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30 day challenge update: meditation!
It’s time for an update on my 30 day challenges. Here’s what I’ve done the last few months:June: I didn’t respond to email after 10 p.m. and I read the New Testament of the Bible. Both were interesting in different ways. It turns out that 10 p.m. is a pretty good time for me to [...]
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Climbing Kilimanjaro
“Don’t think. Just walk.” — a fellow hiker.Last week I returned from climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa. I’ll start with the bottom line: I made it to the top! That’s three of us at sunrise on the sixth day. We took the Machame route, which takes seven days. In theory, you could march [...]
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Switching between dev and beta Chrome channels on Linux
If you’re on Linux (say Ubuntu 10.04, also known as Lucid Lynx), you can switch between the developer (dev) and beta channels of Chrome like this:Switch from Beta to Dev:sudo apt-get install google-chrome-unstableSwitch from Dev to Beta:sudo apt-get install google-chrome-betaThat’s easier for me than going back for the .deb file and doing something with it.Also, [...]
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Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro
I’m leaving Tuesday to try to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. If you want to show your support, please donate at charity:water. Anyone who wants to give is welcome. Mt. Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa, at 19,340 feet (5895 meters). It’s hard to climb Kilimanjaro, mainly because of the altitude. I’ll be completely without [...]
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