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Wow, do I ever love my wireless broadband card from Verizon. The other day, I hopped online to pull a needed piece of information during the 5 minutes of down time in the car wash. Mmmmmm, ubiquitous communication. Maybe I’ll start keeping my grocery shopping list in a wiki or something. Today, however, I’m logging . . . → Read More: Back to VA, Status report On Tuesday night I went to dinner with the local Masonic lodge. Yes, these are the grand-conspiracy-theory, illuminati-were-styled-off-them, Washington Masons. . . . → Read More: Masons I just achieved a new personal best for “sheer weight of a single piece of computing equipment manhandled into a car, by myself:” 220lb (108kg) It was an IBM BladeCenter. Thanks for asking. Off to dinner with the Masons tonight. I wonder if I can borrow a Schnauzer from anyone … There are only a few acts of such simple and direct hope and optimism as planting one’s garden. Today, despite the truly strange blizzard-let of snow, I started the seeds which require 6 to 8 weeks of indoor growth. We’re going very simple this year: * Early: Snow peas, radishes, and Swiss Chard. Hopefully . . . → Read More: Garden I believe that I’ve mentioned the buddha of the splice, previously. This is the small statue in one of the flowerbeds, placed to indicate the location of the un-conduited cable that provides electricity to the garage. redmed captured a penitent, on film: Yes, we’ve already submitted it to cute overload. . . . → Read More: Buddha of the splice I’m safely home in Providence for the week. Things are in good shape. Apparently the world, both local and global, can look after itself without my direct supervision for three weeks. This is a good thing to know. . . . → Read More: Snippets from home Today: I continued creating a path through the woods out back of the house. I’ve set myself a difficulty modifier of “using only this axe, right here, as well as this rake, right here.” That’s making it a bit … tiring. A couple of large-ish trees had fallen right across the place where I wanted . . . → Read More: Sundry The CIA World Factbook page on Swaziland Interesting tidbits: * Slightly smaller than New Jersey * Last absolute monarch in the world, gave up a little power in the 1990s * Median age: 18.5 * Death rate: 29.74 deaths/1,000 population * Infant Mortality: total: 71.85 deaths/1,000 live births * Life expectancy at birth: 32.62 years . . . → Read More: Swaziland Welcome to the future, which is already in progress. Yesterday, while driving to “Short Pump” VA, I got a little lost. As soon as I realized that I was off the trail, I pulled to the side of the road, fired up my computer, and signed on with my wireless card. I hooked up to . . . → Read More: The future |
