I guess, given that it’s 2005, I can’t really call it an experiment, but it’s new to me, therefore experimental. We recently purchased a new computer to replace our 1998 vintage Gateway (AMD K6) and I decided that what I needed was another project. The project is to install FreeBSD onto the Gateway and use …
Monthly Archives: November 2005
$870,000.00
For the last few months, a developer has been bulding a twelve-home subdivision down the road a bit. They have signs up advertising them for “from the high 700’s” and we’d been meaning to mosey down and take a tour, just to see what a house of that price looks like. Very impressive, although it’s …
Flying Spaghetti Monster Plush Doll
From the Pandas Thumb. There is a plush Flying Spaghetti Monster for sale on Ebay. You’ve got three days, ten hours from this post to bid on it.
Gross Irregularity in Harry Potter Film
Seven days until Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire hits the theaters. I was poking around in the internet movie database and discovered a shocking irregularity. Spoilers follow! In this studio still from the filming, you will see the names on the tombstone where Harry is used to bring Volemort back to his mortal …
The Joys!
The Joys of Home Ownership. I think this may become a recurring series. Today’s fun fiasco was the cause of much rejoicing, let me tell you. Item A: Whoever designed our bathroom floor was a foolish person. They did not understand the cardinal rule of hydrology: “Water flows downhill.” If/When we redesign our bathroom, we …
NY Times' Bitch
Sometimes I feel like I’m the NY Times’ Bitch because so many of the leads I get for blog postings comes directly from their online news service. For example! Today they have an article about…Bird Flu [ominous music, kettle drums, etc]. Specifically about some questions raised by researchers into the 1918 Influenze epidemic that killed …