Hudon River Valley – Rhinebeck & Hyde Park Things to Do ****/4 cooking a class at the Culinary Institute of America ****/4 eating & drinking (see below) *** /4 mansion tours *** /4 shop in Rhinebeck *** /4 independant movie in Rhinebeck ** /4 Rhinebeck Aerondrome NR hiking NR show at Bard College Things to […]
Best inexpensive wines in PA
Columbia Crest Merlot-Caberbet Columbia Valley Two Vines 2003 (WS-87) – $8 Lindemans Shiraz South Eastern Australia Bin 50 2006 (WS-87) – $8 Banrock Station Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon South Easter Australia 2005 (WS-86) – $5 Paringa Cabernet Sauvignon South Australia 2005 (WS-88) – $10 Yellow Tail Shiraz South Eastern Australia 2006 (WS-89) – $11 Fetish The […]
MacBook setup
Software loaded on MACBook (2GB) Firefox eMusic Parallels with Visa Ultimate MoneyDance ($29) Chicken of the VNC Photoshop Elements 4.0 (free with scanner) SmugMug Mac Uploader VisualHub ($29) video converter MacTheRipper HandBrake (DVD to Mp4 for iPod) NeoOffice (MAC version of OpenOffice) Caffeine Alarm Clock (for traveling) CanoScan (came with Canon scanner) deSEDG (changes MP4 […]
Luong Van Vo Bio
Born in 1944 Lived in country with mother. Lived in Siagon to get better education with father. worked for French family in Saigon as did his father Graduated from officers training school around 1965 as a warrant officier Spent two and a half years being second in command of a 160 person army unit. Most […]
Puppy
/etc/dhcpc/dhcpc-eth1.info DHCPSNAME=’puppy’ answer to your first question is here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=55564 The relevant bit is this: Try editing your /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf file and unremming/editing the line: send host-name “yourhostnamehere”; Then do: sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart sudo ifup eth0 Edit /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf with this command: gksudo gedit /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf
Belgium
Our one week trip to Belgium over New Years can be simply summarized as “good”. Our Pictures Lodging by Hotel Welcome Places Visited Brussels – Train Transport – Ghent – Bruge – Leuven Favorite Sites Leuven Town Hall – Trains – Ghent Bad – Large firecrackers thrown at you, former attitude of rip down the […]
Pechins Mill Holiday Punch
Serves 8 Ingredients: 2 quarts eggnog 1 quart vanilla ice cream 1 cup rum 1/3 cup brandy 4 black cats plus 1 gray tabby cat 1 beige Shepherd-Husky dog ground cinnamon and nutmeg to taste Pour eggnog, rum, and brandy into extra-large punch bowl. Spoon in ice cream, dog, cats and spices. Stir to combine […]
New Orleans
Low hotel prices in New Orleans in December prompted a last-minute vacation in the cresent city. Katrina left the tourist areas alone but significantly reduced tourism. We returned encouraging everyone to travel to New Orleans to enjoy the usual pleasures (food, hospitality, sites) with the added benefit of feeling that, in a very small way, […]
Using Video from the Samsung Sports C...
The Samsung Sports Camera is a handy solid-state camcorder that produces MPeg4 video that does not work well with many video editors. The camera produces DIVX/XVid MPeg4 with a different fourCC signature (SEDG) forcing most software to use Samsung’s own video decoder (CODEC). While playback with Windows Media player works well if you have Samsungs […]
Ridgway and Pennsylvania Wilds
We discovered the lightly touristed town of Ridgway while attending a wedding in nearby St. Marys, PA. The Towers Inn is a Victorian-era mansion loaded with charm and history and is well-worth the stay. The town of Ridgway contains many similar mansions and quant shopping. Just outside of town is the vast Allegheny National Forest […]