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how much pick me up?
As a regular consumer of Dr. Pepper, I was intrigued when I stumbled across this list of drinks and their caffeine levels. It’s interesting that a Diet Coke has more than a regular Coca-Cola Classic, but those in India won’t be surprised. There, the Classic has NO caffeine at all, but the Diet variety does.
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tired babies
I was checking Google for my blog, and my search turned up something that looked interesting. I followed that link, and found myself on someone else’s blog page. I went to the main page for his blog, and found this. Very cute.
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dvd backup
I have had enormous trouble with optical drives on my main Windows system. The CD burner that came with it died for unknown reasons. I bought a new DVD burner that did everything except dual layer, and either Ben (my 3 year old) or one of the other small kids who happened to be in…
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blog upgrade frenzy
Now that Nat has upgraded to version 1.2.1, version 1.2.2 has now come out. I will be upgrading my blog from 1.2.1 to 1.2.2 in the near future. When I do, I will be temporarily going back to the default WordPress stylesheet. I will be attempting to distill Nat’s stylesheet to its essence, so that…
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boot visualization
Yesterday slashdot had an article about a project to visualize the GNU/Linux boot process. For no reason other than satisfying my inner geek, I rebooted this server and obtained my own visualization. Read on for gory details.
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almost the same
English is a cornucopia of homonyms. You can find the oddest ways to say almost anything, and generate misunderstanding because there’s another word that sounds exactly the same. Some friends that I chat with every day were trading links as usual, and this video clip surfaced. This is a very funny clip of Ken Jennings…
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cancelling aol
AOL is the spawn of the devil. I believe everyone knows someone who has had an AOL account and had enormous trouble getting the account cancelled when it is no longer needed. I just saw an installment of “Get Gephardt” where he helped someone cancel an AOL account after 18 months of continued credit card…
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lower lights madness
I am sometimes asked why I have taken on the burden of running a system for the Lower Lights community. The answer to that question is mostly “because I can,” but there is a lot of nostalgia involved too. The friendships I forged on Lower Lights hastened the breakdown of my first marriage and helped…
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national treasure
Last night I had a rare treat — a date with my wife, sans offspring. We went to see the new movie National Treasure. I really enjoyed it. Just so everyone is forewarned, the fact that I enjoyed a movie should not be taken as a sign that it’s a good movie. There are very…
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ipcop firewall project
Along with the .org, .net, .com, and .info versions of my ‘elyograg’ domain, my server runs Lower Lights, the domains that my wife set aside for a business, and some of the pieces of my friend Nat‘s domain. Eventually all of Nat’s domain will reside on my server. Currently I use a firewall product called…
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new blog name
Nat gave me an idea for my blogname — express the idea of “my thoughts” in Latin. Although much of it has turned to mush, I did take five years of Latin in high school. Drawing on the remnants in my head and access to an Internet dictionary, I came up with “mens mea” as…
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and so it begins
Inspired by my friend Nat’s blog and a recent post on it, I have taken a few minutes and installed some blogging software on my site. We’ll see whether I actually take the time to keep on top of it. I’ve had a livejournal for a while now, but rarely ever updated it. I’ll be…
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