Wishing a very happy birthday to racing_turtle!

Sending love to you from way up north...

Our main project server at work, a massive IBM machine implementing RAID5, just crashed two disks. We're all waiting to see what our great sysadmin can do. The last good backup of our project files was one week ago, but all of our internal docs and specs for current and new projects hasn't been backed up for six months at least. I always back ( Read more... )

I headed down to Olympia to spend another weekend with my lovely wife. It's amazing how everything is amplified when I'm with her because I get to see her only on the weekends. Every little thing we do becomes so much more cherished and important. Our time together turns into a mini-vacation. We spent our days exploring downtown Olympia, eating ( Read more... )

I'd like everyone to meet my new friend, Rex. He loves to spend lots of time in the sun, hang out in my kitchen, and eat lots of meat (specifically, annoying flying insects). Today, I came home and there was this peculiar buzzing sound coming from the kitchen. After a few minutes of confused searching, I realized that Rex was the source of the ( Read more... )

"Brianna LaHara said she was frightened to learn she was among the hundreds of people sued yesterday by giant music companies in federal courts around the country. 'I got really scared. My stomach is all turning,' Brianna said last night at the city Housing Authority apartment where she lives with her mom and her 9-year-old brother. 'I thought it ( Read more... )

( Ferret Stew pictures behind lj-cut. [Click to see] )

miss_maven recently bought a new computer and asked me for help setting up a home network for her and keth. After a much deliberation, she finally decided to go with a wireless network (even though it was a little bit more expensive to set up) to avoid having 50 feet of cable running through their apartment. I did a bit of shopping around for her and almost ( Read more... )

I had a beautiful, wonderful, idealistic weekend with my love, racing_turtle. It was full of sun, blackberry pie, Bumbershoot, making paper, playing in the garden and dancing with ferrets. Yesterday, she packed in the morning and we moved her to Olympia. Thanks to miss_maven for helping us cart stuff down there and to jpaulson for helping us find our ISP's local number for ( Read more... )

A few months ago, I bought a book on how to install, upgrade and repair home electrical systems. This weekend, I replaced my first electrical outlet without getting electrocuted. Now that I'm feeling more comfortable with it, my next project is to install outlets and lighting in the basement ( Read more... )

It's about time...Fry's Electronics Grand Opening is tomorrow!

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