Thursday, November 10, 2011

What is this?


Tomorrow is Verteran's Day



George got this card from a really nice little 4th grader down south.  He was really surprised and please.  Thank you, Ingrid.  You made his day.  It was so nice of you to think of Uncle George.


This is George, in uniform at his sister's home in California in 1968.  He served 3 tours in Vietnam.  In 1969, he was in Vietnam serving in a unit with his brother, Robert Lee Aday, when Robert was killed.  He was sent back to the States immediately and was the one to notify the family of Robert's death.


Robert Lee Aday, 30 March 1950 - 24 October 1969, in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam,
hostile, ground causality, SP4, Regular Army, 25th Infantry Division.  He was riding on a tank, with his head out the top of the tank and was shot through the head.  He died instantly.  He had been in the Army less than a year.  I remember he was in C Troop.


Robert Lee Aday, II, proud kindergartner.  George remembers using toy trucks with his brother to build roads, hills and forts in the dirt in their California back yard just like Robert does in our yard today. 





Sunday, November 06, 2011

Patsy did it, I know she did

I have not had a book to read on my computer for almost 2 weeks.  I just went to the library site to download one and it said 
There appears to be a problem with your library card. Please contact your library for assistance.

I know Patsy is to blame.  I guess I will not be reading any ebooks tonight.  

Free is good

I have found a free service online for storing and updated files between my computers.  I know many people with multiple computers have them networked so files can be shared with all the computers.  That does not work with my computers, partly because our desktop computer is really old. And, sometimes I want some of my personal files on my work computer.  I cannot network my work computer and cannot install any programs on it.

Dropbox at www.dropbox.com  has a service, free by the way, where I can store files and access from any computer.  I installed their program on my laptop and desktop computer.  Now, if I want to share a file between computers, I just put it in the dropbox folder on the computer I am using.  The next time I connect the other computer to the net, the my dropbox files are updated automatically.  If I change a file in the dropbox folder on either computer, it auto updates the online files the next time I connect and auto updates the files on each computer each time I connect to the net.  I can use it from work by logging into my dropbox account but it will not update folders on my work computer because I cannot install their program at work.  It has worked out really great for me.

I just finished typing the Rule school census for the historical society.  I type it on the desktop because I need the 10 key to easily type the dates.  But, I want to send it to Shirley from my laptop because it is faster and more reliable for email.  I just saved the file in the folder on the desktop, connected to the net.  Went to the laptop and connected to the net.  In just a couple of minutes, the new file was on my laptop.

The also have a public folder to share files with anyone.  I made a PDF of my entire school census file and put it in the public folder.  Dropbox says anyone can view the PFD file here:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/45964438/Green%20Forest%20School%20Census.pdf
Lets try it and see if it works.  It is a large file because it has all the Green Forest schools in alpa order upto rule.  Daddy and his siblings are in Sunny Lane and I have not gotten to that one yet.

I am really pleased with their service.  It is easy and really useful.