Author Archives: Doug

About Doug

I grew up an Air Force brat and have visited every European country except those once behind the Iron Curtain (they wouldn't let my father in for some reason). Now I'm enrolled in the Aerospace Engineering program at NMSU in Las Cruces, NM.

Got back some of my mojo

Posted on August 8, 2008 by Doug

Managed to get the K2 theme upgraded, so at least Learn Something looks like it did before the Great Upheaval. I seem to have widget problems, my categories are still broken, and WPG2 still won’t let me add pictures … Continue reading →

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Site update problems

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Doug

More fun updating the site. I had to update the WordPress engine again and this time I lost my categories and my theme doesn’t work right. Also Gallery2 images can’t be placed in posts any more.
I want some … Continue reading →

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Zilla day

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Doug

Monday my Zilla controller arrived. Yowza! One less excuse for not getting the car running.
I spent much of the day happily rearranging the parts I plan to put in a water-resistant box in the rear of the Ghia. … Continue reading →

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Samsung S1050 date problem

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Doug

I just had the first problem with my Samsung S1050 camera.
I noticed that some of the pictures I uploaded had funny dates on them, so I went into the camera to look at the date setup.
The page has three items: … Continue reading →

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Internship 2008 final report

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Doug

I’m all done with my summer internship at the New Mexico Spaceport Authority. They had me working on some fancy Excel spreadsheets to help them predict the wind speed at the spaceport site. The internship was sponsored by … Continue reading →

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Length does matter

Posted on July 27, 2008 by Doug

The wire attached to my Bare Bonz fuse panel was too short to reach my battery way in the back of the Ghia, so they sent me some more cable and a nice power junction box.
Sadly, there’s no … Continue reading →

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No more excuses

Posted on July 26, 2008 by Doug

Well, one more.
I’m about done with my internship at Spaceport America (I built them some fancy Excel spreadsheets) and there’s about a month between now and the start of school. Let’s see how far I can get on the … Continue reading →

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Happy Mother’s Day!

Posted on May 11, 2008 by Doug

Hi Moms,
We love you!
Hope you enjoy this little video.
Love,
Doug and Anna
Mother’s Day 2008

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My wife is awesome

Posted on February 3, 2008 by Doug

I recently got a comment from Marty on my Good News and Bad News post.
Marty wrote:
Your wife does life coaching and editing? There’s definately some stuff in my life I’d like to edit out, like the heart attack I had … Continue reading →

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Simpleology update

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Doug

I haven’t been checking (been busy with schoolwork) but apparently Simpleology hadn’t unlocked their special blogging content for me.
I reposted the URL where I’d pasted in their boilerplate and this time it took right away. I now have lots … Continue reading →

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