Daylight savings time begins
Number of clocks I had to change last night: 30! And that doesn’t include the computers, cell phones, TiVos, etc. that changed on their own! Wow.
Archive of posts filed under the misc category.
Fire up the (new) grill!
We got our very first gas grill as a wedding shower gift over 12 years ago and it served us extremely well. As part of our backyard renovation project that we started last fall (and is almost done!) we decided to finally get a new one. After shopping around and doing some research, I chose …
The age of the personal “home” page …
… has long passed, I know. These days a person’s presence on the ‘net is usually defined by a social networking profile (like Facebook, MySpace, or LinkedIn), maybe a personal blog (like this one), or a Twitter feed. Gone are the days when people crafted their own home pages, hosted by their ISPs (or places …
1234567890 Day
This is some good ol’ Unix nerdliness that really makes me smile: 1234567890 Day.
Brrrrr!
I woke up this morning and it was 38 degrees outside here in central Florida! It’s not even going to break 50 today. This is one of the coldest winters I remember since we moved down here in 2001. Yeah, okay, this is nothing compared to what’s going on up north and in the midwest, …
Server naming conventions
I found this interesting article via Slashdot this morning that explores the topic of naming computers. I don’t really remember when I started naming my machines, but I’m sure it started once I had a home network with more than one PC. I do remember that my first naming scheme was using characters from Babylon …
Inaugural panorama
Check out this incredible panoramic photo of President Barack Obama’s inauguration on Tuesday (found via Gizmodo). You can zoom in and see faces, not only of the important people behind the podium (Al Gore, the Clintons, President Bush, etc.) but of folks in the crowd. If you were there on the National Mall, you might …
Stop stealing my credit card!
This past Saturday afternoon I received an automated call from my credit card company saying that there were some suspicious charges that they wanted me to verify. The computerized voice dutifully read off the past three transactions and asked to confirm that I recognized all of them. Unfortunately, there was one I didn’t: a $1 …
100k
On my morning commute today I hit 100,000 miles on my 2003 Toyota Highlander: 100k and still going strong!
We’re #1 (and totally buzzed)!
Tampa is the “most caffeinated” city in the U.S. according to this MSNBC article. Take that, Seattle and Chicago! Now if you’ll excuse me I need to go get another cup of coffee.