We’ve uploaded some new pictures to our website. Check them out at http://photos.meagherfamily.org.
I used to listen to music when I ran but over the past couple of years, I’ve completely switched over to listening to Podcasts. I know, incredibly geeky and definitely has no rhythm for running. The Podcasts I listen to do keep me entertained and I don’t have to try to find “energetic” Podcasts that keep my pace up like I did with music.
The Podcasts that I listen to are:
- The Java Posse. These guys are great, they love tools (for writing software) and are very smart. The emphasis here is on Java but lately, they’ve been focusing on some of the other languages that run on the JVM like Scala and Groovy.
- Security Now. Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson riff on the security issues of the day. Lots of good stuff but you have to wade through a few commercials they read.
- MacBreak Weekly. Leo Laporte and a variety of hosts talk about themselves and their various Apple products. This is a pretty lightweight Podcast, it’s like brain candy if you are a Mac fan.
I also keep a few episodes of Car Talk on my Palm Pre but I rarely have time to listen to them before I update the others. I used to listen to Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me but again, I didn’t have time so I stopped downloading it.
I uploaded a bunch of videos to YouTube of the kids at their recital this past spring. It’s only taken me about three months to do it. The videos are after the jump.
Our photo site (http://photos.meagherfamily.org) is back online after being down for some months while I studiously ignored the configuration issues it had. While I was fixing the configuration issues, I upgraded to the newest version of the Gallery2 sofware (which can be found here), it has a cool new slideshow feature so be sure to check it out. There aren’t any new pictures as of yet but there will be soon…
See if you can figure out what the following command line does, post your answers in the comments:
tasklist | grep [0-9]*\.tmp | gawk '{system("tskill " $2)}'
This is a test post from 
, a fancy photo sharing thing.
Jammin’ for Hope – benefit concert on Fri. Nov. 21st
“Jammin’ for Hope” on Fri. Nov.21!
“Shaky Ground” will be opening the night with some rock and blues. They are looking forward to performing and raising money for a good cause. Proceeds will go to the Croteau Family of Haverhill. Jim Croteau is 49 yrs old with a wife (Linda) and 2 daughters ages 9 (Jeanine) and 12 (Mariah). He was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer 5 years ago and it went into remission for 3 years. His cancer came back last year and he will now need to stay on chemotherapy for the rest of his life. He works at Malden Mills in Lawrence. He grew up in Methuen , MA and has lived in Haverhill for the last 10 years. He is a friend of Pine Island Music, the organization sponsoring the event.
Dancing, cash bar and great music!
Am Vets Hall
576 Primrose St.
Haverhill, MA 01830
Tickets $10 at the door or call 978-462-9020 to charge Visa/MC.