4
August
2008
theres-a-storm-comin-and-wed-all-best-be-ready-when-she-does
The tropical storm known as Edouard (that’s not a typo) is hovering off the coast of Texas/Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico and is due to hit here tomorrow. And when I say, “here,” I do mean here. Observe: That star is the location of my house. Though Edouard (I guess that sounds like “Edward,” more [...]

2
August
2008
comments
Sorry I haven’t been replying to comments – I just discovered I had them! I haven’t been getting email notifications of pre-approved comments, so I had no idea they were there til today when I had to approve a few moderated ones. I’ll get to it hopefully tomorrow. I’ve been gone all day today fixing [...]

17
May
2008
ive-officially-reached-geekdom
I just built a new PC for my daughter and I to share. I harvested an old Dell case, gutted it to get a look at the bits, ordered a new motherboard w/AMD processor, power supply, heat sink, and 2 gigs of RAM. It cost right at $150. I put it together, added a newish [...]