By cdwan, on April 27th, 2005% I’m finally getting around to installing the pre-release of Tiger (the new OS X), because I really want to have it in place before the general release on Friday. This is simply pride, but hey, it’s making me happy. Because I’m a big believer in clean OS installs (why not give it every chance it . . . → Read More: 100% Geek
By cdwan, on April 24th, 2005% Ad from LiveVault.
This reminds me of my first technical job.
By cdwan, on April 24th, 2005% Sparge: The process of filtering hot water through crushed, malted grain to make wort. My mind is the crushed, malted grain. My will to document is the hot water. This journal is the wort. Add yeast and it’ll be beer. I’ll leave that as an exercise for the reader.
Tried out my electric lawnmower today. . . . → Read More: Assorted sparge
By cdwan, on April 24th, 2005% Star Wars Meme by sailor_phobos 1st 2 Ltrs of 1stname + Last 3 Ltrs of last name 1st 2ltrs of moms last name+Last 3ltrs of city brn Sith or Jedi Jedi Skin Color Red Eye Color Red Light Saber Color Orange How close you are to switching sides: 8% Username You’re Random Star Wars . . . → Read More: Cheap jedi thrills
By cdwan, on April 22nd, 2005% Finally got another note back about “dwan.net”:
. . . → Read More: The continued adventures of my domains…
By cdwan, on April 22nd, 2005% Allow me to sing the praises of mychinavisa.com.
I have, in my hot little hands, my very own passport with a Chinese visa in it. It cost me $200 for the same-day-rush service. I could have gotten it $50 cheaper if I was willing to wait a week. These people are located in Houston, . . . → Read More: Visa accomplished.
By cdwan, on April 22nd, 2005% I’ve started working at my local Starbucks in the mornings, because I get distracted too easily at home.
Starbucks plays music, and people talk. For that reason, I bring my headphones and play my own music. This morning I discovered a problem: My very favorite classical ensembles are European (Academy of St. Martin in . . . → Read More: Tuning frustrations
By cdwan, on April 21st, 2005% I’m pondering the purchase of an electric lawn mower. Does anyone have any experience with such things? I’ve read the internet, but I wish that I had just one person I know who had actually touched one and could say “yeah, it rocked” or “no, it sucked.”
I’m looking specifically at the Black and Decker . . . → Read More: Electric mower
By cdwan, on April 21st, 2005%
“Under the watchful eyes of his Swiss developer and Qatari owners, the robot — dubbed Kamel — rode a racing camel for 1.5 miles, reaching speeds of 25 miles per hour in a non-competitive trial run. … Spurring the robots’ development has been vehement condemnation from human rights groups of the sport’s regular jockeys. . . . → Read More: I, for one, welcome our new robotic camel mounted overlords…
By cdwan, on April 21st, 2005% By popular demand, pictures of the squash. Hidden by a “cut” for decency’s sake:
. . . → Read More: Squash pics
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