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Continue reading →: My Last Spyder Ride of 2023 (probably)With a Friday off on December 22, 2023 I took a short ride in the afternoon on my three-wheeler. For a near-Christmas ride in South Dakota with no snow on the ground, no wind, and temperatures approaching 50F…it couldn’t have been a more perfect ride on my 2017 Can-Am Spyder…
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Continue reading →: Christmas Wreath RestoredIn the early years of our marriage, my wife and I bought a lighted Christmas wreath. The wreath was two feet in diameter and was strung with the old incandescent cluster lights. This wreath hung in our picture window of our first house and would make its way to the…
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Continue reading →: Winter is ApproachingDespite our above normal temperatures this December, I finally accepted the undeniable truth that the temperatures now are just too cold to enjoy our patio. The patio furniture has been covered and moved into position to face the South Dakota winter with its fury of wind and snow. Although our…
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Continue reading →: 2023 Christmas Lights at Ruby EstatesJust a brief video below of this year’s Christmas decorations in the front of my house. Along with the ride is our family dog, Jasmine! Nothing else special to see here, but since I posted this video on my social media accounts, I decided it should also be posted on…
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Continue reading →: Twitter Alternatives: Spending my time on Bluesky this MonthI have come to both hate and love social media platforms since joining them in the early days via Google+, Facebook, and Twitter. There are some days I just want to quit all social media. Yet, social media has become an indispensable tool for communication, connection, information sharing, and in…
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Continue reading →: My other websites are running Drupal 10I spent this weekend upgrading my “non-personal” websites from Drupal 9 to Drupal 10. There are four of them which include socPub, CMS Report, INFOTECH Pub, and After Work Pub. These websites share some of its content from one another using the Domain contributed module. Managing four websites under one…
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Continue reading →: This Website is Running on Drupal 10I have ran this website of mine on Drupal since 2005 starting with Drupal 4.6. This past week I upgraded bryanruby.com from Drupal 9 to Drupal 10. This being a Drupal upgrade, I’m happy to report the experience was an average event for me. After installing countless versions of Drupal…
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Continue reading →: Thought of the Day: PositivityThe older I get the more positive I have become. Yea I know, this surprised me too as I expected it to go the other way when I was younger. The negative of being positive though is recognizing that the world could use a lot more positive people.
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Continue reading →: Out with the Old, In with the NewThis past month I replaced a line of Hi-Fi speakers I’ve listened to and enjoyed for the past 20 years with a pair of new floor speakers from Klipsch. It’s an acknowledgment that my hearing and tastes have changed and it’s time to listen to my music through a new…
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