Ok, today I got the NAS box I'd orderdd, along with the 4 TB drive that is going in it. (It's got room for a second, but that's *not* going to happen any time soon ( Read more... )

Saturday, I finally got a chance to head down to Free Geek with fayanora. I wanted to get some RAM for a new-to-me box I'd picked up a couple months back ( Read more... )

I frequently run into situations in online fiction (and even printed books) where the author has neglected to do some simple math, and has thus set up a situation that is embarrassingly stupid for anyone who has a feel for the numbers involved ( Read more... )

A week or three back, I finally got a chance to go back over to Fay's and try the replacement power supply in Eddore (what had been my main computer) (it's been down since at least last summer ( Read more... )

Someone on one of fayanora's sites was griping about some tranny porn. I forget whether it was just low quality, unrealistic or exploitive ( Read more... )

You scientific types will especially appreciate this ( Read more... )

Spending too much time online? Want to cut down your posts to only truly *necessary* ones?

SLEDGEHAMMER-OPERATED KEYBOARD

Ok, as I mentioned, the other day in a dram I was thinking about flying. Specifically about the sort of super-hero "think and you move thru the air" sort ( Read more... )

I spotted this at the grocery store and a quick google found the supplier...

http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/product/geyser-tube

Yep, a remote triggered Mentos/Diet Coke fountain unit. Just like the stuff they built on Myth-Busters

I got a spam in a language I don't recognize (other than suspecting it's from the India to SE Asia region.

Subject below the cut.

If anybody recognizes this, let me know, ok?
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