To anticipate and prevent
The directory at Powells Day 2 of our trip was Saturday (4/19) — I’m posting everything a day behind — I’m a slug. This was our big event day. We went to Portland. I’ve driven through Portland a few times — but never actually stopped and spent time. We didn’t get to do a lot…
First off, apologies for the lack of posting. Been at the office this last week. So on Thursday night, we (John and myself) launched ourselves into our short vacation to Oregon. We left Reno at about 11pm Thursday for an expected 9-10 hour drive. I drove the first half of the trip until we got…
I normally don’t do food reviews (on the blog that is, on the wiki I’ve done some). But I figured I’d share this time…. I went out to Skates on the Bay (100 Seawall Dr, Berkeley, CA 94710) last night. Its a fairly fancy place and it does live up to its name. It sits…
I’m writing this towards the end of my second full day of use on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron (Beta 5) on the Dell Precision M6300. (You know I just write all this out so its easier to google). I have to say that everything is going relatively smoothly. I’ve got a few different bits I’ll…
You might be asking yourself “Is he a glutton for punishment? Didn’t he just install Gutsy?”. I wouldn’t blame you. Yes, I enjoy pain — thats why I’m the IT Manager — because my own computer problems aren’t enough for me, I want everyone else’s problems too. As it were, I’m being “traded” laptops. A…
I checked my mail just a few minutes ago and found an envelope from Dublin Toyota Scion. I was a little surprised, as I wasn’t expecting anything from them. Regardless, I opened the envelope to find out they had stiffed me on the value of my trade in vehicle. Those bastards underpaid me for it!…