Old farts and pig flu! Maybe a few of we oldsters will have the pleasure of not dieing from the pig flu virus. Seems like the virus is similar enough to ones from the 40's and 50's that the anti-bodies we have from inoculations or from having the flu in that era are protecting us from oink-itis. Younger people are dieing at a higher rate from swine flu than are old folk. I think the curl just left my tail.
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I have been playing with the latest release of Ubuntu Linux, and find it is at least as good as Windows XP at doing most things, and much better at others. The worst problem I have found with it is it will not play all videos from the internet. This is a problem with codecs and no fault of Linux; most internet sites that present videos use Windows codecs, and they are not always free as are the ones supplied with Linux. Adobe in particular does not give away its flash player, and they have proprietary codecs, etc which they will not freely provide. The good thing is that as Linux becomes more popular, sites are moving away from the proprietary apps to free ones. Everything in this world should not have a price tag on it.
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I have also been using the new web site that is being built for photos and a lot of other things, and I find it exciting; I do not excite easily. Whenever they have it finished and ready for general public consumption, I will let you know and I dearly hope you will give it a look and maybe even a try.
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The descendents of one Tennessee's first settlers and local heroes had a family reunion today in Jonesborough, and I headed in that direction to see if I could get some photos. Big family! There was no parking to be found that was satisfactory for a geezer like myself. The family of John Sevier will have to make do without me; I wasn't kin, but I do like Tennessee history. Maybe next time I can get there earlier and find a decent parking spot.
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I have been playing with the latest release of Ubuntu Linux, and find it is at least as good as Windows XP at doing most things, and much better at others. The worst problem I have found with it is it will not play all videos from the internet. This is a problem with codecs and no fault of Linux; most internet sites that present videos use Windows codecs, and they are not always free as are the ones supplied with Linux. Adobe in particular does not give away its flash player, and they have proprietary codecs, etc which they will not freely provide. The good thing is that as Linux becomes more popular, sites are moving away from the proprietary apps to free ones. Everything in this world should not have a price tag on it.
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I have also been using the new web site that is being built for photos and a lot of other things, and I find it exciting; I do not excite easily. Whenever they have it finished and ready for general public consumption, I will let you know and I dearly hope you will give it a look and maybe even a try.
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The descendents of one Tennessee's first settlers and local heroes had a family reunion today in Jonesborough, and I headed in that direction to see if I could get some photos. Big family! There was no parking to be found that was satisfactory for a geezer like myself. The family of John Sevier will have to make do without me; I wasn't kin, but I do like Tennessee history. Maybe next time I can get there earlier and find a decent parking spot.
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Ken AWOL - I read on Flickr.
Take care of yourself, my friend.
Bye. :-)
Hi, Jola.
Just taking a short break; I took a peek at your new photos today; hope to be back to comment tomorrow or Monday. :-)))
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