I've found that mowing can often lead my mind to wander to interesting places. I sometimes experience this when I'm driving and don't have the radio on. Today I had a bit of a revelation in the self-awareness department. Something I stress…
Is it possible to feel nostalgia for something you've never experienced? Such is the conundrum I'm left with after taking the kids to see Cars yesterday. As with just about every Pixar movie it was pretty good. I'm looking forward to seeing it again…
In the transition to OS X for my work laptop I've found one thing that's been kind of annoying. No Putty! Putty is great for managing SSH and Telnet sessions on the Windows side. On OS X I was happy with Terminal but it has no…
I finally convinced my company to get me a Macbook to replace my aging Emachine laptop. The Emachine's done well but I've been having screen flickering problems. So, we went to Macmall to place the order as they are advertising a $75 rebate. We declined the…
Not been posting much lately. That's mainly because I've been fighting with the M3. I've been having a bit of an overheating problem. So far I've replaced a fuse, the front auxilary fan and now the coolant. I doubt the coolant will…
Silicon Graphics has entered bankruptcy. I used to have a...perverse desire for an SGI workstation. Of course, SGI boxes have always been made of unobtanium. So, in my early days of being paid to do this thing called computing I would take every opportunity to drool over them. I…
This is a bit of an experiment but I'm going to try to create a sort of wishlist for iTunes by simply linking albums or songs I like. So here goes... Tim Reynolds Bela Fleck…
I have memories of Memorial Stadium in the summer, growing up. I can remember sitting on the 3rd base line, about 20, maybe 30 rows up from the dugout. Almost all of the times it was with my Dad. He'd score the game and I'm sure…