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Archive for March, 2009

How to manually add a Windows printer for OS X

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The printer preferences dialog on a Mac allows you to browse for Windows printer shares and add them by clicking.  If the share is not browseable, or the printer is on another IP subnet, then the printer wont show up.  On a PC, you can simply enter the server and share name.
On a Mac there’s [...]

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The Ides of March — Old School Gospel

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

David Byrne’s playlist this month  is a beautiful collection of old gospel songs.

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Monarchs Emerge

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

After the 3 weeks the coccoons became transparent. This seemed to be triggered by a hot day, after a week or so of cooler weather.  

 
The following day the butterflies emerged. They under the empty coccoons for a few hours, waiting for their wings to straighten an harden. Then they were off into the garden. [...]

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Monarch Butterflies

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on March 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

 

One of this summer’s science projects was growing Monarch butterflies.  A single Swan plant.  This yielded a dozen or so caterpillars. The plant grew to a good size, but was no match for the caterpillars’ ferocious appetite.  It held up for a while, but 4th instar caterpillars stripped the plant of leaves in a couple [...]

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