Why didn’t anyone tell me…

Transcribed from an email to my family, but suitable here as well: Saturday, as I’m sure you all know, is/was the 24 Hours of LeMans (the real one, in LeMans, France), which is still running and will end in about 5 more hours. Audi has lost two cars to spectacularly devastating crashes, with both drivers [...]

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Curse you Dexter. Netflix can’t keep up with our two-episodes-a-night viewing habit. Just finished season 2, and we were glad to see ‘her’ go. I’ve even heard it said that the newer seasons are even more fun. Somehow I think this is Crazy Talk. I’ve always known I have this root-for-Batman side in me, and [...]

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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.

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Never let Dave write a sequel to a good movie. You’ll just get this kind of thing.

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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 [...]

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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.

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“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 [...]

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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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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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encode 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 [...]

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