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Good game for a cold day!

Update 12 Jan 2009: Grace has conquered darkness!

Jan112009

I should be careful…

When Kids Watch Too Much Discovery Channel | Cracked.com.

Jan72009

If your password is on this page, then you need to change it.

What’s My Pass? ? The Top 500 Worst Passwords of All Time.

Dec172008

Oh, the pain…

The Klingon Language Institute.

Supported by Linux.

Why don’t I like windows better?

Dec152008

Slow day…

filled out two job applications
took G to school
almost got the AT&T wireless card working in my laptop (Using Cingular via Sierra Wireless Aircard 875 [Archive] – Ubuntu Forums ), until I discovered that my laptop has no PCMCIA slot
got pam_usb working (using HOWTO: pam_usb login with USB memory stick [Archive] – Ubuntu Forums and Use Your USB Stick As a Key to Start Your PC | MakeUseOf.com)
Picked up G and Jack from school, talked with Nina about Cosmos (she thinks Sagan thought aliens had visited long ago, I disagree)
Fed Jack and Grace, and let them play Sly Cooper 3
Baked a loaf of bread (need more yeast)
Sent Jack home
Let G play webkinz
made dinner
had G do her homework (no math, no spelling, extra reading)
Fed G dinner
Had her brush her teeth
Read to her until she fell asleep
Signed up for twitter (Why? Baby’s First Twitter)
tied it into this blog
uploaded the photos from yesterday
Finished this blog post.

While we’re at it, Dogbert explains the financial crisis.

Dec132008

2 days of catchup blogging

I’m getting quicker at keeping up, eh?

Geeky links:

Funny things:

And Dave Barry’s holiday gift guide is out:

Dec112008

Catchup blogging again…

Been too busy to check on things overheard, so let’s start with geeky links:

Lots of golf links this month:

Political things:

Funny things:

Dec92008

What I’ve been up to lately

So, since the layoff, I’ve been

cleaning the house (caught up on laundry, re-organized the kitchen)
job hunting (still wake up and take G to school every day)
setting up IPMI remote console access (for both my colo box at IPMI 2.0 and my file server at IPMI 1.5)
re-organized the photo gallery (decades for older stuff, yearly for more recent)
fixed almost all gallery issues (certificates for SSL stuff, database cleanup)
watching the economy continue to tank

Oh, and watching lots more discovery channel with G (mostly storm chasers and dirty jobs), and the 3rd season of Dexter (better than the second season).

I have also re-confirmed that I truly detest daytime television, so it usually stays off.

Nov122008

Much delayed catchup blogging…

As usual, starting with things overheard:

Many, many geeky links to catch up on:

Family/golf things:

Political links (yes, overdue):

Purely entertaining:

Oct172008

So, I’m watching Grace at recess before computer lab, and the trees are dropping acorns. I was about to point out to her that the acorns are baby trees, but that’s not entirely accurate. The are more tree fetuses. Treetuses, if you will.

And, the kids over there stomping on acorns? They are performing acortions.

Sep182008