Saturday was the day for the Maid of the Mist and dinner at Skylon Tower. Maid of the Mist was fun – and wet! We took a late morning ride out. After that we did some wandering around the strip, relaxed for a while, then for dinner headed up to Skylon Tower. The food was […]
Archive for July, 2008
Niagara Falls – The Falls and Skylon Tower
July 28th, 2008 by pleia2
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Niagara Falls – Long walk and finally see the falls!
July 27th, 2008 by pleia2
After the aviary we took a walk with the intention of seeing Simcoe St and then heading out to a brewery I found on one of the tourist maps I picked up. As we turned onto Simcoe St I saw a black squirrel. I knew about black squirrels but what I didn’t know was that […]
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Niagara Falls – Arrival, Aviary
July 27th, 2008 by pleia2
My friend Stephen and I took a trip up to Niagara Falls, Canada over the 4th of July weekend. We left midday on Thursday, stopped in my old stomping grounds of Seneca Falls to fill up with gas and say hello to an old friend, and arrived around 11PM in Canada. We checked into Ambiance […]
Network configured
July 26th, 2008 by pleia2
I have my new network set up at the house. Michael gave me a static IP of my own (and a pretty reversal coming soon!), so I now manage my own network at the house. I’ve developed into quite a capable sysadmin over the past year, and running my own firewall and network will allow […]
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I was listening…
July 26th, 2008 by pleia2
…to a show on NPR and somehow in the conversation it came up that people only write in diaries when they’re sad. I was never one to write in diaries, and in my blog I find that I do the complete opposite. I haven’t been the best at posting lately, and although I’ve been busy […]
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New, irresponsible, shiny
July 15th, 2008 by pleia2
I was at the mall with a friend yesterday helping him buy some jewelry as a gift for his cousin. It dawned on me that I’ve developed the girly love of shiny things over the years, and that I didn’t have enough. So I splurged on something I’d seen last year and had filled me […]
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New PrincessLeia.com Design!
July 14th, 2008 by pleia2
My friend Jay promised me a bit ago to put his mad design skills to use on a new design for PrincessLeia.com. He came through today as expected and after work I excitedly wrote up the template html, which I installed this evening. The result? See for yourself: A-ma-zing!!! Thank you Jay! It’s about time […]
Simcoe Street in Niagara Falls, Canada
July 8th, 2008 by pleia2
While browsing the tourist maps I noticed Simcoe Street! Since my little kitten is named Simcoe, I had to go exploring. So I dragged Stephen through the suburbs so I could walk down the entirety of Simcoe street and take pictures.
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Ubuntu at Best Buy: Package Details
July 8th, 2008 by pleia2
I learned this morning via #ubuntu-us that they’re now selling Ubuntu at Best Buy, and couldn’t help myself: during my lunch break I swung out to Best Buy to drop $20 on a copy. It wasn’t easy to find, I spent about 10 minutes searching through their software section, past their big Microsoft Windows Vista […]
DONE: Peter Murphy, Wall-E, Pancakes and Beer; TODO: HOPE, Brew @ Zoo
July 8th, 2008 by pleia2
I just returned from Niagara Falls, Canada on Sunday night, I have tons of pictures and lots to say, but before that I’ll catch up on other, non-linuxy, things I’ve been up to the past week or so. Last Sunday night I took Michael out for an early birthday outing to see Peter Murphy at […]