So I’m testing the upload of 37 photos from 1968 in another WordPress.com account of mine. This account is currently set to private mode. What I noticed is that the upload went SUPER fast!
HOWEVER, the attachment is a link, which can be downloaded and saved on someone else’s computer!!! I don’t like that. I wanted the public to view the attachement in its entirety without saving the file to the computer!!!
If the Matt meister and pals can come up with a work around on this bane, I sure would like to know how to “lock” the image from being copied elsewhere!!! Bah!
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The export of documents to .pdf via the NeatReceipts scanner went in the correct order. I would first have to sort the “Document Title” in descending order. But I find that I would have to rotate each side (front and back) in proper view.
So I’ve finished scanning 37 photos from 1968 and 57 photos from 1969. Those are my birth, baptism, and first birthdays. Other photos show me getting my first bath, dancing in my crib, crying in my stroller, swinging in the park and showing off how I could turn on the television and pull out the green-colored metal chairs. I still remember the furnishings and the birthday cake. I usually stick out my tongue.
I used the NeatReceipts scanners to capture double sides: the front showing the photo and its caption on the bottom (handwritten by Paw) and the back showing Paw’s handwriting to describe the event of that particular photographic moment. The only work around in uploading the files is to purchase and upgrade and then to upload the files as .pdf format! The NeatReceipts scanner doesn’t offer exporting to .jpg files, for example.
I’ve NOT deleted my Flickr.com account. Rather, I went through each “set” and “changed permission” so that “only me” could see my precious photos. My upgrade has already expired this month and I don’t plan on renewing it. I believe the links to each Flickr photo is no good; therefore, the images posted via this weblog site won’t be seen. I really do NOT see how I could possibly benefit from posting my personal information online for publication, really.
Since my HP personal computer doesn’t have a floppy disk drive to format these disks and donate them for reuse, I removed the metal clip with a pair of strong scissors, cracked open both “front” corners and pulled out the metal media, which are to be shredded and recycled. Here is a colorful photo to show for the results. As you can see there are 16 circular media surrounding the rainbow of plastic casing and the metal pieces in the middle. (The Batik bedspread acts as a backdrop for IBM-formatted, disk by FujiFilm, of which 13 are 1.44MB 3.5″ double sided, high density, floppy disk drive utilizing DOS and 3 are zip using ATOMM (Advanced super, Thin layer & high, Output, Metal, Media) of One ultra-thin magnetic layer for superior high density recording and One “titan-fine” non-magnetic layer for durability.
The three of us attended an “Evening Prayer For The Conferral of Ecclesiastical Honors” on April 2, 2011 at the “Cathedral Basilica Of Saint Joseph – Diocese of San Jose, CA”.
Chaplains To His Holiness:
Monsignor Jeronimo Gutierrez
Monsignor Wilfredo S. Manrique
Monsignor Hien Minh Nguyen
Monsignor Eugene Patrick O’Donnell
Monsignor Francisco David Rios
Prelate of Honor:
Monsignor Stephen F. Perata
Bishop of San Jose:
Most Reverend Patrick J. McGrath
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The three of us left at 4:33pm. We parked at the Fremont Hotel garage (P1) and were undecided where to get out and pressed the “L” button, which lead us to the lobby of the hotel.
After asking which way to the Cathedral, we found ourselves inside the building and meeting the droopy-eyed parishioner, who kindly lead us to the restroom, which is an entrance way to the Loyal Hall where we had our reception after the conferral.
As we emerged from the alleyway towards the front of the Cathedral, we saw Father Perata come in from the side gate. He talked with my parents and I took their picture together. He then blessed us with his right hand and I thought he forgot me. He said to me: “You’re just bashful.” “Yeah you know me.” I replied. In response, he said something to me about: “Old “deadpan“.
Monsignor Stephen F. Perata posing with my parents at the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Joseph (San Jose, CA).
After retrieving two small bottled water from Paw’s Mazda Protege, I had to sit away from my parents because the Chinese lady who ALWAYS coughs during weekday morning masses managed to grab my chair. I had to sit next to a Filipina friend of an couple who is “active” politically.
My “saved seat” was fifth chair from the middle-most aisle of the Cathedral. It was the fourth row nearest the recessed display of the crucified “Christ” and crew. I was wearing a WARM fuzzy, purple-colored, turtle neck, short-sleeved sweater. I had to take off my THICKER, acrylic sweater.
P.S. I didn’t know how to use the garage ticket. and after a couple of attempts of swiping both the ticket and my card into the exit machine, we figured out how to use the PAY MACHINE near the elevators with cash for
$6.00!
While reading a feed and viewing the latest article, I see a double digit number in the date of 03.11.11. And from the image below, it looks like the beginning of a battle in Los Angeles, CA. It’s a poster for the upcoming movie in theaters.
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Being the slow dummy that I am for the past few months, I couldn’t connect the dots regarding the TPTB and Friday, 3/11/2011. I probably will never know the significance of the double digit number eleven.
I guess that’s why the sellouts via mainstream media continue to present recent news about wars, especially in the Middle East and in Africa, too. Watch and see: TPTB will attempt to build their story lines based on a movie battle between the heavens and the earth, the aliens/robots and humanity.
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Over the weekend, I tried to explain to Maw my theory on how ALIENS rely on a book of life — their existence. I see that history repeats itself many times over. The scenes. the characters, the costumes, hair and makeup may all be different but the themes, the plot, the stories are eerily similar — good versus evil; life, love and death and a rebirth.
I think these ALIENS or all of us are really dead. And we are just looping around and back upon a matrix of a broken record, CD or other recording devices.
I love my new feed scanner by Neat Company! After all these years, I’ve gotten something that fulfills this one time project of scanning old receipts, invoices, emails and documents, such as time sheets, check stubs, transcripts, transaction reports, letters, notices, and memos.
So over the rainy weekend, I’ve scanned and shredded papers from three folders. I have one dozen or more folders to export into a backup and .pdf files. I have one, paid offsite backup and one external “hard drive” in case my computer crashes. I miss the old computer because the new monitor is more horizontal and makes the fonts diffcult to read and both the keyboard and mouse are slow and sometimes non-responsive.
This morning Maw had exclaimed: “Oh! Look! My green onions are growing!”
And indeed, I see the green shoots bending towards the sunlight from two of their brick-colored, circular-shaped containers outdoors in the backyard and underneath the open patio.
“Paw! Please stop eating those onions! Your breath stinks.” I hollered as he sat down to put on his shoes at the base of the stairs. His breath has been stinking lately because of this aromatic greenery.
I thought to myself and then outloud to Maw: “Hey! I want “arroz caldo” for tonight’s dinner! Maybe you can garnish the chicken porridge dish with your green onions.”
Below is an image showing almost EXACTLY how Maw’s porridge would look like:
Filipino Arroz Caldo – Lugaw
Lúgaw (alternately spelled “lugao” or “lugau”) is the Filipino name for congee. Otherwise similar to Cantonese-style congee, lúgaw is typically thicker, retaining the shape of the rice but with a similar texture.
If I had to eat a particular Philippine Cuisine with anyone, it would be:
One is arroz caldo which is a rice porridge cooked with chicken, ginger and sometimes saffron, garnished with spring onions (chives), toasted garlic, and coconut milk to make a type of gruel. Another variant is goto which is an arroz caldo made with ox tripe.
— Topic #55: If you could have anything to eat right now, what would it be? Bonuses: 1) Assume price is no object. 2) If you could eat this food with anyone alive or who has ever lived, who would it be? 3) Find and share a photo of what you’d like to eat or the person from #2.
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During this morning’s mass at 10:45am, the choir sang with more animation, almost as if they were uplifted in spirit. They used to sing with seriousness and in depressing tones when the choir master was still alive. During the funeral mass of the choir master long ago, I noticed the narrow facial bones and sharp jawlines when l shook the hands of the daughter and mother.
Anyway, instead of the dark-skinned, very short Filipino priest saying the sermon, a 4th degree member of the Knights of Columbus was invited to speak about their mission — wheelchairs. There was a yellow-colored wheelchair in front of the alter.
He showed us a video of some parishioners from Laredo, Texas receiving their wheelchairs. Normally, I would keep my cool. But because today I had my PMS, I shed some tears when I saw how a young boy lost his legs to infection and other elderly residents got their wheelchairs.
I was truly moved by the short video and for a tax-deductible $25.00 donation, I would get a pin! I showed my $20 and $5 bills in cash to Maw but she suggested a different amount. I noticed most parishioners were mostly Asians and not interested. I was disheartened to see not many participated by placing their hard-earned money in to the “second collection” baskets but I did see an elderly couple pull a few envelopes from the pew. The website of the organization was imprinted on the envelop and perhaps they would donate later online.
Here is an image of my new pin:
Wheelchair Mission
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Of course, Maw and Paw were not interested but we did notice how lots of groups seem to be “infiltrating” our parish for “good causes”. I was told over ten slong years ago to be careful about charitable organizations. At this point, I felt that the “fellow brothers” were doing honest work. And if I find out they are pocketing the peoples’ money, so help me God!
After their mission work here at our parish, the “fellow brothers” will go to Vietnam and then to the Philippines. Oh, that’s nice.
Upon arriving home before 6:00pm tonight, I greeted the sleeping form of Maw and then hurried to place my two bags on the receiving table. There I eyed a business-sized envelope, which is the first of its shape. The others were smaller cards.
Anyway, “I drank too much, therefore I hev to peass.” I held the envelope up against the bright vanity bulbs of the bathroom and saw some colorful drawings. As I sat on the toilet, I gingerly opened the sealed lid from left to right, using my right pinky finger. Usually, I like to keep the flap nice and not ripped.
I slowly pulled out the precious paper and was delighted to see a drawing in three colors: orange/brown, green and black. The words, two smiley faces and the tree trunk are colored in brown. The tree branches and grass are colored in green. The closing remarks are colored in black. Notice how he carefully colored the letters “o”, “e” and “a” in green color.
Here is a scanned image of the little note:
Thank You
It says: “Your niceness… has made us thankful.”
Noticed “The Twins” of smiles on either side of the tree.
In return to the youngest one, I give two smiles and a BIG hug, too!
