Feb 9, 2007: Prognostication
After fixing our plumbing problem, I took my dad to O'Reilly's for a burger and beers as a thank-you. 99.7 The Blitz was there, having a warm-up celebration for the Great Guinness Toast. The DJ offered free Guinness tee-shirts in exchange for participation in a game, so of course dad and I volunteered....
Feb 9, 2007: Moral Support
Earlier this week, one of the kids dropped a bowl full of rice into the kitchen sink. Rather than clean out the rice, they did what kids do and tried to cover up the accident by washing all the rice down the drain. The next day we noticed that water in the kitchen sink was very slow to drain out. The following day the dishwasher stopped draining water....
Feb 7, 2007: Google Poisoning
I have long railed against the notion of "Search Engine Optimization". I consider it to be nothing more than scam artistry. To try to make one's living by luring legitimate search traffic to your shady business operation is a very slimy thing to do....
Jan 26, 2007: MVix GPL
I really like my MVix MX-760HD. It's been a great little media device for me, even if it does take me a really long time to rip our Monty Python collection to MP4 format! Next up, our Mystery Science Theater 3000 DVDs....
Jan 26, 2007: Impaling Impala
I was awoken, slowly, by what I thought was someone ringing our doorbell. Our doorbell is extremely quiet, and is hard to hear. Perhaps I was just dreaming. Then a sharp thumping was heard, and I knew someone was knocking on the door. The last time this happened, it was a police officer knocking on the door to inform me that our Honda Civic had been smashed into by a hit-and-run driver. This time, it was our next door neighbor knocking on the door to inform me that our Honda Odyssey van had been smashed into by a hit-and-run driver....