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My friend Will and the rest of Meerkat Manor made this. It’s pretty fun.. I dig Sweded movies :-)

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Jon’s blog pointed out 9 Beet Stretch. It’s Ludwig van Beethoven’s ninth symphony stretched to 24 hours, without pitch distortion. The podcast is nice music to hardly listen to. :-)

“Click Here” column for the July 2004 Panther

Click Here by Lee C. Sonko, Computer Consultant

Before I get to this month’s topic, Buying a Computer, there are some announcements.

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From the first time I spun fire, a few weeks ago.

Here is the manual for my GunVault model GV1000C – Mini – Deluxe. I include it here so I can’t forget how to program the darn thing.

BTW, I’m very happy with my Gun Vault. It’s convenient to take to the range because I just throw the thing in the car and go. I like that it’s legal to leave a GunVault in my front seat if I choose to.

I also like that I can leave it sitting in the open on a shelf, right next to my bed and it doesn’t look like A GUN! A GUN!, it looks like just another little non-descript box on my shelf. I get instant access, visitors don’t, and no one is potentially turned off by its presence.

Criticisms: The manual says to replace the 8 AA batteries every year. For what it does, a set of batteries should last pretty much forever… Alkalines would last 5+ years. Maybe they do and the manual is just being cautious. Another criticism:  the screws holding the battery compartment came loose on me and the batteries fell out after I brought it to the range. I put them back in with washers so that shouldn’t be a problem any more.

As most people probably aren’t aware, tomorrow (April 3rd) is Cheese
Weasel Day!   Happy Cheese Weasel Day to you!

In honor of this momentous holiday, here is the Cheese Weasel FAQ:

Q: What the heck is Cheese Weasel Day?

Every year, on April 3rd, the Cheese Weasel travels the world,
spreading good cheer and leaving a bit of cheese under the keyboards
of all good little boys and girls in the high tech industry.

Q: What kind of cheese does the Cheese Weasel leave?

Kraft Singles were once the cheese of choice, although as time went by,
the type of cheese became less important than the spreading of
dairy goodness and the types and shapes of cheese given by the Cheese Weasel
became varied. This was considered to be a Good Thing, especially considering
how often most people look under their keyboards.

Q: You made this up didn’t you?

Nope, I didn’t make this up.

C.W. Day is a holiday that evolved on the Internet, probably sometime
in the last eight to ten years. The first I heard of it was in 1992,
and it’s being celebrated quietly by dozens, dare I say hundreds of
software and technical folks around the country as you read this.

Hallmark doesn’t make a card, and the American Dairy Association is
as yet unaware of it, so it’s probably the least commercial holiday
going. Hey, we wanted to add some culture to our lives, right? What
could be more cultured than cheese? There’s even a Cheese Weasel Song!

The Cheese Weasel Day Song
(Sung to the tune of…..hm well there isn’t one that I know of.
C.W. Day predates MP3)

Who Brings the Cheese on April 3rd?
It’s the Cheese Weasel!
He’s not a silly bunny or a reindeer or a bird
He’s the Cheese Weasel!
He’s got a funny little tail and funny buck teeth
and he doesn’t bring fish and he doesn’t bring beef
so you’d better be good if you want to get some cheese
from the Cheese Weasel!!!!!

I saw Being There with Peter Sellers the other night. I loved it absolutely. We all live in our own private world, don’t we?