Today started with an early meeting, and ended with yet another shift on the help desk phones. So I took an extra long lunch break, and wandered around Seattle for an hour or so. I started on the Seattle Waterfront, near the Aquarium. There are some coin-operated distance viewers for … Continue reading
I took a walk along the water at Seahurst Park after work tonight. Rays of sunlight shine through the clouds: Sunlight over the Olympic Mountains starts to turn orange for sunset: A small wave breaks on the beach: Looking back across the sand as I was leaving:
Smitty the Server had a hard drive failure. Since that required re-installing Windows, I took the opportunity to upgrade to a quad-core processor first (which also required replacing the motherboard and memory) and install some new hard drives. Follow along as Smitty gets rebuilt! Poor dead Smitty sits under the … Continue reading
The last two weeks have not been very pleasant. Sample: 1. work-Print server sharing 50 printers to 3 departments. Dead. 18+ hours to replace 2. home-one of my favorite fish. Fine Tuesday night, dead Wednesday morning. 3. work-the new phone system. So many issues, the phone guy spent 9 hours … Continue reading
It’s never a good thing when I get bored. Things that aren’t broken tend to get “fixed.” Toys tend to get “upgraded.” Microsoft Windows (aka The Dark Side) tends to get re-installed. So last night, being bored, I decided to see if I could install the Windows 7 beta on … Continue reading
I use a lot of Smart Playlists in iTunes, based on song ratings, genres, playcounts, and date last played (or not,) or skipped. It’s taken a few years, and some discipline, but it works fairly well: 1 – No CD comes into my collection (yes, I still buy real CDs) … Continue reading
Birthday Roses, originally uploaded by meglet. One of my wonderful co-workers had flowers delivered for my birthday! He says that no woman (no matter how short) should be without flowers on her birthday. Thanks Milton!
Because I store so much media, mostly in the form of TV shows (both DVD and recorded High Definition shows) and movies (again, in DVD and Blu-ray form) I’m always on the lookout for more space. So, when Best Buy, of all places, had a really good price on the … Continue reading
I have regrouped, enlisted reinforcements (in the form of better gardening gloves) and finally ripped out the rest of the Periwinkle vines today! There are still a few stragglers left that I will need to pull as time goes by, but the worst is done, and the lilies are rescued. … Continue reading