other stuff

ClearViewWhat?

I’ve suddenly been getting a lot of ping-backs lately to blog posts, which is slightly unusual — I don’t typically don’t have random unknown people linking to me. This evening I had three waiting for me; all pointed at my NYC 2008 post, each emphasizing a different subject: “where was the statue of liberty [...]

Upcoming Site Outage

Rivetbangers.com* has finally grown large enough that it needs its own server, so it will be going down for up to 48 hours while we make the switch. At the same time we�re doing that, I�ll be upgrading the operating system on this server. You�ve been warned, so don�t panic if you get �not found� [...]

Sick as a what?

I’ve been home from work the last two days. My temperature got up over 103 last night, so I went to the local urgent care facility this morning. Bronchitis and Flu. Nice. It’s amazing how a properly-timed nebulizer treatment can make a person feel like a million bucks…… for about ten [...]

Wordless Wednesday

Image shamelessly ripped off from MYTHBOOSTER. See next post for why this is my “Wordless Wednesday.”

MythBusters: Totally Busted

So, like thousands upon thousands of other nerds who have have spent the last two years fighting on the internet over whether an airplane can take off from a treadmill, John and I waited with great anticipation for tonights episode of MythBusters. They were going to tackle the “Plane on a Treadmill” myth once [...]

Thursday Thirteen #4: Happy Things

Thirteen little things about life that make me .

1. Snow.
2. Hot chocolate.
3. Fireplaces.
4. Sunflowers.
5. Watching the little birdies.
6. Snuggling up with John in bed.
7. Snuggling up with John in bed when it’s really cold outside.
8. A good port wine.
9. A job well done.
10. Christmas.
11. The last 30 peaceful seconds before the alarm goes [...]

Just Wow

After two years of hoping and waiting, it’s become obvious that no one is going to be rolling broadband (fios, dsl or cable) out here to cow country. So this evening we finally bit the bullet and signed up for Verizon Wireless Broadband. “Wow” is about the only thing I really have to [...]