We’ve moved to the USA and we’re nearly settled in now. Only 13 boxes to unpack… which is funny as we shipped 13 boxes. Unfortunately, we’ve had a bit of a illness closeout to 2006, and if anything, we’d like to say “sayonara” to 2006 with a vengeance. Just after arriving, Tanya ended up with…
Category: Life, the universe, and everything…
Comments for 2006 lost :( :( :(
My host was attacked, and there was a fair amount of data loss. In this blog’s case, it is all of 2006’s comments. We’re moving hosts soon, but unfortunately, some really key comments have been lost, including the ones I didn’t believe in. Oh well. Andrew
Aaaah I can see!
The last near 24 hours has been a complete nightmare. I now know how valuable my eyes are to my very existence and what a crap time partially blind and blind folks have with normal software. I was sitting in a waiting room with the wife, boasting that my glasses were indestructible as they were…
What’s wrong with this picture?
Argggghhh…
Greebo has gone missing
Greebo, my first cat, has disappeared from her new home at my brother’s. As this is on the same road where she was run over back in 2001, I’m a bit worried. Tuesday will mark a week of her not being around, and realistically the upper bounds for her to return by herself if she’s…
Attack vector for Windows Genuine Disadvantage
The other day, WGA decided that my volume licensed copy of Visio was a pirated copy. This is laughable… and annoying. Luckily, the situation sorted itself out; I have Visio 2007 installed and I was able to use that until Microsoft used the rubber hose on WGA’s servers. But it got me to thinking how…
How many inaccuracies can a single song contain?
I don’t know about you, but I find artists who know very little of what they complain about frustrating. I am not talking about irony and the lack of it in Ironic by Alannis Morrisette, but I wish I was a punk rocker (with flowers in my hair) by Sandi Thom. If you’re a fan…
James Van Allen dies at 91
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Physicist James A. Van Allen, a leader in space exploration who discovered the radiation belts surrounding the Earth that now bear his name, died Wednesday. He was 91. A sad day for astronomy and space geeks. More here
OSCON
Work: I owe my boss a huge beer (and a document) and an apology when I get back to Australia. Personal life: in the dog house. I got very little sleep these last few days, and I bet my other half is feeling far worse than me. Hopefully, she can come to Vegas so we…
End of an era
I’ve given up my PC to my brother as his computer (my old 1999 Dell) was finally giving up the ghost. I no longer have the ability to execute Windows x86 binaries or Linux x86… for now. This leaves me only with my Mac. I miss the pedestal of my PC’s case (clear horizontal surfaces being a…