http://www.trygstad.org/blog/ The musings of Ray Trygstad: IT guy, professor, Naval officer, world traveler and sometime preacher. en-us 2010-07-20T16:11:57-06:00 http://www.trygstad.org/blog/archives/000204.html ...to synch iBook on my iPad with WordPlayer on my HTC Evo phone. When I switch between them I have to page forward in whatever book I'm reading to get to the same place I'm at on the other device.... Rant trygstad 2010-07-20T16:11:57-06:00 http://www.trygstad.org/blog/archives/000203.html After all of these years I am still, quite unquestionably, a BAND GEEK. When I am teaching classes my notebook PC spends a lot of time hooked up to LCD projectors in classroom. I extend my desktop onto the... Music trygstad 2010-07-18T10:07:12-06:00 http://www.trygstad.org/blog/archives/000202.html This is my version of John Walkenbach: What I Do which is HIS version of Cory Doctorow: What I Do. Tools I use to do my job: Hardware: Notebook: Dell Precision M6400 with Intel Core 2 Duo, 8GB RAM, one... InfoTech trygstad 2010-07-07T22:18:43-06:00 http://www.trygstad.org/blog/archives/000201.html "Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." —George Orwell... Personal trygstad 2010-07-07T11:47:50-06:00 http://www.trygstad.org/blog/archives/000200.html In 1894, American folk poet Sam Walter Foss penned a poem called “The Coming American”, and the first stanza goes like this: Bring me men to match my mountains; Bring me men to match my plains, Men with empires in... Scouts trygstad 2010-02-22T19:49:31-06:00 http://www.trygstad.org/blog/archives/000199.html Andrew Trygstad performs The Christmas Shoes and Let It Snow, in concert with the Naperville Men's Glee Club in the sanctuary of Wesley United Methodist Church, Naperville, Illinois. December 8, 2007 and December 9, 2007. You should turn your volume... Music trygstad 2009-12-15T11:26:28-06:00 http://www.trygstad.org/blog/archives/000198.html Andrew Trygstad performs “The Contest” as Signor Adolfo Pirelli in the Actor's Theater Company Production of Sweeney Todd. Chicago, June 21, 2008 I am Adolfo Pirelli Da king of da barbers, da barber of kings E buon giorno, good day,... Fun trygstad 2009-12-14T15:37:38-06:00 http://www.trygstad.org/blog/archives/000197.html Fun trygstad 2009-12-14T12:58:19-06:00 http://www.trygstad.org/blog/archives/000196.html A Life on the Ocean WaveBy Epes Sargent A Life on the Ocean Wave, a home on the rolling deep, Where the scattered waters rave and the winds their revels keep Like an eagle caged I pine on this dull... Navy trygstad 2009-12-05T13:43:27-06:00 http://www.trygstad.org/blog/archives/000195.html Bring justice to our land, that all may dwell secure, and finely build for days to come foundations that endure. Bring to our world of strife thy sovereign word of peace, that war may haunt the earth no more, and... Rant trygstad 2009-11-29T14:12:12-06:00 http://www.trygstad.org/blog/archives/000194.html John Walkenbach (once mistakenly called Jay Walkenbush in this blog) posted my commenter interview on his blog today, one in a series of many highlighting the regular commenters. Maybe someday I'll get ambitious and rebuild commenting on this blog.... Personal trygstad 2009-11-26T16:33:35-06:00 http://www.trygstad.org/blog/archives/000193.html visited 32 states (14.2%)Create your own visited map of The World... Personal trygstad 2009-11-26T16:31:55-06:00 http://www.trygstad.org/blog/archives/000192.html Looking south at the Stiklestad Church, Stiklestad, Norway (Photo courtesy of WikiMedia) Recently I discovered that the place where my last name came from no longer exists--literally. Here's the back story: on the 25th of February, 1827 Andreas Gunderson was... Family trygstad 2009-11-15T15:11:23-06:00 http://www.trygstad.org/blog/archives/000191.html Today is Trinity Sunday, and the scripture lessons are chosen to illustrate the nature of the Trinity. But our Gospel lesson is really sort of just a cracking good story. Since I'm not a theologian, at least not a professional... Personal trygstad 2009-06-07T13:29:41-06:00 http://www.trygstad.org/blog/archives/000190.html It seems like an awful lot of my blogging these days is comments on other blogs. Recently Slashdot had a discussion on The Case For Working With Your Hands. The following was my response: One of the serious concerns of... Academia trygstad 2009-05-24T10:55:11-06:00