Author Archives: Callum
Good day at the beach with Raechel. It was hot, got a little sun, got bitten a little, very wet on the way back. Glad to be home and dry.
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Taking Raechel on a ride to Uvita for this USA father’s day so she can release some of her father’s ashes on the beach.
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Watching a Swedish movie about a girl hacker and eating BioLand organic chocolate coconut cookies in the delightful comfort of a hammock.
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I’m not sure why, but somehow it’s been a draining day. Time to withdraw into movieland, oh what to watch…
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Regenerating nautilus thumbnails
Sometimes nautilus will try to generate a thumbnail for a video file while it’s downloading. Then nautilus remembers that it tried, and failed, to generate a thumbnail for that file. Once the file has finished downloading, the thumbnail remains broken. … Continue reading
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Tagged delete thumbnails, fix thumbnails, nautilus, nautilus scripts, regenerate thumbnails, thumbnails, ubuntu
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Installing lyx without the bloat
For a few months now I’ve been researching programs to write in. I have OpenOffice, I tried AbiWord, I use gedit for text files. They’re all good programs, but they’re not what I want to write in. I want something … Continue reading
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Tagged bloat, docs, equivs, huge files, latex, lyx, saving bandwidth, tex, ubuntu, wasted space
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David and I are going into town to talk to women! Oh, and I might buy some natural soap…
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Just switched batteries for more power cord free laptop time. Big thanks to Theo for bringing me 2 new batteries from the US!
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Frozen bananas blended with fresh blackberries for an all vegan, pure fruit, ice cream breakfast, delicious! Best use of the blender yet.
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Cooking yucca, playing computer games, eating candy, and listening to the rain falling on the tin rooftop…
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Prepaid ICE sim card in Costa Rica
Yesterday I bought a prepaid ICE sim card in Costa Rica. Last time I was in Costa Rica they didn’t exist. Then they were available, but very hard to find I read. I walked into a shop called abCelular in … Continue reading
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Tagged abCelular, Costa Rica, ICE, Kolbi, prepaid, prepaid sims, San Isidro, sim cards
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Playing a lot of online poker lately. Got my play money chips back over 700 for the first time. Now back down and coming up again…
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Good morning mi casa. I awoke in a bed I can call my own. First time in a long while.
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Hammocks, candles, incense, guitar, singing, we’re welcoming in the house in appropriate style. I am home. All are welcome here.
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We have moved in! Hammocks installed, blender purchased, wifi working like a charm, life is feeling pretty damn sweet tonight!
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Casa Mercurio near San Isidro
Ruben suggested our new house be called Casa Mercurio or Mercury in English. He explained why he had chosen the name of that planet, and maybe he’ll write something about that later. I’ll post a link if he does. It … Continue reading
Just paid the deposit. I’ll be living near San Isidro, Costa Rica for 4 months. Incredible spot, river, trees, nature galore. Come visit…
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Set a new record today. Noe, 62, took the top spot from Lucy, 59, as my oldest motorcycle passenger!
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Met Ruben in San Isidro and arrived at the place that we’ll probably call home for the next few months. It’s a beautiful spot.
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Nosara to Uvita in a 5 hours including a lunch stop. No police interference. All in all, a good day’s riding.
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Leaving Nosara this morning under blue skies and sunshine! Skipping San Jose and heading down the coast road to Uvita instead.
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Just as I was about to leave Nosara, thunderstorm. No riding to Tamarindo today. Maybe tomorrow, weather permitting…
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Left Santa Teresa this morning, in Nosara now, pushing onwards for Tamarindo once again to collect my tobacco before going back south…
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After a night in Nosara, Amy and I rode south along the coast, got the bike stuck on the beach, out again, and arrived in Santa Teresa.
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