Today, I procured two blue LED tubes for Megs car, as well as wire and rocker switches. 90 minutes of work later, I had everything soldered and installed in her car. The cabin footwells now glow blue to match her stereo.


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This is my colleague, Chuck McQuarry. Enjoy!

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Cross-posted specifically for Zula, The White Grace Jones.

There’s nothing more frustrating than sitting down and making time to run updates for one’s site, only to find out that wordpress is melting down because it says that this latest version of wordpress requires a newer version of MySQL. So you log into your web host’s portal. You check one server, which should be the correct server. Its running SQL 5 ( Read more... )

So that spiffy set of Logitech portable speakers I own. Yes, the ones with the battery pack. They no longer hold a charge. I unplug them, they shut right off. Annoying to say the least. So, I did some digging. The internet did its job and supplied lots of complainers. Interestingly, they were telling me that they were all yelling at a computer ( Read more... )

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As some of you may or may not know, I picked up Borderlands on a fluke, when it first came out. Like everyone else, I was shocked at how good it was, and then spent hours sucked into the original game as well as the expansion packs. Recently, Borderlands shipped for the Mac. Of course, we know this means I picked it up. Its one of my favourite ( Read more... )

Ah yes. There was a time when I could be called a prolific user of online media distribution services. Now, I find that I read what others post, more than I post myself. Go figure. Besides, life is full of all kinds of adventure. I find that I work, sleep, and conquer the daily life, more than anything else.

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Life moves pretty quick. If you dont pay attention, you’ll forget to blog about it.

Lots has happened in the last month. Meg and I have gotten the house mostly squared away. We have laundry services, we have the nerd cave set up. The grill is on the back porch, and tiki torches are installed. We’ve even had one family dinner, and a thanksgiving ( Read more... )

Okay, so I realize I should have written something ages ago. Yeah, I kinda didnt post at all during October. Whoops. Well, October was a busy month. Here’s why.

To recap, I bought a house. Or rather I bought a house with M. Or even possibly, she bought a house with me. Point is, we’re homeowners. It was a seriously complicated kinda thing, but we ( Read more... )