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Re: Thank You ABC

thingles — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:55:09 -0000

I been doing a similar thing watching through the seasons of The Wire, which aired a while ago on HBO. I missed the first couple of seasons and tried to watch it a bit in the 3rd season but just couldn't engage with it. I bought all five seasons and just finished the 2nd. It's an amazing show. Personally, I don't mind buying ala carte for this content. That's why I happily cancelled satellite TV and simply have an HD antennae for broadcast shows.

Re: Indigo Girls at Lewis Ginter

hadar — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:37:05 -0000

Thanks Erin, we'll do our best to catch a live Amy Ray show as well, now that we know about it. :-)

We've eaten dinner once at Emily's restaurant, Watershed. It was absolutely fantastic, in every respect (food, atmosphere, service, and the company that introduced us to the place).

Thanks for taking the time to comment!

Re: Indigo Girls at Lewis Ginter

Erin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:26:52 -0000

"Each of them could easily be a solo superstar, both in terms of their songwriting and their vocal and instrumental ability.."

I'm sure you know that Amy Ray does quite a bit of solo work while not being an 'Indigo Girl.' Obviously, the fan base is much smaller than the IG fan base, because A-Ray is much more rock/punk/alternative when she's doing her solo gigs. She tours with a full band, which includes Julie Wolf, and puts on an amazing show. She'll be doing 2 shows in NYC in August, and if you haven't seen her solo stuff, you definitely should.

As far as I know, Emily doesn't tour solo, although she's recorded songs with a couple other artists. I believe she runs a restaurant in Atlanta and has co-written a book...but I'm much more an 'Amy girl...'

Great post though!

Re: VirtualBox Multiboot USB

hadar — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:59:08 -0000

In the current manual, version 2.2.4, it's now in section 9.10. The command itself is on page 134. It's the same as I responded to Piefke666 in a comment above this one.

Re: VirtualBox Multiboot USB

Ángel — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:27:52 -0000

Hello, i use vb and i need to know how to do this

"A quick scan of their excellent manual gave me the answer. There is a command line administration tool called VBoxManage.exe that can be used to create a tiny virtual disk (a VMDK file) that essentially points to any real disk or partition. I used that to create this virtual pointer to my USB drive. It worked perfectly.

I then attached that tiny VMDK disk to my virtual machine and fired it up. Voila, I got the same 28 choices to boot from. I couldn’t get the 64 bit versions to work (they boot, but they claim to be missing modules and won’t start X-Windows), but everything else works flawlessly under VirtualBox

http://www.opticality.com/blog/2009/01/12/virtu...

Could you help me???

Re: Indigo Girls at Lewis Ginter

hadar — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:59:38 -0000

I didn't realize your folks live so close. It was our first time driving through that neighborhood, and Lois and I were very impressed by how beautiful it is!

We're all waiting for the "good word" from you in the coming weeks! :-)

Re: Indigo Girls at Lewis Ginter

Sarah — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:54:44 -0000

Oh, that sounded like a fun concert! I'm jealous you guys got to go- I really like the Indigo Girls, and Lewis Ginter is right next to my parents house! They said they could hear the concert from their porch that night. I would certainly have been there if it had been a month or so earlier instead the day before my due date. I glad you guys had a good time!

Re: Eddie From Ohio at Innsbrook After Hours

Sally — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:08:19 -0000

Great commentary on a fun evening. Kudos to Lois for great pictures too.

Re: New Twitter Followers

afallison — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:00:03 -0000

i am really liking disqus. especially the way it integrates twitter. ;)

Re: Wes and Hadar’s Excellent Adventure

Laura M — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:51:12 -0000

It was a fabulous weekend! And we definitely enjoyed the show... I think "irreverant but highly entertaining" was our final verdict :o). Wes, you obviously need to come to NY more often! ;-)

Re: Wes and Hadar’s Excellent Adventure

Sally — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:56:19 -0000

Great to hear the details of your fabulous weekend. See you this week for concerts in Richmond!

Re: Wes and Hadar’s Excellent Adventure

Bob Mooney — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:12:19 -0000

What a great weekend....
Thanks for sharing it w/ us...
Bob

Re: Girlyman at Highline Ballroom

hadar — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:54:58 -0000

Typo indeed, now corrected. No way we'll miss this, so don't worry about us showing up a day late. ;-)

That said, a few more notes about my mistake. We were at dinner with Wes last night and I turned to Lois out of the clear blue and said "Oh oh, I put up the wrong date for the wedding!". So, I would have corrected it this morning either way.

Next, Girlyman is playing 10/11/09 at the Birchmere in VA, and I noted that in the blog as well, and I won't admit publicly to being able to be in two places at once, no matter how many times you try to waterboard it out of me! ;-)

As Lois has likely mentioned to you many times, 10/10 is a very special date for her (and me) in terms of how many couples we know that got married on 10/10 and had wonderful marriages (that produced people like Lois, for example). ;-)

Finally, I think my brain liked coupling 9/10/11 (albeit jumbled as 10/11/09) with 08/08/08. Oh well, all is back to normal now. :-)

Re: Girlyman at Highline Ballroom

Neal — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:11:19 -0000

You guys are the best for organizing! Oh... and the wedding is 10/10 - probably just a typo but want to make sure you guys have the right date so you can definitely make it.

Re: Hotel WiFi

James Obaji — Sat, 30 May 2009 08:22:31 -0000

Gread read! I run into trouble with hotel wifi most times..

Re: OpenVPN in VirtualBox

James Obaji — Sat, 30 May 2009 08:20:02 -0000

Interesting article! Many thanks

Re: City Slickers Bluegrass Festival

hadar — Tue, 19 May 2009 07:20:23 -0000

A friend of mine just informed me that Sierra Hull is among the performers at the Lowell Folk Festival the weekend of July 24-26. I won't be able to make it to Boston that weekend, but now you know.

Thanks for the pointers to the Seldom Scene CDs. We bought Scenechronized at the show we were at, so now I know what to add to the collection. :-)

Re: City Slickers Bluegrass Festival

alandb — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:34:12 -0000

Thanks for the infor on Sierra Hull, I might look into her. I don't listen to that much bluegrass these days but I did listen to a lot in the late 70s and early 80s. Since you mentioned the Seldom Scene, their album, "Live at the Cellar Door", is a terrific album that everyone interested in bluegrass should own (along with the first "Old and in the Way" album)

Re: Happy Birthday Lois

Sally — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:31:36 -0000

I just read your post today. I had overlooked it in all the e-mails I was sorting through when we got home. I had no idea the logistics involved in surprising Lois! Way to go! I'm glad she had such a grand celebration--and so sorry we missed it. It will be hard to top this!

Re: Frozen Shoulder

david_black — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:47:49 -0000

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Dr.David Black
www.blackchiropractic.com.au

Re: Happy Birthday Lois

Cris — Wed, 13 May 2009 02:29:01 -0000

Even if its not a milestone birthday, it should be treated specially all the same. The plates look good, though you could've gotten a fancier cake.

Re: Happy Birthday Lois

Fern — Tue, 12 May 2009 21:23:43 -0000

Well done Hadar! And Happy Birthday Lois!

Re: Happy Birthday Lois

Lois — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:46:13 -0000

From the still-in-the-glow birthday 'girl' - "And I could not ask for more!" -Amazingly devoted husband - kind and extraordinary friends.

Thank all of you for making this a time to treasure! (DJ, LRM, Chris, Sally, Bob - we missed you but you were with us in spirit!)

Re: Happy Birthday Lois

Clint Smith — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:14:02 -0000

Hey, that's my arm! And that's our car! And that's my house!

Great write-up, H-

Clint

Re: Happy Birthday Lois

Laura M — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:43:51 -0000

PS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY again to Lois!!