I just experienced quite possibly the most frustrating thing that has ever happened to me with linux. In fact, this may well be the first time I’ve seriously complained about it. There is a ‘feature’, errr bug, in Kmail relating to smtp accounts. It used to be that if you … Continue reading
This trip hasn’t been as long as some of the ones I’ve been on lately. It has kept up the trend of new destinations, though. I had commercialled through Paris before but never stayed there. A couple days ago I stayed, but only by the airport long enough to sleep. … Continue reading
Though I won’t get to post this until I return home, I’m writing this on day 21 of my 22-day trip this month. I figured it might be better to just write all the ‘drama’ in one long post at the end of the trip. This, of course, is that … Continue reading
So obviously I’ve been busy. Here’s a summary of the latest: 1: As I previously mentioned, Marshall Fritz passed away on November 4th. I previously wrote about Marshall’s impact on me. I’m saddened by his passing but thankful to have been the beneficiary of his influence for well over half … Continue reading
I came out on this trip on Monday the 6th. It’s roughly half over now. Normally, I could say it’s had more ups and downs than the stock market, but the Dow set its biggest single day point gain ever while I’ve been on this trip, and it followed several … Continue reading
A lot happens before I ever jump in an airplane and go flying. I linked to some videos in a previous blog entry that a guy here at World made. The first one talks about sales, aircraft scheduling and so on. My involvement comes much later. But between sales and … Continue reading
Courtesy of a fellow aviator at World, here’s an investment strategy that you all should give serious consideration to: If you had purchased $1,000.00 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago you would have $49.00 left. With Enron, you would have had $16.50 left of the original $1,000.00. With … Continue reading
I finished my first post-upgrade training event today. In addition to the annual training required for all pilots, Captains get to do 6-month checks. My sim session was today. I learned an important thing. The sim is just like the airplane, it breaks, too. Fortunately, they got it fixed in … Continue reading
Enough about politics. Time for some humor! This came from a friend of mine at work. A C-130 was lumbering along when a cocky F-16 flashed by. The jet jockey decided to show off. The fighter jock told the C-130 pilot, ‘watch this!’ and promptly went into a barrel roll … Continue reading
So early this morning the phone rang. I was up until 5ish (which would be 11 p.m. east coast time), so I was kinda irritated that the phone rang a little after 7. More importantly (and unfortunately), I wasn’t awake enough to realize I shouldn’t answer it. And I definitely … Continue reading
