Season 2 Episode

This episode of the Kolomona Show is about my garden and my now dead hard drive.

This show isn’t all that exciting, I’m hoping to start cranking out more shows with actual content. I’m just starting to get familiar with talking in front of a mic again.

Links mentioned in show

www.permies.com

So I’ve been doing some gardening recently.

Here’s what I have planted.

• Bush beans
• Bush peas
• Pole peas
• Broccoli
• Radishes
• Zucchini
• Cucumbers
• Bell peppers
• Jalapenos
• Thyme
• Rosemary
• Oregano
• Mint
• Green onions
• Garlic
• Onion

My garden is located on an old chicken run and the soil seems to be pretty good. Although there is a fir tree nearby that drops a lot of needles in my garden area.

Slugs have tried to murder my jalapeno and bell pepper plants. I’m not a big fan of using chemicals to kill them. I tried the beer thing for a while but that seems like such a waste. After reading the slugs thread at permies.com I learned that the slugs do not like to slither over copper. I had some scrap wiring lying around. I fashioned a couple of copper rings around the base of my plants and hoped for the best. When I went out in the garden the next day I noticed that the plants were untouched and there was a slug in the middle of a U-turn heading away from my bell pepper plant. I tried to take a picture but the batteries in my camera wouldn’t let me. So I think I’ve solved the slug problem for these two plants. My other plants for now seem to be a little more slug resilient, but I am keeping an eye on them.

Hopefully, I’ll have a good harvest. I’ll have to figure out how to preserve my excess produce. I expect to have a crap load of zucchini. I’d love to learn how to make pickled beans.

Here are some pics of my garden so far.

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In The Morning Everybody!

Welcome to the all new Kolomona Show.

I’ve been away from the podcast mic for a couple of years now. A lot has changed. My life is completely different than it was 2 years ago. In some ways better and in others worse.

Now I am concentrating each and every single day to make my life better and better.

These podcasts are just a venue for me to ramble into a microphone. They have no real meaning or direction at this time. Maybe they will morph into something great, maybe not. For the most part it’s just a way for me to vent a little and talk about the things that I am interested in.

If you like them, great, if not then just don’t listen.

Feel free to comment about them or not.

Hi I’m reviving the Kolomona Show Podcast.

I lost the original show notes for the first 4 shows, sorry

This is Season 1 Episode 4

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Hi I’m reviving the Kolomona Show Podcast.

I lost the original show notes for the first 4 shows, sorry

This is Season 1 Episode 3

Hi I’m reviving the Kolomona Show Podcast.

I lost the original show notes for the first 4 shows, sorry

This is Season 1 Episode 2

Hi I’m reviving the Kolomona Show Podcast.

I lost the original show notes for the first 4 shows, sorry

This is Season 1 Episode 1

I listen to a podcast about open source programming called FLOSS Weekly. I recently discovered a really neat accounting tool called Legder. Now it’s not for the typical computer user. It’s a command line tool. It doesn’t have any fancy graphics or any GUI.

It uses simple text files to keep track of all your accounts and  transactions.

Here’s an example of what a Ledger data file looks like

2011/03/01 * Pay Check
 Assets:Bank:Checking        2287.95
 Income:PayCheck
2011/04/01 * Wal-Mart
 Assets:Bank:Checking        -35.00
 Expenses:Food:Groceries:WalMart
2011/05/01 * Safeway
 Assets:Bank:Checking        -23.06
 Expenses:Food:Groceries:Safeway
2011/12/01 * Costco Gas
 Assets:Bank:Checking        -67.32
 Expenses:Auto:Gasoline:Costco

In order to use Ledger to figure out how I spend my money, I first needed to get all my data from Bank of America into the format used by Ledger.

I downloaded all my data in the QIF file format. I then wrote a Ruby script that read the QIF and spit out a Ledger data file. https://github.com/Kolomona/QIFtoLedger

Here’s a bunch of drawings my Dad made back in the late 60s and eayly 50s.

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If you are interested in the original scans contact me

What happened to Kolomona.com?

Well, I decided to cancel the hosting of Kolomona.com with Godaddy. I am now hosting it on my slice.

I just haven’t had the time to really tweak it and make it right.

When I get some extra time I’ll make this site better

Meanwhile you can follow me on twiter twitter.com/kolomona

Facebook www.facebook.com/kolomona
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• Nothing to see here - No Agenda
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