My mother had some kind of reaction to the chemotherapy and has been incoherent for the last sevveral days, and had trouble breathing Wednesday night and has been moved to the ICU. Otherwise, nothing new to report. So It thought I'd focus instead on something related to her, but not as somber ( Read more... )

After verifying that the computer was working after The Ferocious Microsoft Incident, I spilled ice tea all over it. I know some got in the vents, because I turned it upside down to shake liquid out. Only a little drained out, so maybe it wasn't much, but I have it unplugged and upside down right now. Later, if we have some alcohol, I'll think ( Read more... )

So, I've been having a problem with the new desktop computer recently. Five days or so ago, Microsoft pushed an update my way. A day or two later, I had incidents where the computer would hang for anywhere from 15 minutes to several hours, perhaps forever, but I would force a reboot... and usually get the same problem within about an hour. It was a ( Read more... )

One thing I've been wondering lately: who are the equivalents of Huell Howser for other states or regions ( Read more... )

I have two cousins who, not long ago, got into the new Doctor Who, and then discovered that the show had been going on for a a few more years than they thought, and kind of balked at the huge backlog of stuff to watch. But obviously, you don’t need to watch every single episode, because not all of them were great, and even the good ones are ( Read more... )

Parents of adult children, attention ( Read more... )

I'm a pretty anti-commercial guy. Not in the sense that I boycott mass-products products and make all my own clothing out of hemp. But I hate being sold to. I hate intrusive ads ( Read more... )

So, my mom gave me a couple simple presents, like a neck pillow that turns into a pillow for your tablet. But also, an R2D2 candy dispenser than makes R2D2 sounds ( Read more... )

"I have been BLOGGING ( Read more... )

The update from when my plans went awry: I went digging through a bunch of boxes and found a USB wireless adapter, which I figured would let me connect the new computer to the network without having to move it next to the old computer and make that space all crowded and stuff ( Read more... )