We're doing a refinance (thanks, Greece), and there's some irony that they're asking for full financial documents this time around. When we bought the house? "Oh, you have a job? Good, that's enough." Little wonder everything exploded ( Read more... )

I need to move my/our server back to sandwich soon. I'm sure it'll take the opportunity to break ( Read more... )

I think I need to start trying to do creative things again.

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I went out on Saturday to take nekosensei to her wine-quaffing event, which was held in Lilacia Park. It was kind of the end of the season for the plants there, but I was able to take one or two acceptable pictures anyway:


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(ah, my poor, unloved Livejournal...)

So, now that at long last Apple has released new MacBook Pros, sabi is finally getting a new laptop and I am buying his old one for my sister. I'd been using her Apple Cinema HD display on my MacBook and, now that she'll be getting a computer capable of driving it again, I need to return it. I was thinking it ( Read more... )

Yesterday, we watched intently as our politicians somehow managed to accomplish something.

And we drank tea.

Dear Politicians,

I have adequate insurance, but I still find the whole health-care debacle unnerving and depressing.
I can only imagine what it's like for those who don't.

Can you idiots please work something out?

Thanks,

doomsey

The downside of my new office layout is that the cat jumps onto the desk.

In front of the monitor.

Repeatedly.

Hi, cat.

(casually picking the fuzz off the screen)

When connecting a microcontroller evaluation board with its own power supply to an ungrounded, AC-powered, transformerless device, unplugging it live and breaking the ground connection before the signal connection is a Really Bad Idea.

So much for that evaluation board, off to get another!

I traded my dell fp2001 for a cinema hd display (good for everyone - my sister couldn't use it because it's DVI only, and the fp2001 wasn't doing me much good because it wasn't as nice as my beastly CRT).

and I rearranged some and got rid of the linux machine and the horribly-flaky kvm and hid the laptops in the desk.


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During my trip last week, my boss asked me what my hobbies were.
and I realized I don't have any clue.

do I even have hobbies ( Read more... )