T-minus 4 days until Hawaii.

This trip has been in front of me for a long while now.  It all started back last year, talking with my wife Tammy, and dreaming about what an awesome trip would mean to each other.  We first thought Europe, perhaps Germany.  But the time difference proved to challenging for us with our 2 year old.  We then figured maybe Puerto Rico, get a condo in Old San Juan.  I could hear the waves crashing echoing in my ear.  But we already visited Puerto Rico, and I myself have already been there several times, so not really exciting when you compare it to an idea of relaxing in Hawaii.

That’s it, Hawaii turned out to be our finally destination… we costed out flights to all three places and it turned out that Hawaii was the cheapest for when we wanted to go, August.  Dreams do come true.

How long would we away?  Could I work for a week to extend my trip out so Tammy doesn’t have to be handicapped by my available vacation time?  How soon did we have to be back for Isabel to start Montessori school?  When would Tammy have to start her semester again?  All tuff questions, but definitely worth mulling over with Hawaii in our sights.

Everything has come together where we are staying in Hawaii from August 4th to Sept 1st.  A week in Waikiki and a puddle jumper flight to Hilo for 3 ½ weeks.

Time to finish packing.

Odd Even PDF merge

I have to say, I love that my Brother MFC-6490CW can scan to an ftp location.  The downside is that it is not duplex enabled.  So when I scan documents that have front and back, I need to scan the odd pages first, then the even.  Leaving me with 2 pdf files.  Searching for a way to merge them without buying some program turned out to be easier than I thought.

I came across this forum post on Adobe and it turns out all you need to do is add a javascript file to enhance the menu option on merging 2 files together.  How awesome is that?!  I’ve included the javascript code as an attached file.

Credit goes to original author Sean Stewart, ARTS PDF, www.artspdf.com and the modify author Jeff Baitisat http://www.planetpdf.com for getting it to work with Adobe 9.

Repairing my Bose Lifestyle 20…

Somehow by putting in a new cd into the 6-disc media cartridge a mechanical buzzing started sounding and it is not playing the cd.  I’ve tried manually ejecting the CD cartridge, but it is putting up some resistance.  So, in fear of damaging it, I will have to spend some time to take the unit apart and repair it.

I think it’s a vinyl gear that controls the cartridge eject mechanism that is causing the buzzing sound.  There is a good reference picture at Audio Lab of GA site.  So, with some suggestions from various sites and not wanting to spend $19.99 for instructions on how to fix it, I will have to play with this over the weekend.  I’ll post the outcome with some instructions for free!

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Does describe how the sun feels?

Post-lunch. The warmth today just feels so comforting when coupled with a cup of tea.