Yuba Riverl Emerald Pools

Emerald Pools Hike

On Pi day, 3/14/15 Kate and I hiked to the Emerald Pools on the Yuba River, off the Bowman Lake Rd, with Janelle and Stephen.  The weather was high 60s, but because of the drought the river was much lower than normally would be at this time.  Plus there normally Read More

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Has Oil Bottomed?

Since everyone is watching the great gas prices of January, disappear I thought I would put up a chart on oil futures. My wife noted that she paid 2.19/gal for gas in January while now it is at 3.29 here in Colfax, CA. The downswing in oil has brought the Read More

Global Winter Wonderland

Global Winter Wonderland

On January 3rd, 2015, the Sacramento family went to Global Winter Wonderland.  The first time ever in Sacramento, and maybe the last, who knows.  It travels from city to city each year.  Must be a huge endeavor to set up.  It was gorgeous and even though it was after Christmas, Read More

Family Thanksmas 2014

Another great Thanksmas.  Unfortunately we had two wounded warriors.  Joe with a broken ankle and Angela with a cracked hip bone and also a broken ankle.   Still a good time had by all.  Pictures don’t do it justice.

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A piece by Scott Oglesby

Scott Oglesby

My good friend Scott Oglesby has finally been getting recognition as a writer. His first book, the novel, Riding high,  was acclaimed but undersold (as he calls it).

Microsoft Expressions 4.0

Adobe’s big mistake

Adobe CS3 Dreamweaver Error “Licensing has stopped working” This is what I get now whenever trying fire up Dreamweaver or Photoshop CS3.  It all started when I got my laptop back from Toshiba warranty repair.  They merely replaced the blue ray player and the battery, so after checking with them, Read More

How to Remove Malware

Note:  I found this excellent guide to removing most forms of malware, on the website MalwareTips.com. The only thing I would add is its best to run most of these programs in SAFE MODE.  I had a very difficult piece of malware that I got by visiting piratebay.com and by Read More