Yesterday saw the culmination of a month-long project: rebuilding one of our PCs to replace the ancient E-Machine that belonged to my mother. I had thought about doing this ever since I requisitioned the AMD64 that Jack that Jack bought to make a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) and never quite got working. I have been using the AMD64 as my desktop for months now, and adore it, so finally decided it was time to turn loose of my previous desktop.
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Happy Mother’s Day
Google has a special Mother’s Day Logo.
Clam Chowder’s Web Page
I thought I had looked for a website for Clam Chowder and failed to find one, but I just looked again and found Clam Chowder’s Web Page. They are one my favorite groups, and I am glad to see that they are still “semi-active.”
LOL Cats
For those who didn’t understand my Friday post Spring, Pleez? I used the fractured syntax from Lolcat graphics occasionally found on the Internet in my photo. The Wikipedia article on Lolcats has a history of the genre. The I Can Has Cheezburger? site has examples.
I’ve never quite understood why LOL cats use such fractured syntax. I’ve always felt that if cats would deign to speak to us lowly human beings they would use the snooty accents once common to BBC announcers, with impeccable grammar.
The Straight Dope: Are electric cars really more energy efficient?
The Brothers Brick – LEGO Blog
I am not sure why I am astonished to discover that there is a web log devote to building with Legs called The Brothers Brick – LEGO Blog.
Fire Escape
April 02, 2008 – Click on image for higher resolution version.
April Fools Day
Happy April Fools Day: that day when you can trust what you read on the web even less than usual.
An Amazing Design
Hitslot has photos of a set of furniture for an entire apartment that fits in a box.
Paid In Full
February 20, 2008 – Click on image for higher resolution version.
A little over fifteen years ago, when we moved to Colorado, we looked for a place where either one of us could have qualified for the mortgage. When the loan officer asked if we wanted a fifteen year mortgage instead of a thirty, we said sure. We didn’t really expect to be here for sixteen years, since it was our second company sponsored move in two years. How time flies.