot of time down on the floor … Continue reading →

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Sweet Scent of Sage – Contra Dance

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Don

I’ve been toying with a very partner-centric dance I’ve named for my wife Sage. Below is the original (successfully tried) and two new variations I hope to try out soon. The AFAIK unique A1 Mad Robin to A2 slide left … Continue reading →

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Windows Freedom Round 2: HomeBank and JStock

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Don

This is just a stub of a future post regarding more progress in ditching MS Windows altogether. In a prior Windows-freedom post I covered my list of remaining programs that keeps me booting a virtual machine installation of Windows XP … Continue reading →

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Silencing a Harbor Freight Item 93575 Safe

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Don

Harbor Freight sells a pretty decent safe for secure storage of selected items in the home, their item number 93575. With the right discount coupon the cost was about $24, just a couple of dollars more than their smaller safe … Continue reading →

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Concord Monday Contras 9/3/2012

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Don

This post is one of a series documenting my hobby of calling (leading) Contra dancing, building off of my original post on this topic. This dance evening marked my first “full evening” calling debut at the famous Concord, MA Scout … Continue reading →

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Clearing out the Cruft with Linux Tools and Best Practices

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Don

As covered in an earlier post, I’ve got some serious work under way to sync and backup my computer files across several computing platforms and devices. I’m reinstalling some machines as part of that work. At that time, I’m cleaning … Continue reading →

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