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I recently for use as a writing aid when off in the middle of nowhere. It came with some form of Windows 7 on it which, I have to admit, did not provide a great experience. Let me tell you … Continue reading →

Well, today started a a couple hours earlier than I expected when the power went out (about 6:10AM). My phone was plugged in to the charger and it chirped a couple of times to let me know that charging had … Continue reading →

What is it about some people that they actually spend money on domains to simply run gag web sites? I mean, why, exactly, would anyone spend money to put up www.yetanotheruselesswebsite.com? Or www.chmod000.com? Or any number of other equally inane … Continue reading →

I’ve been playing a solitaire game known as Spider on and off for more than a decade. I was convinced it was not possible to win the game by any human means for a long time. In all the time, … Continue reading →

We had our bi-annual conference at Lexi.NET on Friday followed by the annual Guy Fawkes bonfire on Saturday. Seems like it was a smashing success. We had a number of guest speakers come in, some of whom are blogger types. … Continue reading →

My telephone rang this morning at about 7:30 which caused me to grumble a bit before I answered it. It was Mom calling to inform me that her father had passed away this morning. This news did not come as … Continue reading →

I think I must have offended the karma gods at some point. That’s the only thing I can think of to explain the run of inconvenient and just plain bad things that have been going on. First, Windows Server 2003 … Continue reading →

I’ve been watching Jericho this season. So far, after 5 episodes, this is what I think of it. I have taken no pains to avoid spoilers. Continue reading →

Well, it’s that time again. The time where I futz around with the way my server is configured. This time, I’m switching everything to virtual machines running in VMWare. If that sounds familiar, that’s because I tried this before using … Continue reading →

What a traffic jam this evening. Warning: coarse language. Continue reading →