Finally — it’s October, almost 8 months since we started having serious issues with Mediacom at our new place. For the uninitiated — we had problems with our cable company, Mediacom, where we couldn’t watch our TV and use the internet at the same time. We were finally told the only way to obtain the…
The Return of the Innernets!
That’s right, someone finally turned the wheel and opened the floodgates on the series of tubes that is the innernets to my house. Mediacom came out last week and re-installed our cable modem so we could be back online. Boy, the Nintendo Wii sure is a lot more fun when you have internet access. Strangely,…
How Do You Solve a Problem like Verizon?
Verizon’s given me a lot of pains lately. There aren’t a whole lot of options around here in the mountains for cell phone providers, pretty much everyone has Verizon. Which has me on two angles: reception, and that dang Verizon IN. I can get way better reception almost anywhere with Verizon because they own all…
A Sample of My Work
I made this for work. It’s a screencast – a video version of a screenshot, used for instructional purposes. Yes, that’s my real voice there in the background narrating how to fix a problem we have with some of our software we use at work. [MEDIA=1]
Five Months Off: Too Long?
So it’s been five months since I’ve written *anything* just for the joy of writing. I think maybe life’s been too crazy for me to feel motivated to blog. My blog isn’t a catharsis for me, really. I don’t miss it when I’m not blogging. And I doubt anyone else does, either. What I really…
Rage On
I return triumphantly to the world of blogging after YATMH (Yet Another Two-Month Hiatus™)! Not to be confused with YTMND (You’re The Man Now, Dawg). Is anybody else as annoyed as I am by the commercial with the mom and the daughter talking about the cell phone bill and the girl speaks entirely in text-messaging…
I Cut My Hair
So… I got the first haircut I’ve had in the 9 months I’ve been back up in the mountains. It feels good.
RIP Melvin Hurst
From The Fayetteville Observer: “Melvin Hurst, 85, of Fayetteville, died Monday, Feb. 5, 2007. Services: At a later date. Survived by: Daughter, Cathy VanCura; sisters, Delphine Nixon, Quinnell Ksienizek, Mattice Townsend and Maybel Bedwell; brothers, L.H., Clayton, Vernon and Holis; five grandchildren; and longtime companion, Maxine Satterfield.” Obituaries never really do people justice. They don’t…
Vooaroo Beta: Six Degrees of Social Networking
Internet start-up Noisewater has a new twist on the social networking scene: Six Degrees of Separation. From the press release: “Vooaroo is a social networking site that is invite only (limited by six invites) and has a focus on an adult demographic. Currently the site is in development, and only accepting 100 users for initial…
We All Live In an Apple Submarine
From an Apple Press Release: “Apple® Inc. and The Beatles’ company Apple Corps Ltd. are pleased to announce the parties have entered into a new agreement concerning the use of the name “Apple” and apple logos which replaces their 1991 Agreement. Under this new agreement, Apple Inc. will own all of the trademarks related to…