Monthly Archives: March 2010

“New” Computer

Posted on March 28, 2010 by dave

So Steve talked me into an upgrade. I needed to install Windows 7 anyway, and so here was the chance. Bette was gone for the weekend and I had a nice block of time. I ordered a used Gigabyte mobo … Continue reading →

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“The Dining Room”

Posted on March 26, 2010 by dave

We saw this play before at the Woodstock Stage Left Cafe, and it was really good. Bette saw that it was here again and she jumped. It was in the parish hall of the First Congregational Church in Huntley, with … Continue reading →

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Thursday – Kuya’s, Google and Dessert

Posted on March 14, 2010 by dave

Art came by after a meeting downtown. He is ethnic Chinese, but grew up in the Philippines, so he thinks of Filipino food as home cookin’. So we headed off to Kuya’s, a place he heard about, only a few … Continue reading →

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Michael’s Uptown Cafe

Posted on March 13, 2010 by dave

I just found notes on this – must be from 2003 – our Sarah’s friend was finishing college at IU in Bloomington IN, and we went to visit her. She was working on the Little 500 (think the movie) and … Continue reading →

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Qt Training Report II

Posted on March 12, 2010 by dave

The Qt WebKit stuff looks really nice. 40 lines to add a lite but featured browser, and you can have Javascript call C++ and vice versa – so buttons in HTML can start C++ processes, and C++ can modify the … Continue reading →

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Qt Training Report I

Posted on March 10, 2010 by dave

So far so good – Monday was architecture, Tuesday was specific core libraries and classes. We do exercises on the computer a couple of times a day to demonstrate topics. Today we did one on creating a paint application using … Continue reading →

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BJ’s Brewhouse

Posted on March 8, 2010 by dave

For dinner, needed something light. Found BJ’s Brewery website, I had seen it in the Marriott list, and considered it. It is a chain, so I was not real hopeful. Tonite, it was raining, don’t want to go far. They … Continue reading →

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Sunday in Northern CA – Dinner

Posted on March 7, 2010 by dave

After I pointed out and he passed a bunch of places to eat on the way back from Point Reyes, Art said he had a place in mind, good Chinese. Fine. He is ethnic Chinese, grew up in the Philippines, … Continue reading →

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Saturday Pigeon Point

Posted on March 6, 2010 by dave

Finally made it to the Pigeon Point Lighthouse. Sam’s Chowder House

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CR-V Mileage

Posted on March 3, 2010 by dave

Our 2009 CR-V with AWD has gotten 31 mpg on the trip to work, but much less on the way home. I suspect the trip to work is downhill. There are two Trip displays, A and B, with independent average … Continue reading →

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