Kelly's Twits

Hindsight: Views on the Iraq War

Warning: the following is my current opinion. As my sagely nephew often says, Opinions are like a$$holes… Continue reading Hindsight: Views on the Iraq War

This guy is nuts…but what if…?

There is a guy currently in jail in New York for the crime of making too much money too quickly on the stock market. He started with $800 and, in two weeks, had a stock portfolio worth over $350 million. He did this on in a mere 126 trades, every single one of them successful. Continue reading This guy is nuts…but what if…?

I R a Geeneus…

You may recall that I was lamenting earlier this week that several of my news feeds had choked and died. I don’t give up easily… Continue reading I R a Geeneus…

Server 99% rebuilt

Its official: the new server hardware for this site is now in place!

My apologies for the sporadic availability of this site during the last few days. All three of you are probably incensed :-) But as with any upgrade of this type involving hobbiest hardware and configurations, it wasn’t smooth.

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Site stability…

The website has been down quite a bit today. I’m installing upgrades and, as is often the case with such things, it hasn’t gone perfectly

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Darn news feeds…

Half of the “stuff” on my site seemed to break all in one weekend. And it wasn’t even my fault!

I’m referring to the newsfeeds I have here. Two of them died- my Google news (top of the page) and Slashdot (formerly lower left of the main page).

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Have you ever tried…

…to medicate seven sick cats? Two of which, in addition to needing antibiotics, also need forced fluids and feeding?

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Sick cats, sick me…

The little cat Irene brought home seems to have been a feline version of Typhoid Mary. She came complete with some sort of upper respiratory tract infection that has spread through our other cats. Continue reading Sick cats, sick me…