http://www.dmcia.com Living life in Southeast Iowa Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:22:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Better grab some grub and head out door. Later will tweet how I did on my range test and see if I get to go to my new offices in the sky. mm http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/better-grab-some-grub-and-head/ Ready 2 go 2 work. Man this day shift kinda sucks! Too early 2 get up 4 me. Oh well, hopefully it's only 1 day. Cross my fingers and toes.mm http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/ready-2-go-2-work-man-this-da/ 777 points or 7%, biggest drop in a single day ever! Over $1 trillion was lost by the rich!! Boo Hoo, to damn bad. Greed will destroy. mm http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/777-points-or-7-biggest-drop/ Time to shut down computers 1,2,& 4. Going to leave #3 running. Headin' to bed. Shutting computers down has saved $200 month last month. mm http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/time-to-shut-down-computers-1/ Just got done encoding a video with Avidemux. Linux is the only way to go. mm http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/just-got-done-encoding-a-video/ McCain might as well face it, he screwed up big time and Palin is making him look more like a fool everyday. She chased my vote away. mm http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/mccain-might-as-well-face-it/ Bush needs to understand separation of powers & quit trying to get all power to the executive branch & himself. This isn't a monarchy! mm http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/bush-needs-to-understand-sepa/ Bush failed again! He tried to pass off that the oversight committee would consist of ONLY appointees by him. Too much power for one man! mm http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/bush-failed-again-he-tried-to/ When President Bush tried to get Congress to write him basically a blank check for $700 billion dollars to bail out Wall Street, Congress said no and went back to the table and it appeared that Congress was satisfied with the introduction of caps on executives pay concerning the bailout ... http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/bush-tried-to-pull-fast-one-and-got-caught/ Does anyone else think that it would be scary to have Palin running the country if something happened to McCain? That's why I'm voting Obama http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/does-anyone-else-think-that-it/ Damn mosquito's were bad tonight. We got chewed up in our failed smore making attempt. But it was fun trying, and that is all that counts.mm http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/damn-mosquitos-were-bad-tonig/ Well it is a little past midnight and time for a bite and then off to bed to be back up before 7am to make appointments and off for tires.mm http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/well-it-is-a-little-past-midni/ Hip hip hooray for the Milwaukee Brewers, they have made it to the post season play offs. Last time was in 1982. Now to stomp the Cubs! /mm http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/hip-hip-hooray-for-the-milwauk/ Sarah Palin has about as much political foreign policy knowledge as my dog. He interviews remind me of the stereotypical 'blonde joke' circulated on an email. She would be better of to say nothing than to be spewing out the stuff she is. And primarily because her apparent lack of ... http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/palin-reminds-me-of-a-harper-valley-pta-ditz/ Had problems with Chrome's download speed of files. Found out that if disable Qos in router & now it's blazing fast. Chrome does't like Qos! http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/had-problems-with-chromes-dow/ Been using Google Chrome since released & my overall verdict. I like it. It is quick and no clutter. Check it out http://tinyurl.com/5lw79k http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/been-using-google-chrome-since/ Melemele Manu has another update. http://www.melemelemanu.blogspot.com They are getting ready to come home from Italy. Supposed to be posting pics. http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/melemele-manu-has-another-upda/ Well, I'm tired. Running on about 4 hours sleep for 36+ hours. So heading to bed. Will update blog (www.mlmanley.com) later. Audio, maybe. http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/well-im-tired-running-on-ab/ I also heard that Bush sneaked a bill by that would allow him to delay the election for certain reasons. Giving McCain more time?... http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/i-also-heard-that-bush-sneaked/ Heard on a show that there is a no fly zone over Hurricane Ike's destruction, so no news videos. What are they hiding? Bush & Texas, hmm.... http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/heard-on-a-show-that-there-is/ Daughter's oral surgery (teeth extraction) went fine. She was a really good patient for them. I'm proud of the way she handled it. Way to go http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/daughters-oral-surgery-teeth/ I didn't make it to work on Saturday. I ended up spending 3 1/2 hours in the Emergency Room at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, Iowa. Somehow I ended up with something in my eye and could not get it out, and after P.A. Banwart tried several times, ... http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/lifes-just-freaking-ducky/ Wife's son's grades are in the toliet, even worse than before. Failing 3 out of 6 subjects & doesn't care. Movies & ipod's more ... http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/wifes-sons-grades-are-in-the/ There is an update from the MeleMele Manu (http://www.melemelemanu.blogspot.com/). http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/there-is-an-update-from-the-me/ Just wrote out another check for $50 for two more weeks of school lunches. $100 a month for school lunches. WOW! Ridiculous. /mm http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/just-wrote-out-another-check-f/ Just checked scores and Way to go Miami. Stomped the sh*t out of New England. I feel (sarcasm) for Tom Brady. NOT! /mm http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/just-checked-scores-and-way-to/ Not much to say right now. I had a head full of stuff to say a little while ago, but it all escapes me now. Feeling tired and thinking about heading for bed. If I remember, I will post up later what was once running through my mind a few ... http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/tired-not-much-happening/ One trillion dollars, could be the total when the Government is done bailing out business on Wall Street. One has to wonder how much our taxes are going to have to go up to pay for this. 2007 Census put the US Population at 301,150,000 people. Divide one trillion by ... http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/1000000000000-bailout/ Going outside to have a smoke and vent frustration out on government, which is becoming more and more like a controlled state form. /MM http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/going-outside-to-have-a-smoke/ Mr. Government, I spent more than I could pay, could you please bail me out like the big business. Answer: NO! Any wonder the public pissed! http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/mr-government-i-spent-more-t/ Personally myself, I would rather get a $500 check from the Gov't and say FcK AIG, they dug their own hole, bury them in it!!!! /mlm http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/personally-myself-i-would-rat/ Government bailout of AIG, $85 Billion dollars divided by US population = $280 for every man woman and child in US. Prob $500 per taxpayer! http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/government-bailout-of-aig-85/ Who in the hell said that I, Joe taxpayer, want to bail out financial institutions, just so the damn CEO's can make more millions? FcK THAT! http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/who-in-the-hell-said-that-i-j/ One Year left of my blog, then I have to decide to keep it going or go back to free blog hosting. Not sure. Gets to be a drag at times. /mm http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/one-year-left-of-my-blog-then/ According to the news, it sounds like Wall Street is falling down. We all knew it was coming, it was just a matter of when?. Well, it looks like it is now. Good part is, that it is going to re-set the country back the way it should be. By ... http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/wall-street-falling-down/ Just watched History Channels "102 Minutes that Changed America" http://tinyurl.com/688alc Really hits hard of 9/11 http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/just-watched-history-channels/ Well we ended up lucky so far, we only got a bit more rain up here. 8.90" so far in last 12 days. Ft. Madison rained hard most of night. mm http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/well-we-ended-up-lucky-so-far/ Iowa 17, Iowa State 5. Iowa State has been the only team this season to break within the Iowa 20 yd line and still didn't make a play. OUCH! http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/iowa-17-iowa-state-5-iowa-st/ The rain has been playing havoc with the roads today. Highway 99 was closed again heading into Oakville because it had over a foot of water running over it this morning. Highway 61 was temporarily closed north of Mediapolis, because of water running over it. My guess by the scanner ... http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/rain-mayhem/ A lot of rain. As of 5:35pm we have received 2" of rain last night & another 4.25" today making the 11 day total rain to a staggering 8.35'" http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/a-lot-of-rain-as-of-535pm-we/ We have received another 1/2 inch of rain in the last 30 minutes. 2" since midnight. mlm http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/we-have-received-another-12-i/ I was right with my oil price prediction. I was off by $.018. Oil closed afternoon trading at 100.18. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12400801/ http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/i-was-right-with-my-oil-price/ It's raining & going to continue raining all day & night. 1.5" of rain since midnight & 5.6" of rain since Sept. 2, & Ike has come ashore.mm http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/its-raining-going-to-contin/ Oil is hedging up because of hurricane IKE. Said on WQAD tv this morning that gas pump prices up 10 cents overnight. Gouging at it's best. http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/oil-is-hedging-up-because-of-h/ Enabled Google Gears in Chrome & it said I could change settings in Safari, is Chrome stripped from Safari? Screen shot http://www.dmcia.com http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/enabled-google-gears-in-chrome/ I clicked the turbo mode on my wordpress blog today in Google Chrome's browser and it allowed me to enable Google Gears, but I got a surprise when it started to enable gears, it mentioned Safari by stating "Gears is installed and enabled on this computer. You can disable it from ... http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/is-googles-chrome-parted-from-safari/ Way to go girl! My oldest daughter won on the KBUR morning stumper radio game. She was ecstatic and jumping all around. My wife said her expression when she won was wide eyed and mouth open. One of those "priceless" moments. So good job kiddo. :roll: Raining all day, what a ... http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/kudos-to-daughter/ I got my electric bill for July - August and it was only $143, compared to the average of $400+. I have been shutting down my computers and it has been paying off apparently, or there was an error in reading the meter. Next month's bill will determine that. As ... http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/energy-savings-wow/ I don't watch much television, but the last few days I have been cruising the channels for some odd reason, and as a result I found three interesting shows and a preview of a new on coming up. Two of them I found on the Travel Channel, and they are ... http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/new-shows-discovered/ I like Google Chrome's web browser for browsing, but for downloads it sucks. Not quite sure what it is doing, but I had several downloads not download fully and the ones it was downloading it said were taking forever. It might be that it does not like multiple downloads simultaneously. ... http://www.dmcia.com/2008/09/google-chromes-download-manager-sucks/