Category Archives: At Sea

AT&T: Corporate Stupidity?

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What a circus! We replaced our tired, leaking roof with a new, metal roof. The DirecTV technician who came out to reinstall our dish correctly noted that he could not install the dish on our home because we had a metal roof and metal siding. He installed a cute ground antenna system, which basically anchors the unit with water-filled boxes. The antenna is fully functional in its current location and is not in anyone’s pathway or really anyone’s normal line-of-sight. … Continue reading →

Mobil Country Club Community: We hit the Jackpot!

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My wife, Mary, and I could not keep up with the rising rate of the cost of living in our home town of San Jose, California. We decided to sell our home and move to Sacramento County.  After some searching, we chose a Manufactured/Mobile Home Community In Rancho Cordova, the Mobil Country Club (MCC).1The formal spelling of Mobil is without the letter “e”, as you can see in the photo of the sign.  Sacramento County offered us a chance to … Continue reading →

Making America Respectful Again

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Thursday, June 2nd, 2016, Presidential candidate Donald Trump visited San Jose.  We were notified that there would be traffic congestion and possible protests near the convention center but didn’t have any reason to go near it, so we ignored the event. After attending a VTA Board meeting, we caught the light rail to start our journey home.  We were also trying to track down information about reported problems with protestors near the convention center.  When we got to our stop at … Continue reading →

MultiMarkDown Syntax

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MultiMarkdown, or MMD, is a tool to help turn minimally marked-up plain text into well formatted documents, including HTML, PDF (by way of LaTeX), OPML, or OpenDocument (specifically, Flat OpenDocument or ‘.fodt’, which can in turn be converted into RTF, Microsoft Word, or virtually any other word-processing format). There are a lot of cheatsheets available , but they are seem to leave off some critical details.  MMD is quite sensitive to syntax mistakes.  Here are some of the ones that … Continue reading →

U-Turns on Alum Rock

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The community living, working and commuting along Alum Rock Avenue has been dealing with construction issues related to the new Bus Rapid Transit system (BRT) system for over three years.   Recently they discovered that the street modifications came with some unexpected changes. The bottom line is that many are upset that left turns and U-turns, which they have depended on for decades are no longer an option, hindering their access to homes and businesses. Left Turns and U-Turns between US 101 … Continue reading →