Thursday, April 9, 2015
Sometimes, a cat is just a cat.
From over at Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal:
Then again, the cat may or may not be on his day off.
Monday, April 6, 2015
Week of the Broken Things
Since mid-day Sunday:
- sliced open thumb on cheese grater. Right thumb, naturally.
- a friend called to report that the car I'd sold him two years ago had burned up.
- washing machine finally died.
- at work this morning, UPS died.
- then after hastily shutting down both desktop computers, the Main Machine wouldn't re-boot.
- car shop called this afternoon saying that their brake rotor lathe was down, so my car wouldn't be ready for at least another day.
And it's only Monday. I'm not inclined to buy any lottery tickets for the next few days. Here have some appropriate music.
The only bright spot was that the Main Machine's disk drive was easily transplanted into a surplus computer and things are sort of back to normal on that front. I'm not counting on things to stay good for long, and the first order of business after that Frankenstein disk-transplant system came to life was a complete backup. As far as the rest, it's nothing that a week's healing and a few hundred dollars won't fix.
Gonna go put on some blues music now.
Saturday, April 4, 2015
Tuxachanie Trail Conquered
Sure, it took four tries spaced over seven years, but at last I've finished the eastern Tuxachanie Trail section between Airey Lake and the P.O.W. camp. On previous attempts, both maps and trail markings have been vague, but things are in good shape now and the trail was relatively easy to follow. Took just over three hours to cover the eight miles with a friend from the ham radio club. Naturally, we stayed in touch with various folks in the Biloxi area via 2m and the W5SGL repeater. Here're a couple of pics:
Yes, that's a Jurassic Duck antenna attached to my camelbak with – what else? – duck tape.
Tuxachanie Creek was low today, but still flowing nicely. Some of the hardpan bottom gave it almost a rapids effect.
Finally, on a related note of some minor interest, here's an article by a guy who hiked and camped it back in January. Outstanding pictures.
Not really biking, but the "bikes" tag comes the closest. Meh, it's close to the bike trails.
Thursday, April 2, 2015
iPhone surgery scheduled
Battery's dying on the iPhone. Meh, after two years it's about time. As soon as the new batt and tools are all in, I'll post how the surgery goes. In the meantime, here are the relevant links:
http://www.cnet.com/news/how-
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/
http://www.amazon.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
http://www.everymac.com/
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
The Trouble with the Four Cylinder Mustang
Commentary and links over at Liberty magazine.
The six is respectable. The eight is a thing of majesty. The four, with its "enhanced sound" is shameful. Drop the fake sounds, Ford, and the four may have a place. Perhaps in the export market, but still, a place. Just not in my driveway.
Three from the BBC
I Nearly Drowned in Chocolate
Well, if you gotta go...
I wonder who got the shoes in his Hershey bar?
Breakthrough on Understanding Whale Communication
It's all in the bones.
Drinking through the Ages in America
Drinking ain't what it used to be.
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