~larcher

Wow .. I just found a bunch of old backup files with emails from 1996 ! That’s like .. *counting* .. about 6 computers and 10 email addresses ago. Now I just need some scripts that will convert messages from Eudora and Juno (juno.com! when all they did was free dialup email!) into some nice normal unix mail format.

I was a big dork in 1996.

a sample:

Hey. howzit goin?
Would like to win a laptop? I found this contest on the web where you have to solve all these puzzles and when you finish, you get yourself entered into a drawing for a pentium 75 laptop with a 28.8 PCMCIA modem.. here’s the URL

A modem — how quaint! 28.8 kbps no less!

Also found backups of old webpages, but I’ll spare you the horror.

We’re in Houston for the weekend. Also, we went and picked blueberries near Livingston today. So we have several pounds of blueberries in a cooler now. And many (many many) more pounds of red-larry’s due to defective or not-enough sunscreen. oops, ouch. Isn’t it convenient that a plant like aloe which is so good at counteracting sunburn happens to grow where there is a lot of sun?

We went camping in Big Bend a couple weeks ago. Lotsa fun Pre-national park stops included the McDonald Observatory and Prude Ranch, both in the Davis Mountains. Once in Big Bend we hiked all over the place, slept in a tent, ate good food, played cards, spotted wildlife (road runners, bluebirds, deer, javelinas), and generally had a great time (except for the blisters, sprained ankles, boots falling apart, dehydration/foodpoisoning(?), and other perils of the outdoors).

“Hiking all over the place” included: some nature trail near our campsite; Pinnacle something trail -> Colimas(?) Trail -> Laguna Meadows (9 miles, 11 with a side climb up Emory peak (not me)) ; some Rio Grande overlook near our campsite; Boquillas Canyon; and Hot Springs.

Of course, took lots of pictures (if you want to add comments to any of those, find the register link and make yourself and account .. and if that doesn’t work, just bug me about it )