http://chwalisz.org Stuff Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:21:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bette teaches kindergarten. She takes pictures, and as the computer consultant, I have to upload them to the Walgreens website. So I use iTag to review them and add the IPTC keyword tag "printme" to the ones she wants printed. How to convert to Walgreens? It's not pretty. I use the ... http://chwalisz.org/2008/08/17/exifutils-to-the-rescue/ I bought an old computer from Steve, dual core, better that I have now. Anyway, I am reinstalling a retail Windows XP onto it, and want to install SP2 fresh, not SP1 and upgrade. Creates a lot of junk. So we slipstream, merge SP2 into SP1 install CD. Can do ... http://chwalisz.org/2008/08/14/nlite/ http://nwherald.com/articles/2008/07/23/opinion/letters/doc48869d43de61f132096929.txt Nuff said. Check out the comments. Parrot is one of my favorite blowhards in the Herald. It just scares me that there are a bunch more out there. Voting. http://chwalisz.org/2008/08/10/you-rock-uncle-dan/ Bette and I attended the Woodstock Children's Summer Theatre performance of HSM at the Woodstock Opera House in Woodstock IL. We have attended many events there, by far this was the loudest -- not the show, but the audience. We went to the 2PM show with two young friends, Raea ... http://chwalisz.org/2008/07/25/high-school-musical/ I use KeePass to track hundreds of passwords, securely. I also use Replicator to synchronize the files between my USB flash drive, home and work PCs. Sometimes it gets confused, mostly when I make changes at both ends. Replicator realizes this and stops. It creates a copy of the file, ... http://chwalisz.org/2008/07/20/keepass-merge/ Steven continues the tradition of talented Rausch boys with his senior recital at Woodstock High School. Claire de Lune was magnificent - I closed my eyes and kind of floated along. The Barbershop Sweetheart was perfect - what a group. She's Got a Way was a great song for his ... http://chwalisz.org/2008/07/19/recital-steven-rausch/ On 10 July Bette and I attended the Faculty/Student Benefit Concert for the Dance/Movement Therapy & Counseling Department of Columbia College, Chicago. Why? We responded in late spring to a letter from Alexandria, a local DMTC Master's candidate (who actually attended Marian Central) who, for her thesis, held a series ... http://chwalisz.org/2008/07/19/dance-therapy-recital/ We arose early, to grab some coffee and fruit and headed out at 7 to the race site. We found Sara there by phone. Sam was in an early wave, and was in the water by the time we got there, so we waited on the beach for him to ... http://chwalisz.org/2008/07/18/triathlon-2008-post-race/ Up in Minneapolis to visit Sam and Karin and cheer them on at the Lifetime fitness triathlon. We arrived Friday from a series of thunderstorms thru Wisconsin, and the weather in Minneapolis was gorgeous, but real hot and humid. We checked into the Casa, and visited with Sam for a ... http://chwalisz.org/2008/07/18/triathlon-2008-carbo-loading-al-vento/ At the Green Zebra we got a little of everything. Yes, it is loud and expensive, and yes, you may hit White Castle on the way home, but it was all good... We had some beignets. We had two orders of potstickers (Curried Potato Potstickers, cilantro tamarind sauce, fresh coconut) for ... http://chwalisz.org/2008/07/05/bette-bday-2008-zebra/