Asparagus is in season in Springfield, Vermont - Fancy News!

Springfield, Vermont, welcomes the Asparagus harvest at Eastman's Farm, in nearby Weathersfield Bow, Vermont!
Delicious? Oh yes, and worth the wait for a year or two while the experts at Eastman's Farm, in Weathersfield Bow allow the asparagus beds to rest and recuperate and have a chance to live out a full cycle during the beautiful Vermont growing seasons. Delicious? Yes. And going fast, better get to your favorite farm soon and buy a few bunches while they last.

In a way as delightful to encounter is the real life version of the honor system, a box and a bunch of bags ready for you to do the right thing here at Eastman's Farm, count fair, make your own change, and enjoy a bit of the past in doing so.
Es ya la temporada de asparagos, y son buenos este año - hace dos años que no hacen cosécha por ser necesario dejar descansar la pradera de asparagos. Igual de interesante es el método de compra y venta, que a la entrada de la granja preferida se verá una mesa con la cosecha del dia, tambien bolsas, y una caja para hacerse uno mismo el cambio de moneda para la compra - no hay guantes, y no hay empleado con el carnét de manipular el producto, pero todo esta aseado (dentro de lo que cabe ser granja), todo ya hecho en bultos a un peso, listos para escoger, usando el antiguo systema de honor.

Catastrophic Failure Strikes the Operations Center at www.springfieldvermont.org!

It is the sad day in Springfield, Vermont, here at the Control Center of www.springfieldvermont.org
The venerable old Mac G4 733 Mhz Digital Audio Tower that has been the primary computer for much of all this blather, seems to have experienced a final, possibly devastating, catastrophic failure of some internal organ or system or other complex tissue. Changing the little 2150 1/2 AA battery had no effect, so that it becomes more likely that the power supply itself, or some other major component, has gone to sleep forever. This is almost to be expected sooner or later in a nine year old Mac, which up until last night has been completely dependable (though more and more jiggy of late) - I wonder, how many winbox units make it this far?
The recent demise of the honored MacGuru, (a fellow former spook proficient in the MacArts) makes one chary of attempting surgery on this one alone, or of taking a chance on another older mac without guidance, so the best thing is to take this to be a sign from the gods that it is time to just plunk down for a new Mac, and be done with it - the shopping has begun at apple.com in earnest and it feels very self-indulgent and excessive in this era of declines in art sales.
In June, and again in August, there are going to be announcements or releases that may make a difference, so it behooves the Mac shopper to wait a few weeks, hmmm.

Update - the new Mac is about to arrive, the online tracking thing indicates that it is on a Fedex truck and nearby, and all is ready for the un-boxing. The new baby is a brand spankin' new Mac Pro, purchased online, welcome to the twentifirst century!


Jolin, se me ha muerto el viejo amigo, el Mac de siempre, un ejemplar del anyo 2000, el llamado G4 733 Mhz Digital Audio PPC, que ha sido Feroz y Valiente.
No quiere despertar!, y, tocando su boton magico da apenas una luz febril - pero sin empezar a despertar y lanzar su sonido de "bong!" Vaya pena, pero ha servido casi diez anyos y ya esto debe ser un mensaje enviado de los dioses, una senyal de que es hora de comprar un mac nuevo por fin. Y por primera vez en tanto tiempo tambien, cuanto lio es ir de compras!
La tienda de apple.com es una tienda de golosinas, es dificil escoger, pero lo mas probable es encontrar una ganga comprando un Mac Pro en la parte de "Refurbished", donde la casa Apple vende de nuevo ordenadores que han sido devueltos por diferentes razones. Los revisan, haciendo lo necesario para componerlos bien incluso con todo lo que se espera de una compra de un articulo o sistema nuevo, y los venden con la misma garantia que dan con ordenadores nuevos. Ó compro un Mac Pro asi, ó compro un iMac nou con "graphics card" 4850 - y prou.

dia 24 de Junio - asi estim, esperando la llegada en cualseból minut del nuevo Mac Pro, un mac-ote formidable, no puedo con la anticipación, debo tomar mas café ...

Digging to fine-tune the electric traffic signals in Downtown Springfield, Vermont, fails to alleviate chronic beep.

Could it really be?
Did the recent excavation in the middle of Main Street in Sunny Downtown Springfield, Vermont, really accomplish a neat fix in the electronic traffic signal system by removing left-over "rebar" that had allegedly been left by the contractors and/or by Springfield's Other Finest in the rush to complete the intersection? Or in fact was the removal of ancient rail ties the primary object of the dig?
Either way, there has been no improvement in the incessantly monotonous beep in the traffic control system, the now famous undifferentiated, continuous beep which was obviously designed:
1) to confuse and trap the blind, and;
2) to annoy and provoke the innocent to the shear brink of madness.
Won't it be lovely to have the windows open in the Summer in Sunny Downtown Springfield, Vermont, with that unchanging beep pecking at the ear sixty one times during each and ever minute!?!
¡Pero por Dios!, - pregunto, que si será posible háyan hecho esta excavación aqui en la cruce principal de Springfield, Vermont, Hogar Oficial de los Simpsons, para resolver algún punto fino del nuevo sistema de control de movimiento de trafico. ¿Será posíble que encontrarían restos arqueológicos como vias ferroviarias, o será que símplemente sacarán lo que dejaron la semana anterior (con ganas de ya acabar con el dia), como alégan algunos chismosos.
En fín, el processo no ha tenido efecto ninguno en lo que enloquece a cada vecino - la interminable repetición del pito a cada segundo, como si fuera alguna advertencia a los ciegos, pero sin definicion cualquier que pudiese ayudar a cualquiera persona, puesto que un bip bip bip no quiere decir nada no importa quien lo oiga. Desde luego, como es que el pito no avisa de nada, sale siendo una trampa para los ciegos y una tortura a los que, a fuerzas, tienen que soportarlo.
Ya vorem, durante Verano cuando abrimos las ventanas, que tal el pito cada segundo? Jajajajajajjajaa

At Last! Immortalized in Stamps! - Fancy News from Springfield, Vermont

Yes, it's true, the Simpsons now have their very own USPS Stamps, joining the ranks of great heroes, educators, ideators, marketing geniuses, kings, queens, robber barons, and other fine luminaries, places and events. Yes, Springfield, Vermont, can be proud! Hemos aqui imagenes de los nuevos sellos postales con tema de Los Simpsons, un dia muy especial aqui en La Ciudad de las Luces, Springfield, Vermont!