Archive for February, 2010

Another BBC Day

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Another BBC day around here, should have the little doggies to take care of this afternoon and maybe slip in an hour at the driving range too, see how it goes. The weather held until last night, can’t see any stars and quite warm this morning so it must be a little cloudy up there.

Craigslist is a daily stop in the van search, found something interesting at a good price but it is out in Cloverdale and with the dental surgery happening on Friday perhaps will get out to it on Thursday. Haven’t seen any of the money coming from the Drupal and server install yet, so those plans may change!

Clean Up Day

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

Although it is busier than ever just a few miles away in Vancouver, the pace on Bowen Island ebbs and flows with the coming and going of the ferry on a Sunday morning like any other Sunday morning. It’s been just about the warmest January and February since they started keeping track of those things around here and today is no exception.

Got the old brown van mostly cleaned up inside, a full large garbage bag of junk to dispose of, the floor swept (still needs to be washed), and the windows open and it is starting to air out. Checked in on the web and email server I set up for an islander in their home and all looks good for sending and receiving email (whew!). It’s a nice little project and glad to have a go with Drupal after not using it for a couple versions/years; they have really cleaned up the old admin interface and made more sense out of the menu option groupings and looking forward to doing more with it when the client has organized in their mind what they actually want to do with it.

Nice to hear from Janice commenting in the blog, haven’t seen much of her in the last year having been concentrating on the Treehouse and occupants therein. Which reminds me…pretty sure I had her blog on my list of RSS feeds but haven’t seen a post in a long time – incentive to talk in person, way nicer! A little golf this afternoon yet to come, and another perfect little Sunday on Bowen Island will draw to a close.

The Other Thing

Friday, February 19th, 2010

And then there is the other thing. It isn’t worth doing if you won’t do it for free – good friend says, “Where did you learn that program?” He’s right about another thing, there is no reason that the sum can not be untainted and have some good for myself and the people around me done with it. Or through extreme altruism, and pass on the whole sum to someone in Haiti.

So with any luck, there will be a deposit to make to the local Credit Union in the next few days and then a large withdrawal somewhere down the line for a new place to sleep and eat.