After a trip to the Apple Store Genius Bar to confirm my fears, I spent about an hour replacing the hard drive in my mom’s old eMac (yes, eMac) only to have the computer not recognize it. Need to take it out back.
Category: Miscellaneous
Mar 20 2011
From My Cranial Collection
Since nothing out of the ordinary happened today, I present a sample from my collection of skulls. This one is obviously from a creature of the night and has an “A” stamped into its forehead. I hope it’s not Angel’s.
Mar 19 2011
Supermoon For 600
My 600th blogpost. We had a Supermoon tonight, which is a full or new moon that coincides with a close approach by the Moon to the Earth. I tried to get some photos but the cloudy night wasn’t cooperating. During one rare break in the clouds, this is the best I could get with a little help …
Mar 18 2011
Asian Radiation
Apparently we are to be visited today by some very-diluted radiation from one of Japan’s dying nuclear reactors.
Mar 17 2011
Magic And Neuroscience
Fascinating Scientific American segment on neuroscientists studying a magician’s misdirection and slight of hand.
Mar 16 2011
Extreme Bipolarism
Since nothing of great import happened to me today, I give you “terrified baby laughing.”
Mar 15 2011
Our New Barrier Is Up
San Diego Fence came by at 7:30 this morning and two guys replaced our old, decrepit wooden fence with another cheap, wooden one within just a couple of hours. At least it’s new and will stand for a few years.
Mar 10 2011
Is This Spam?
How can I be really sure unless I click on one of those four completely illegible links? That friendly hand offering $175 and magically reaching through a computer monitor exhibiting such soothing clouds and blue sky looks so enticing and genuine and can’t possibly be stock photography. I think my ship has finally come in. And just …
Mar 10 2011
And On The Same Day…
A new daily record for the number of spam hits on my blog. Coincidence? This time there wasn’t even an attempt to mask them. All 9 are completely unintelligible. UPDATE: Since posting this I was hit with 40 more for a total of 49 spams today. Changed the comments settings to try and stop it.
Mar 06 2011
The Average Person
Fascinating National Geographic video about what the average person looks like. For now.
Mar 02 2011
Apple’s iPad2 Event
Watched live blogging on Macworld, Engadget and TWIT Live of today’s Apple event introducing the iPad 2. Great to see SJ make a surprise appearance to MC the event. Would have loved the first iPad, but so glad now I didn’t get one.
Mar 01 2011
Marching In With New Calendars
Celebrating a new month with the “Anticipatingly Turning Over Of The Last Month And With Great Arousal Revealing The New Month” ritual blood-letting and celebration.
Feb 27 2011
Frozen Rain That Froze Again
Woke up to hail that refroze after last night’s freezing rain storm.
Feb 26 2011
Redneck Heater
Set up a make-shift heater for the Hummingbirds because of the cold temperatures we’re expecting tonight. Bathroom door closed, fan on a chair, blowing the warm air out the open window with an extension cord running out to the kitchen so the light doesn’t have to be on to run the fan. I shouldn’t work …
Feb 26 2011
Male Restroom Etiquette
This gets taken a direction I did not expect. (Thanks to a tweet by Stephen Fry.)
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