BLDGBLOG

BLDGBLOG
: A fascinating blog about various buildings, architecture, and landscapes around the world.  It’s going on my regular reading list.

Back to XP

Why I’m going back to XP

 Years and years of MSFT never having gotten backup right has made Symantec and plenty of other backup providers very rich.  In Vista it’s no different.  I attempted to backup my system today, and got this dialog.  I’ve searched the web and all the online help for and none of [...]

Pudding

I can’t believe this product a) actually exists, and b) has this box art.  I had to buy one just to scan it in. 

[PS: the product tastes terrible, about what you’d expect.] 

The muse awakens: Happy The Man

The muse awakens: Happy The Man
: 30 years after their heyday (I’m not counting the mediocre middle albums), Happy the Man returns with a decent offering, and it’s on MP3, too!

Wii Oldster Bowling

Wii Oldster Bowling
: Funny how this came up yesterday in a conversation I was having with Terri, and then this article appears.  The universe is telling me something, but I don’t know what it could be…

Go Jesus, it’s your birthday! (via Engadget)

Secret Amazon Discounts

Secret Amazon Discounts
: From DealLocker, via InterestingDrug. It’s a good reference to know how to bend the amazon search engine to your will.

RC Madness

RC Madness: Full-Sized Remote Control Cars and Explosions

Top Gear is so awesome.

Carou-sail

“Carou-sail.” This is what Jake calls the carousel.  It’s pronounced kind of like para-sail, only it goes around in circles and stays closer to the ground.

we make money not art

we make money not art
: I’ll have to come back here and look around some more.

Paleo-Future

Paleo-Future
: “A look into the future that never was”.  I can remember some of these predictions from the 80s and 90s.  We thought we were so smart…

The Daily Mammal

The Daily Mammal

Medical myths — hydration

Medical myths — hydration
: Ha! I knew that 8 glasses of water a day was bunk!

Fimoculous.com – misc – Best Blogs of 2007 That You (Maybe) Aren’t Reading

Fimoculous.com – misc – Best Blogs of 2007 That You (Maybe) Aren’t Reading
: Here’s how I found Tumblr

Jacob and Jill Napping

Jacob and Jill Napping

3 Month Checkup

Here’s how it looks in the entry hall at 5pm. Pretty cool, that people go home at a reasonable hour every day and still seem to get work done.

There’s a lot left to do, heck, there’ll always be a lot more to do, but a little reflection on what’s happened so far: hired a [...]

Now, it’s time for another…

Now, it’s time for another episode of “Jakey, it’s time to go to bed” but he doesn’t want to go to bed and so he keeps coming up with excuses to not go to bed. He just wanted to fix Mac, he says. So, he is going to fix Mac and then he is going [...]