Real Life

I just went to my first “cubing” competition – the “Wide Moves and Waterslides CT” tournament held this weekend by Cube New England. It won’t be the last,

Feels like a scam, but apparently this is real. Stupid, but real.

What was once the largest refracting telescope in the world looks out high above Silicon Valley…

If you live on the Central Coast, you already know.

I took a chance on a big jet plane, don’t let anyone tell you that they’re all the same.

I lost my blog. Backups saved me. Now I’m taking it to the next level by implementing the 3-2-1 backup strategy with rclone and OneDrive.

Well, that’s about all the French I know…

Welcome to Blaugust week 1, where I introduce myself! Or some version of myself, anyway.

Is there a vinyl album out there that would spur you to buy a record player? I thought I’d never do it, until that one album came along. When I moved from California back to New England, I was bound and determined to take nothing that wasn’t absolutely necessary. Anything I didn’t need – set out by the apartment dumpsters, hoping they would find new homes. I hadn’t had a record player for a long time, but I’d still been lugging around my old vinyl albums from place to place for sentimental reasons. Complete Floyd collection. Local Monterey bands. Those old Ian Dury EPs. A bunch of prog rock. I hoped whoever took them would get some enjoyment from them, maybe discover a new band or two. ...

I bought a new router and haven’t crashed in DCUO all night. Is everything good now? Did I fix the issue? I don’t have the slightest idea. More than that, I can’t know. Ever since the Hall of Legends update for DC Universe Online, I’ve had more or less success actually staying connected when I zone. I was on the phone with the techs at my ISP most of Saturday morning, and something they did seemed to clear it up, because I was able to play… Saturday. Sunday, no bueno. ...