Band of Brothers, which I’m finding utterly fascinating. Yes I know I’m about two years late to this party. My family has never been a military one, so these stories are foreign. I’m completely hooked with 3 hours left in the book.
Entries Tagged as 'Entertainment'
Currently reading
August 24th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: Entertainment
Million-and-one Dollar Baby
April 15th, 2010 · No Comments
Never let Dave write a sequel to a good movie. You’ll just get this kind of thing.
Tags: Entertainment · Fiction
Currently reading…
April 7th, 2010 · No Comments
Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton. I’m really going to miss having my one Crichton a year. Much more than that and I get all cynical, but once a year and they remain fun.
This one is about a cutting-out expedition by our heroes. The characters are distinct and memorable, the setting is good, and it has [...]
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Oh Calvin, where art thou?
April 5th, 2010 · No Comments
I know Calvin and Hobbes has been offline for a long time, and I know why, but it always surprises me how lively and current it feels even after all this time. The connection is still there. It’s still funny. Mr. Watterson, thank you.
Tags: Entertainment · Kids
Home virtualization: a hardware revisit
December 11th, 2009 · No Comments
“What, Dave, more?” you ask. Yes, I’m afraid so. I’m afraid so. Trying to keep it short this time.
All builds have a server, 4+ disk RAID5, and offer flexible storage expansion to keep them around for about 2 to 4 years. Each has a “Priced from scratch” number. Remember that this includes 4x $100 drives [...]
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Additional research into home virtualization
October 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment
In my previous post on the topic, I presented a couple alternative ways to get a lot of home infrastructure with little redundancy and some virtualization. The fact is, it’s pricey to do it ‘properly’. So I set out to look at the pros and cons of some alternative methods that make it a more [...]
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An Audiobooker’s Dilemma
June 30th, 2009 · No Comments
The economy is bad, and I realized early this year that my audiobook subscription was next on the chopping block, and, screaming in my heart, I clicked “Close” on my Audible subscription. And then I resumed reading the last 2 books I picked up. Unfortunately, the second was a serial with 3 other parts, and [...]
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How do I encode that pile of DVDs?
January 5th, 2009 · Comments Off
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Back Story
We finally stepped part way into the HD era, by attaching a PS3 to our SD television. Sacrilege, I know, but it’s what I have for now, and the economy isn’t getting any better this week. But, as we only have two games for it (Little Big Planet and Mater-National Racing), we have found [...]
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Primeval
August 25th, 2008 · No Comments
I don’t think I need to waste any more brain cells on this one. Three leg shots to a dinosaur are not killing blows. Eek.
Cast: the prof, the psycho, the hero, the token blonde, the government agent, the cute kid, the pet, and disposable dinosaur threat A. Gag.
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Audiobook mania
June 25th, 2008 · No Comments
I’ll fess up now. I like audiobooks. I spend too much time commuting and too little time with the paper books in hand, so I got hooked on audiobooks back in 1998 when I discovered the Rob Ingles version of Lord of the Rings on Napster. I since found the whole set on ebay, so [...]
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