Geez, its been forever since I posted ( Read more... )

Well, something happened in the neighborhood and it was on the news, so I thought I'd post the clip.

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I went and picked up my LCD last week and was very excited to finally have it, but when I plugged it in it had a column defect (bright blue line all the way down the middle!), so I had to get it replaced. I should pick it up tomorrow morning. I also decided I should get rid of my other CRT monitor (17", in the closet attached to my server box), ( Read more... )

I decided that its time I head back to Seattle to hang out with some friends. I also decided that I need to go back to Nebraska to see some family and friends, since I haven't been back for two years now. So... San Diego to Seattle, Nov 7-12. Nebraska, Nov 25-28 ( Read more... )

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The only thing god provides is a layer between you and the unknown. He provides no answers and offers no insight on how to question the universe ( Read more... )

I talked to the president of the SDAA today and he said he'd write me in on the board meeting on the 9th of Sept.  That gives me a little over a week to polish it up.  If anyone wants to take a look at what I'm presenting, heres the link:  www.lordsofcyberspace.com/astronomy/   It's about as good of a Design Document as I can make for such a thing ( Read more... )

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After work I went over to Home Depot and picked up everything.  A steel right angle square, miter box w/ saw, an extra wood saw, a pair of work gloves, a 4' aluminum level, two boxes of screws, and 17 pieces of 1"x2"x8' wood.  The total was just shy of $100, funny how the tools are 2x as expensive as the materials!  Another funny thing I noticed, ( Read more... )

I finally heard back from some people in the SDAA who handle approving changes & expansions to pads.  I am a GO for doing the 'first step', which is constructing a wooden frame on the pad out of 1"x2"s and leaving it up for at least 30 days.  I'll also take pictures of the frame to use when I submit the actual request to the board so they can see ( Read more... )