Well, scratch that idea

So, I’d settled on buying the MacBook Pro. After emailing back and forth with some friends about the differences in the interface and working in a mixed WinXP/OSX environment, I decided it was worth the extra money. What finally settled it for me was remembering the increasingly invasive Microsoft “rights management” crap – I just [...]

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Quest for a new laptop: update

So, I’m still in the market for a new laptop. (The old one, affectionately named Talky Tina, is roughly ten years old – eons, in computer years.) My leading candidate had been a Dell loaded with Ubuntu, a flavor of Linux. I’d get a powerful, stable operating system, a wealth of free software (I’m a [...]

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I’m not asking for much

Just man-portable missiles I could fire at bike riders who nearly knock me down from behind when I’m walking.
 
Technorati tags: cycling, walking

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The gate closes

Sad news: SciFi Channel has canceled Stargate: Atlantis. While never as good as Stargate SG-1, it was still a very enjoyable science-fiction adventure show that had some brilliant moments. (I challenge anyone to watch either “The Storm/The Eye” two-parter or “The Siege” parts 1-3 and tell me those aren’t superb TV) It will be allowed [...]

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Just call me "pincushion"

I’ve been experiencing quite a bit of pain, recently. First is my upper left arm, where the muscles act as if they’ve been punched if I move them a way they don’t like — which is most ways, the last few days. Massaging it doesn’t help. I’ve also been suffering with a tender/tight Achilles tendon [...]

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There and back again

I’m back. Did you miss me? I had a lovely time in Indianapolis, attending the GenCon game convention in Indianapolis. Never got to the zoo as I had hoped: I may have to go a day earlier next year.
And, yes, there will be a next year, barring unforeseen good or bad fortune. I even got [...]

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Blog holiday

I’m off on vacation until a week from tomorrow, Tuesday, enjoying the wonders of mysterious and exotic Indianapolis while attending the GenCon game fair. Yes, your host is 50 years old and still a geek at heart!
My ancient laptop doesn’t have wireless, so there will almost certainly be no blogging until I get back.  [...]

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Visions of Heaven?

Seen recently at the local Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf: a gorgeous twenty-something woman in a black vest and short yellow skirt. As I was admiring her fashion-sense (really), I noticed the logo on her skirt: an angel’s wing, one per cheek, making it look as if she were sprouting wings from her … ahem.
I [...]

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