windows explorer slowly, and with mockery, loops until the dreaded reboot

This would drive me nuts.  If it happened to me, I might be apt to stick a boot in one of the peripherals.  Good thing I haven't booted up a Windows operating system, without virtualization for years (except when using other, less enlightened boxes which are not of my own).

ultrasonic aromatherapy diffuser, and others I have used

I ordered an ultrasonic essential oil diffuser a couple of weeks ago.  It has been running almost non stop since.  By far, this is the most efficient diffuser I have owned.

Quite a while I go I had a nebulizer with a stem like nozzle.  It worked great for thin oils, but if you tried to put something such as Vetiver in the thing, it is a waist of time and money.  It will clog the nozzle and you will have to replace the glass.

Then there is my electric diffuser.  Nice for a small room, but again, resin and other thick oils have a hard time diffusing on any type of cloth pad I used.

I also have a light bulb ring which I have been pretty happy with.  However, this creates a lot of heat, allowing the oil's properties to change state.

Back to the ultrasonic nebulizer..  It has a five setting timer and a dial to adjust the output of the water and essential oil filled tub.  The tub is lined with six, almost blue light type LEDs.  It only takes a few drops of essential oil and lasts, sometimes a day and a half, depending on the output setting.  It was a good buy indeed.

Yahoo! ups the anti with mail storage to infinity, and beyond?

Starting in May, Yahoo! will begin offering unlimited e-mail storage to all its users.  No longer will we have to worry about the inbox overflowing, or our mail bouncing.

As a long time Yahoo! customer, I have to admit that I am a little surprised with the announcement this early in the e-mail war game.  It seems as though Yahoo! usually follows suite to others, although I am pleasantly happy with them taking on the storage limitations head on.

Will I remain a paid customer, yes.  Mail Plus offers pop access, multiple source e-mail composition, more filters, and a host of other features.  These add to the brilliancy of the announcement.

I can see that May will be a busy time for Yahoo! as I am sure that the space will be abused in every aspect of possibilities.   Until then, I have plenty of space left and clear of capacity worries.  I mean, they can't go back to quotas, can they?

Cobalt RAQ 1 and the devilish debian-mipsel 'net down' bug

For you lucky ones who still use a raq 1 and are getting a nasty 'net down' message while trying to install debian-mipsel, here is a reference to a sarge NFS root that will help clear your mind.

Edited because blog post looked and sounded like rubbish: 

A working image for the RAQ 1 can be found here... 

the drunk cows are a swimm'n

Patty's day I headed to the capital square to watch the parade.  The music was good, and the beer for some reason tasted better than it does on most days (thanks John).  Amongst the green, I wore a custom tailored green suite...  green green green...

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Spring is here!  Madison hit 79 degrees today.  I decided to hike east, and check out the E. Wash construction.  It wasn't bad when I was in the area, but I can imagine it is a bitch around 5:00...

I don't even have any tech news!  That be it!