I'm looking at getting a new tent for going car camping this summer.  I have a "3 man" tent, which can fit a double air mattress inside with a tiny amount of space on each side, but my head and feet push up against the ends.  It's fine for taking on a hike when I don't bring along the mattress, but when I'm setting up camp near the car I would ( Read more... )

Good:  My computer parts arrived!  I can build my awesome computer now ( Read more... )

I spent some time recently saving up in order to buy myself a computer upgrade.  About the only things I will be keeping are a 250GB ATA100 HD and my ATA DVD+-RW drive.  Everything else is going to be new.  A year ago I told myself that I would move to console gaming in the future, and wouldn't need a new computer for a long time.  But then I found ( Read more... )

My wife wants us to get a somewhat inexpensive laptop, mostly to be used during travel to surf the web, check email, and play a few games.  I was thinking something with an NVidia 8400G or GS, or ideally a 8600GT.  Screen of 14.1" or 15.4", 1 GB RAM (2 is nice, not necessary), 80-120GB HD, CD-RW/DVD-ROM is fine, etc.  Expected games to be played ( Read more... )

my weekend has been fairly productive.  Yesterday I ran around doing a few errands - picked up some pellets for the baby bunnies, picked up our reel lawnmower for my wife, grabbed some old SCSI gear from Cal's Computer Warehouse.  Set the deck height on the mower so that it might work in our bumpy yard, and went to an art show to hear my old piano ( Read more... )

Today I took the day off of work (vacation) because I had two doctor's appointments that were scheduled annoyingly enough that I would spend about 3 hours at work, 1.5 hours at the doctor's office, and 3 hours driving back-and-forth across town.  "Screw that," said I ( Read more... )

Oh good, The Edge's question for 2007 has been released:  What are you optimistic about?

Read the 180 answers from a number of intellectuals across many different fields.  There's responses from all kinds of people you may or may not have heard about:  Brian Eno, Richard Dawkins, Ray Kurzweil, Larry Sanger, etc.  It's good reading, and it goes on ( Read more... )

Friday evening:  watched some TV with the bunnies (whilst they zoomed around on the carpet, and begged for treats), and then played Pirates!  I'm the dread pirate Boudicca, starting off as a French buccaneer in 1600 (there's fewer settlements around, which makes it somewhat trickier) on Adventurer level.

Saturday morning:  woke up, fed the bunnies, ( Read more... )

Which, I suppose, is better than everybody's working ON the weekend.  I hope that you aren't, because I'm not.  At least, I'm not going to be getting paid for anything that I'm doing.

No, my weekend plans are very exciting!  They consist of:

• leaving work early today to meet with the wife & lawyer to write up our wills
• cleaning the house on Saturday, ( Read more... )

For Gandalf and Boudicca, it's shedding time again, and that means we need to keep a close eye on Boudicca.  For a tiny bunny with a tiny stomach, she sheds so much hair that inevitably she will get some stuck in her stomach.  Last night I let those two out to run, and after being cheery and upbeat for an hour, she went and sat in the corner with a ( Read more... )