XO Rocks at Power Savings!

Today I realized I had a spare USB keyboard laying around. This now makes the XO Laptop an effective blogging tool for me. And I’m glad I figured this out. Wish I had a month ago. Why? Because Juneau is still in the grip of its power cost crisis. We’re currently paying 0.52/Kwh, although this [...]

What I Hope For

Mark Sanborn, author of the Fred Factor, asked an excellent question in his blog on April 28, 2008. He asked, “What kind of Hope?” in reference to the 2008 Presidential election. He starts off the entry by saying, “We hear much about our next president providing America hope…but what kind of hope.” He rightly, [...]

Care about my library type stuff?

Hi All,
From my WordPress stats, I can see that this blog gets somewhere in the neighborhood of 400 hits a month. So some people are reading and some of you *might* be wondering what I’m doing with myself since I haven’t posted anything here since May 11th.  I’ve actually been doing a good bit of [...]

Remembering Lew Williams in a new light

Most people outside of Alaska have probably not heard of Lew Williams, retired publisher of the Ketchikan Daily News. He died May 3, 2008. Mr. Williams was well known inside Alaska and I *thought* I knew his public persona pretty well. But I was wrong.
In my nearly 10 years in Alaska, I knew Mr. Williams [...]

Remember Military Spouses Today

Thanks to USA.gov, I learned that today is Military Spouse Day. Thanks to all military spouses, including fellow Alaskan Radical Catholic Mom for making the many family sacrifices that enable servicemembers to focus on serving their country. Here is President Bush’s proclamation for today, which I completely agree with:
Military Spouse Day, 2008
A Proclamation [...]