Daniel Reimann

Hello Los Angeles

2011-08-24T23:11:00.002-05:00

Yes, it is true, I have been here for almost a year. It is probably time to post something. Hello Los Angeles.

Connecting With Friends

2008-12-02T19:57:00.003-05:00

With my move to Massachusetts, I am fondly remembering the past and friends from the past. I have reached out to many of them while trying to keep up with the activities of all of them. I take great pleasure in connecting
with people and hearing about how they're doing today!

Open Congressional Research Service (Open CRS)

2007-04-05T06:15:00.000-05:00

A taxpayer-funded research agency called the Congressional Research Service
writes reports for Congress on a wide-array of issues. These reports are
not usually made available to the public unless you write your legislative
representative and ask for them. However, there is a movement and public
support to make all the Congressional Research Service reports publicly
available and many reports are already available to the public. I encourage
you to visit OpenCRS today for more information.

Aged, Frail and Denied Care by Their Insurers

2007-03-27T07:25:00.000-05:00

If you're considering a long-term care insurance policy, I urge you to read and consider this article in the New York Times

Citizen Efforts to Protect Your Social Security Number

2007-02-25T05:36:00.000-05:00

Social Security Numbers must be redacted (removed) from all public records
and kept from data thieves. See the fight one woman wages against posting
private SSN numbers on web sites by government officials at
www.TheVirginiaWatchdog.com.

Troubleshooting iChat/AIM Video Connections between Macintosh and PC

2007-02-23T07:28:00.000-05:00

This page has a great tutorial for getting the iChat / AIM video connections
working between Macintosh and PC. iChat is the AOL Instant Messenger on
Macintosh and AIM is the AOL Instant Messenger on a PC.
http://www.mvldesign.com/video_conference_tutorial.html

Privacy Practices Reminder

2006-06-08T07:19:00.000-05:00

The importance of guarding your personal information has never been more
important than it is today. Please keep the following tips in mind:

Never send your checking account number, credit card number, social security
number, passport number, or pension number in an e-mail to anyone.

Do not carry your voter's registration card, your passport, or your social
security card in your wallet or purse. Leave them at home until you need
them, such as on voting day (for a voter's card). Store them in a safe
place to which only you or a trusted individual has access. When travelling
abroad, always carry your passport with you and never leave it anywhere,
particularly in a hotel.

Cross-cut shred all documents that you do not want that contain your
name/address/account numbers on them. Strip-shredding is NOT sufficient.

Cross-cut shred all credit card offers that you do not want. Strip-shredding
is NOT sufficient.

If you would like to stop receiving credit card offers in the mail, write
VOID in big letters through the offer and write REMOVE FROM LIST on the top
of the offer and return the offer in the prepaid return envelope. It will
take a while, but eventually, you'll stop receiving credit card offers.

Reveal your private e-mail address only to trusted individuals. Create a
throwaway e-mail address on a free web site such as hotmail.com or yahoo.com
and use that e-mail address when entering your e-mail address into forms on
web sites. Doing so reduces spam to your private e-mail address greatly.

No New Nuclear Reactors in Florida

2006-04-27T02:45:00.000-05:00

I was watching the Newshour on PBS with Jim Lehrer yesterday and a proponent of nuclear power was on the screen claiming that 70% of Americans favor nuclear power. My jaw dropped in disbelief. This morning I wake up and the large daily in Fort Lauderdale has an article on the front page about Jeb Bush supporting and promoting new nuclear reactors for Florida. Are you kidding me? First, I doubt very strongly that 70% of Americans favor nuclear power. Perhaps 70% represents polled energy lobbyists to come up with that figure. Secondly, Florida has a great renewable and completely underutilized natural resource -- the sun and the Governor of this state has done next to nothing to promote the Sun.

Installing Linux on a Toshiba Tecra 500cs laptop without a CD rom drive

2006-03-30T05:31:00.000-05:00

I have an old Toshiba Tecra 500cs laptop that does not have a CD rom
drive. I bought a CD rom drive for the floppy drive compartment and
it wouldn't work. I then bought a Backpack Series 6 parallel port CD
rom drive and even that wouldn't work. I attempted various flavors
of linux, various versions of linux, and I even tried BE OS. =) No
luck with anything. I was able to take the hard drive out and put it
in another machine and install linux that way, but it would hang on
booting (particularly with Red Hat 7) and I could not make it
recognize the PCMCIA slot (containing a 3COM network card). The
point is, I have tried a lot of stuff to no avail. Now I am going to
attempt to install linux over nfs, but it doesn't totally satisfy me
because I really want the CD rom to work. I'll be trying this now:

http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/nfs_install.htm

My spouse thinks I should just throw the thing in the trash, but now
its become an obsession with me and I refuse to give up on it.

I even tried blueflops which worked okay, but not with the PCMCIA
slot card or with the cd rom drive.

The whole point here is to get the machine to work with the parallel
port CD rom drive and the PCMCIA slot network card.

Any thoughts?

Daniel

The Numbers That Control Your Life

2006-01-31T12:27:00.000-05:00

I found this interesting web site via my pal Stefan at
highprogrammer. Do all you can to protect your privacy.

And Now.....Another Blog

2006-01-30T06:03:00.000-05:00

I've had a personal web site for years danielftl.com, but it
has become very cumbersome to update it and post to it and I have decided to
publish using a blog as I can do it from e-mail. I know, I know...another
blog, but hopefully you'll find my as interesting or helpful as
http://www.danielftl.com. Thanks for stopping by. Daniel