<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="en"><title>Latest entries from www.leastbest.com</title><rights>Copyright 2009 www.leastbest.com</rights><subtitle></subtitle><author><name></name></author><updated>2009-11-05T01:00:00Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.leastbest.com/index.rss"/><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2009:1</id><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2009-10-24:links.412188054</id><title>ThumbTacks Micro-Microphone</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/thumbtacks_micromicrophone.htm"><![CDATA[I love my Ipod Touch.I have hundreds of photos, thousands of songs, full length movies, tv shows and applications on it.&nbsp;One thing that has frustrated me is that unlike the Iphone the Touch has no camera or microphone. &nbsp;I carry a camera (pl]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/thumbtacks_micromicrophone.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2009-10-24T20:33:00Z</updated><published>2009-10-24T20:33:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2009-10-19:links.412186959</id><title>Twitter, Facebook and Social Networking</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/twitter_facebook_and_social_networking.htm"><![CDATA[I&#39;ve given up on Twitter. &nbsp;I found the concept interesting but the spammers got involved and would get ten new followers a day that were just porn sites. &nbsp;I stopped posting there but still use it to keep track of interesting people like]]></content><dc:subject>photos</dc:subject><dc:subject>high</dc:subject><dc:subject>school</dc:subject><dc:subject>facebook</dc:subject><dc:subject>twitter</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/twitter_facebook_and_social_networking.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2009-10-19T05:00:00Z</updated><published>2009-10-19T05:00:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2009-10-18:links.412186958</id><title>The Sabbatical is Over</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/the_sabbatical_is_over.htm"><![CDATA[I am back and this blog will once again become active. &nbsp;A lot has been going on.At work I&#39;ve transferred back to Elyria after being in Middleburg Heights for twenty years. &nbsp;I&#39;ve lost a couple friends this year and I can feel change]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/the_sabbatical_is_over.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2009-10-18T16:14:00Z</updated><published>2009-10-18T16:14:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2009-04-27:links.412166650</id><title>Lithops and Spring</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/lithops_and_spring.htm"><![CDATA[Anyone who knows me or knows this blog knows I love succulents. &nbsp;But my true love is the Lithop. &nbsp;I&#39;ve written about them before so rather that repeat myself go HERE or HERE.I pulled out all of my Lithops for the first time today after]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/lithops_and_spring.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2009-04-27T04:35:00Z</updated><published>2009-04-27T04:35:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2009-04-20:links.412165168</id><title>Money and Awareness</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/money_and_awareness.htm"><![CDATA[As I prepare to transition into retirement (in a couple of years) I&#39;ve been looking at my financial situation. &nbsp;The economy is bad but my job pays well and I&#39;m secure now that I&#39;m in my thirty-fifth year.I&#39;ve been using Quicken f]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/money_and_awareness.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2009-04-20T04:05:00Z</updated><published>2009-04-20T04:05:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2009-04-07:links.412162556</id><title>Twitter</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/twitter.htm"><![CDATA[I have been working some horrible hours lately. &nbsp;It is worse than the Christmas Peak. &nbsp;That is part of the reason that I&#39;ve been neglecting this blog. &nbsp;I&#39;ve signed up with Twitter to mini-blog.I&#39;m going to try doing Twitte]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/twitter.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2009-04-07T11:34:00Z</updated><published>2009-04-07T11:34:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2009-03-18:links.412158658</id><title>Great Poker App for the Ipod Touch</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/great_poker_app_for_the_ipod_touch.htm"><![CDATA[I play a lot of poker.&nbsp; When I play with friends we often need a real poker application like Tim&#39;s Tourney Timer .&nbsp; The timer keeps track of blinds and breaks.&nbsp; It does everything I need.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/great_poker_app_for_the_ipod_touch.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2009-03-18T05:00:00Z</updated><published>2009-03-18T05:00:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2009-03-17:links.412158656</id><title>Videora for the Ipod Touch</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/videora_for_the_ipod_touch.htm"><![CDATA[When I first got the Ipod Touch I put photographs and music on it.&nbsp; I wanted to do more but couldn&#39;t find an easy way to do some of it.&nbsp; Movies were a bit frustrating as you had to convert and transfer them from the dvd.&nbsp; Then I fo]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/videora_for_the_ipod_touch.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2009-03-17T05:00:00Z</updated><published>2009-03-17T05:00:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2009-03-15:links.412158652</id><title>Ipod Touch (2nd Gen)</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/ipod_touch.htm"><![CDATA[I&#39;ve been using PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) for a long time. &nbsp;I have a lot of interests and they help me keep things straight. &nbsp;I started with the Sony Clie and it was okay for it&#39;s time but rather limited. &nbsp;]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/ipod_touch.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2009-03-15T11:26:00Z</updated><published>2009-03-15T11:26:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2009-03-06:links.412156451</id><title>Snooks Eaglin Passes</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/snooks_eaglin_passes.htm"><![CDATA[Video: Snooks Eaglin remembered]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/snooks_eaglin_passes.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2009-03-06T05:00:00Z</updated><published>2009-03-06T05:00:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2009-01-26:links.412150150</id><title>Alkaline Earth Metals Rap</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/alkaline_earth_metals_rap_1.htm"><![CDATA[My lovely daughter Jessica needed to do a project for her chemistry class.&nbsp; She decided to do a rap video with her friend Chelsea.&nbsp; She already had some experience using Adobe Premiere Elements and did it all using the video function on our]]></content><dc:subject>daughter</dc:subject><dc:subject>youtube</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/alkaline_earth_metals_rap_1.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2009-01-26T02:55:00Z</updated><published>2009-01-26T02:55:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2008-11-16:links.412139325</id><title>Geoff Muldaur Again</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/geoff_muldaur_again.htm"><![CDATA[I saw Geoff Muldaur back in May and his playing has been on my mind ever since. &nbsp;Because of him I stepped back from the banjo and have been playing a lot of guitar.I found this video of him playing and I had to share it. &nbsp;Listen to the whol]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/geoff_muldaur_again.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2008-11-16T09:12:00Z</updated><published>2008-11-16T09:12:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2008-10-13:links.412133200</id><title>Echeveria Nudulosa Flowers</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/echeveria_nudulosa_flowers.htm"><![CDATA[It is the end of the season for my succulents so this will probably be the last post about them until Spring.&nbsp; I&#39;ve been getting them ready for winter and transitioning my energy towards other passions.&nbsp;]]></content><dc:subject>succulents</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/echeveria_nudulosa_flowers.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2008-10-13T05:00:00Z</updated><published>2008-10-13T05:00:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2008-10-12:links.412133147</id><title>Pictures</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/pictures.htm"><![CDATA[One of the things that has kept me busy is organizing photographs.&nbsp; Since I am the one doing genealogy and family history I have inherited boxes upon boxes of photographs.&nbsp; I&#39;ve decided that it really isn&#39;t fair that I keep them to]]></content><dc:subject>pictures</dc:subject><dc:subject>memories</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/pictures.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2008-10-12T07:28:00Z</updated><published>2008-10-12T07:28:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2008-10-11:links.412133123</id><title>Been Busy But I&apos;m Back</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/been_busy_but_im_back.htm"><![CDATA[I&#39;ve been incredibly busy and neglecting this blog so expect a flurry of posts.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/been_busy_but_im_back.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2008-10-11T02:25:00Z</updated><published>2008-10-11T02:25:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2008-09-03:links.412125791</id><title>Tigers Jaw</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/tigers_jaw.htm"><![CDATA[Faucaria tigrina is one of the more interesting succulents.&nbsp; It has rosettes of triangular leaves with pointed fleshy parts, making them look like open jaws.&nbsp; It is one neat looking plant.&nbsp; Mine is nice and pink whereas most of the Tig]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/tigers_jaw.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2008-09-03T05:00:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-03T05:00:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2008-09-02:links.412125785</id><title>Aging and My Watch</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/aging_and_my_watch.htm"><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I turned fifty-two a couple weeks ago and overall aging doesn&#39;t bother me.&nbsp; The only real downside that I&#39;ve found is my eyesight.&nbsp; Around forty-five I suddenly couldn&#39;t see close-up.&nbsp; I]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/aging_and_my_watch.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2008-09-02T05:00:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-02T05:00:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2008-09-01:links.412122715</id><title>Hobbit&apos;s Pipe</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/hobbits_pipe.htm"><![CDATA[Back in the beginning of August, A Succulent Obsession  had a photograph of Crassula Gollum that I found fascinating.&nbsp; I had never seen one before.&nbsp; On the site they called it Coral but I&#39;ve seen it called Hobbit&#39;s Pipe after JRR To]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/hobbits_pipe.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2008-09-01T05:00:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-01T05:00:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2008-08-31:links.412125775</id><title>Variegated Jade</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/variegated_jade.htm"><![CDATA[I wrote a few days ago about my Jade Plant .&nbsp; Jades are beautiful in their deep rich greens.&nbsp; There are many varieties of Jade so I started collecting and propagating some of them.&nbsp; I found a variegated Jade (crassula ovata variegata)]]></content><dc:subject>jade</dc:subject><dc:subject>succulent</dc:subject><dc:subject>variegated</dc:subject><dc:subject>crassula</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/variegated_jade.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2008-08-31T05:00:00Z</updated><published>2008-08-31T05:00:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2008-08-30:links.412125772</id><title>Memories of the Vegetable Guy</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/memories_of_the_vegetable_guy.htm"><![CDATA[When I was a kid there used to be a guy who would come down the street with a cart selling vegetables.&nbsp; He was always smiling, always friendly.&nbsp; Whenever we saw him coming all the kids would come out and walk with him as he told jokes or sm]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/memories_of_the_vegetable_guy.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2008-08-30T15:01:00Z</updated><published>2008-08-30T15:01:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2008-08-29:links.412125451</id><title>Echeveria Nudulosa</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/echeveria_nudulosa.htm"><![CDATA[Now this is a great succulent and a real attention getter. Beautiful thick leaves with rich maroon streaks throughout and outlining the leaves. I just got it and it&#39;s going to be a nice addiction. I plan to display this in a simple terracotta con]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/echeveria_nudulosa.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2008-08-29T01:42:00Z</updated><published>2008-08-29T01:42:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2008-08-27:links.412124423</id><title>Jade Plant</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/jade_plant.htm"><![CDATA[Crassula ovata is probably the most common houseplant of all the succulents.  It&#39;s also known as Friendship Tree.  I&#39;ve heard people call it Money Tree but that plant is actually  Pachira aquatica.Jades have rich green leaves and are great fo]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/jade_plant.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2008-08-27T05:00:00Z</updated><published>2008-08-27T05:00:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2008-08-16:links.412122617</id><title>Computer Whiz Kid</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/computer_whiz_kid.htm"><![CDATA[&nbsp;The company I work for, ETDS (Earth-Toned Delivery Service), used to have an internal magazine called The Big Idea.&nbsp; Back in 1984 they did an article on me and my computer.&nbsp; Back then I was a serious computer geek with a power machine]]></content><dc:subject>computer</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/computer_whiz_kid.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2008-08-16T03:23:00Z</updated><published>2008-08-16T03:23:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2008-08-14:links.412122191</id><title>Coral Cactus in Perspective</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/coral_cactus_in_perspective.htm"><![CDATA[One of the blogs I&#39;ve been reading about succulents is A Succulent Obsession .&nbsp; I&#39;m very impressed with the photographs on the site and I&#39;ve been trying to take better photographs of my plants because of it.&nbsp; One of the mistakes]]></content><dc:subject>plants</dc:subject><dc:subject>succulents</dc:subject><dc:subject>cacti</dc:subject><dc:subject>photography</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/coral_cactus_in_perspective.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2008-08-14T17:05:00Z</updated><published>2008-08-14T17:05:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2008-08-13:links.412116144</id><title>Coral Cactus</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/coral_cactus.htm"><![CDATA[People who know me know that I love succulents.&nbsp; Many times at work or on a special occasion someone will give me a cutting or a full plant in a container.&nbsp; Lately I&#39;ve been the recipient of odd plants and plants that are near death.&nb]]></content><dc:subject>succulent</dc:subject><dc:subject>cacti</dc:subject><dc:subject>photography</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/coral_cactus.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2008-08-13T16:01:00Z</updated><published>2008-08-13T16:01:00Z</published></entry></feed>