Great day at work!

Today was a great day! Today was the monthly Pittsburgh SharePoint User Group meeting, where I discovered that we do have the ability to Search our intranet site without buying the mega Search license thing from Microsoft. It’s part of the standard MOSS 2007 CAL! I just didn’t know how to enable / configure it……

Mississippi Redux

  Mural 5 We've signed up to go back to Mississippi this winter! I guess we must've done a good job of expressing our passion about the work we did last year, because both of the kids are joining us on the trip this time, as are some people from our congregation. It's been over…

aHA

    Better pumpernickel I really think I've got it now! This is most definitely true pumpernickel… I just need to tweak a couple things the next time. As some of you may recall, I've been trying for, oh, about a year now to make a real loaf of pumpernickel – not what passes for…

120,000

My little car had its 120,000 mile checkup this week, and passed with flying colors again! Still nary a problem with the battery motor, still getting 48-50 mpg on average (sometimes higher). Still driving right past those gas stations! All they did was oil the clutch pedal which had been squeaking, and they ran a…

Kitchen countertop

  Current kitchen look 60s formica After many months of searching for just the right thing to replace the 1960s white-formica-with-gold-specks kitchen countertop, I think I've found it! We've looked at wood, concrete, stone, composites, recycled jeans, and tons of tile, but here's what I think I really like:   Imola Antares nero 16×24 This…

Apple Crumble

Apple crumble Here's a pic of tonight's dessert!   And here's the recipe (it was from the Sept 2003 issue of some magazine I used to get, Natural Health or Organic Style or something similar):   6 tart apples, peeled, cored, cut into 1/4" slices 1/4 C granulated sugar 1/8 tsp freshly gound nutmeg 1/4…

Interesting quote in this morning’s paper

"Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger." Hermann Goering said this in an interview from prison during…

Vox Hunt: Extra Extra!

Show us where you go to read the latest headlines. As tech-minded as I am, for news I still prefer the morning Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that's delivered to my house. If I have to know what's going on in the world, I'd rather it be on my own terms, in my own time, not flashing at…

Steel City Big Pour

Big_pour                         Fun, fun, fun! Sampled [ummm] many microbrews 🙂 Good cause, too! Here's some info about it… we were standing next to these guys while they were being interviewed, so that was fun, too. Read and post comments | Send to a friend