The company I work for has to deal with satellite outages twice a year that we can do absolutely nothing about. Wikipedia article on the topic Help page from a satellite provider Our individual downlink sites, because of their small dish size, are completely blocked out for a few minutes each day while this happens.…

The linux program that is capable of reading the SPD bits from memory chips is called ‘lshw.’ Description: information about hardware configuration A small tool to provide detailed information on the hardware configuration of the machine. It can report exact memory configuration, firmware version, mainboard configuration, CPU version and speed, cache configuration, bus speed, etc.…

These two came from Smiths, two days ago. As the wallet grows, so do the needs. Your strength will grow stronger by being tried. If you add the usual suffix, the first one inspires me to think of this:  “Is that a wallet in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?”

MIT is doing heavy research into replacing batteries with tiny turbine engines. http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/microengines.html This is an interesting idea. I do wonder how much waste heat they would produce, though. My personal laptop has a 150W power supply, which is pretty damn big for a laptop. The thing makes so much heat that it is regularly…

Cafe Trang is yummy. Sometimes the wisest person is dressed in the rudest clothing.

Hopefully tomorrow I will remember to bring my sandwich gear to work. From the chinese takeout place in the Smith’s on 8th south and 9th east: Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom. A well-directed imagination is the source of great deeds.

$7 at Shopko. ISBN 0792190505, UPC code 0 97360 11934 3. Enhanced for 16×9 widescreen televisions and 5.1 surround. I’m much more familiar with this sequel than the original, and I think that’s why I like it better. Then again, it might just be Michelle Pfeiffer in her first starring role. I’ve just confirmed that…

From the chinese takeout place in the Smith’s on 8th south and 9th east: There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity. We can learn from everyone, even our adversaries.

From the chinese takeout place in the Smith’s on 8th south and 9th east: You sense subtle changes in people.

We’ve been picking up accessories here and there for the new trailer, which is still up at the dealership having electrical problems looked at. I’ll write a separate post dealing with that eternal saga when it concludes. One of the accessories we bought last night is a funnel we planned to make our next water…

Uah Power is now Rocky Mountain Power, according to the little pamphlet included in this month’s power bill. Considering that the bill gets sent to Portland Oregon, I suppose the old name really isn’t correct. Of course, considering that the bill gets sent to Portland Oregon, the new name isn’t exactly right either. The rest…

This post was originally going to be a comment in reply to a Livejournal post from an old friend, but it started to grow, so I moved it here. Today is the two year anniversary of my last day working at Convergys. Yes, the call-center borg from hell. I worked there from June of 1999…

From Cafe Trang, near 8th south and main street: You will soon receive pleasant news of a personal nature.

My wife and I have had a love/hate relationship with camping trips. I really enjoy camping, but she’s never had a really good experience with it. Our first experience as a family was four years ago. We attended Kathy’s family reunion at Payson Lakes over the 4th of July weekend. The dirt at the campsite…

From Cafe Trang, near 8th south and main street: Life is a tragedy for those who feel and a comedy for those who think.

From the chinese takeout place in the Smith’s on 8th south and 9th east: Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thought.

Can’t get that song out of my head for some reason. The mud is responding much better since I rebooted the server, but I know it’s a temporary fix. The machine really needs to be replaced with something a lot newer. That may be happening in the near future, if I can figure out what…

The server my mud is running on (which also runs this website) is spending way too much time at 100% CPU utilization. As is typical of java programs, the mud uses a lot of RAM. Lately it has been responding very slowly. I’m going to try rebooting the server to see if that helps things,…

In personal news, we recently picked up three kittens. All three are girls, which was confirmed by the vet. When I feel up to unloading the camera, there will be pictures in the gallery. Their full names (short version underlined) are: Captain Jackie Sparrow Lady Kestrel Hawke Bellatrix Black On the MUD front, I got…