http://thesalmonfarm.org/blog Bloggin' down on the Farm - news and happenings from the Salmon Farm. A blog on various topics including my thoughts on collaborative technology, personal information in the 21st century, the global internet (or the lack there of), dog training, cooking, architecture, and whatever happens to be a pet peeve on any given day ! Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:05:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://thesalmonfarm.org/blog/2008/09/07/things-looks-better-through-rose-colored-glasses/ I spend a good portion of the weekend working on the farmhouse plans. In addition to being the owner, general contractor, and building the kitchen, I am also the architect. Fortunately for me, the steel contractor has a very accommodating drafting staff so they took my original floor plans and ... http://thesalmonfarm.org/blog/2008/09/07/the-farmhouses-electrical-plan/ Tropical storm Hanna has just passed over head and the winds are starting to switch around as the eye moves north-northeast. Zen and I took a quick walk around the rental property to see if everything was still where it should be. Just before the storm we moved a few ... http://thesalmonfarm.org/blog/2008/09/06/ts-hanna-at-the-half-way-mark/ If I stumbled across pictures of trees that look like the one here, on any of my usual blog surfing excursions, I would have assumed it was a really twisted Photoshop job. But, the Dark Roasted Blend website is all about "weird and wonder things" - some real some ... http://thesalmonfarm.org/blog/2008/09/06/dragons-blood/ I could kick myself if I were more limber ... I spend 5 hours completely rebuilding my work machine today because I *thought* I had some security software gunking up the works. I was wrong, it was just Microsoft Windows being a PITA. The problem: Lotus Notes "Single ... http://thesalmonfarm.org/blog/2008/09/04/making-lotus-notes-single-login-work-if-its-broken-on-your-machine/ I decided I should do a parody on the Kohler ad that depicts a pair of snooty DINKs* visiting a gallery and talking with an egotistical architect. In my case, I won't be using some fancy pants faucet. I am building a "working kitchen" and the emphasis is on the WORKING. ... http://thesalmonfarm.org/blog/2008/09/02/build-a-house-around-this/ We use IBM Lotus Notes for email and a number of useful applications where I work. There has been a significant shift with Notes since the introduction of it's Eclipse framework - or more correctly the addition of Expeditor. This made a big difference for me when I was using ... http://thesalmonfarm.org/blog/2008/08/30/simply-the-best/ This post is really just a test of sorts for "blog by mail" with a different email client. the subject line is a reference that having fun outdoors with your pets during summer heat needs to bve something you do with a good deal of attention. Today Zen and ... http://thesalmonfarm.org/blog/2008/08/30/too-much-of-a-good-thing-is-just-too-much/