I know this post is technically going out on the 27th, but I’m backdating it.

Tonight I had to re-write my recently created DUI.system, because the hard drive it lived on crashed, and I didn’t have a copy of it on a second drive. I don’t know how many times I’ve told people not to trust external drives as the keeper of their primary (or only) copy ( Read more... )

I know several things went well today, I’m just going to harp on what went wrong:

• Truck needs an oil change/transmission fluid/pretty much every fluid change.
• One of the big 5-drawer tool chests is pretty banged up. Waiting ’till above is done to return. Hopefully tomorrow.
• 4 trips to Lowe’s today, got almost all I needed through process of ( Read more... )

Bad luck wind been blowin’ on my back
I was born to bring trouble wherever I’m at

- Danzig, 13

Some days, you look for a fight. Other days, fights look for you.

I took Indy and Bosceaux to the new dog park in City Park today. To make a short story shorter, Indy decided to pick a fight with a Great Dane (a fight Indy was winning, I’d like to point ( Read more... )

I hate taggers. Speaking in broad generalizations, I think taggers just a group of people who, unable to make their mark on the world, decide the next best step is to write their pseudonym in permanent marker on other people’s property. It’s juvenile and immature, and shows a distinct lack of respect for others. I’m sure I know some people who do ( Read more... )

While upgrading the system software on the crackberry this morning, it decided to wipe out all my contacts.

So if you are so inclined, please send you phone number along to me. Thanks.

Originally published at Prosthetically Hip. Please leave any comments there.

The other day, the server I share with the other bicycle/computer nerd Will (yes, there are two of us) went down.

I called my friend Paul who basically runs the datacenter the box lives in to give him a heads up I’d be heading over. Paul was already having a rough work day, but still carved out a little time to help me out - thanks again P.

Anyways ( Read more... )