Accelerando: asking my favorite question
I have always liked science fiction. One of the first books I read after "Clifford the Dog" were some old Tom Swift books...then on to Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlan, Arthur…
My web server has a flower…
I finally got that new heat sink for my server this afternoon. I shut the box down for an hour or two while I installed and tested to make sure…
Worst. Movie. Ever.
Its been one of those days...not much I want to do, not much I have to do. So, I tuned in a movie on one of the "free" movie channels.…
Smokin’ hot CPU
We had a power failure today at our house while I was at work. When I got home I restarted my web server and it ran for about a minute…
Lest we forget…hug a veteran!
Tomorrow is Remembrance Day. I'm more or less anti-war, pro-peace. But I have a ton of respect for people who serve their country and put themselves in harms way. I'm…
Blog timetravel…or when timestamps collide
I just spent fifteen minutes or so trying to figure out why a blog post I edited here disappeared. Apparently, between my blog editor (Ecto) and my blog software (Wordpress),…
Tom’s Hardware/Den Guru 2005 Holiday Buyers guide…and more of Teresa
I visit the Tom's Hardware site periodically for computer hardware reviews. But they've spun off some related sites recently, including one called "Den Guru" that focuses on home electronics. Den…
I’m baaack…
My various websites have been off line this weekend. And so have I...no EverQuest 2 for me, and no logging in to the office to do my work. Telus dropped…
Teresa Noreen- whats she up to now?
I previously posted about Teresa Noreen's entry in the Antonia Bayle look-alike contest for EverQuest. She didn't get selected, but it seems like Teresa's modelling career didn't suffer for the…
I’ve been touched by his noodly appendage!
Kansas has enacted new laws to permit instruction in "Intelligent Design" (I.E. God created Earth and all life 6,000 years ago...) in schools. At first, I was horrified by this:…