Saw Star Trek tonight. I’m not disappointed because I made sure and kept my hopes low. It wasn’t a BAD movie. It wasn’t a great movie. It was more firmly in the good category, but certainly not quite reaching the status of good. Here’s my \”review\”. WARNING: SPOILERS.
I’ve decided to build my new NAS on one of my PowerEdge 2400 boxes I have sitting here. I’ve got a Dual PIII 866 with 2Gb ram, GigE, and room for 6 hard drives in the cage, and up to 3 5 1/4 devices (I will leave the SCSI CD-Rom, and add at least 1 … Read more
I hadn’t intended to turn this into a food blog, but it appears I don’t have much to say during the week (probably because work and school occupy so much of my time). Since I really want to keep in the habit of posting articles, I’ve decided to try and fill the gaps with food … Read more
Black Bean Soup – serves 4 – Ingredients 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 medium or 1 large onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced 3 tablespoons chili powder, or more to taste 2 15 oz cans black beans, or 4 cups cooked from dry 4 cups vegetable stock Tobasco Chipotle pepper sauce (if desired) Salt Course … Read more
I’ve had a business DSL through AT&T (formerly SBC) for the 7 years we’ve lived here. Initially I was hosting sites and my own email server, as well as having enough network equipment I wanted to play with to justify the expense. I got 5 static IPs and the fastest they had available 6 Mbps/768 … Read more
Yet another 5 minute review! I figured I’d plug my web hosting company since they are having a killer deal for the next 3 days: Sunday April 19 – Tuesday April 21, 2009 (NO I am not getting a kickback or referral fee, I really just think this is a good deal). $10 hosting for … Read more
New feature: 5 minute book reviews. No, not how long it takes for you to read it, it’s how long it takes me to write it 🙂 That being said, without further adieu…The Cat Who… I started reading this series because my Mother-in-law talked my wife into reading it, and since she(the wife) leaves her … Read more
I recently needed to get OS X for a project I wanted to work on, so I went pricing different versions to find the best deal. We have a a G4 Powerbook, and a G4 tower in the house as well, so I was not opposed to buying more than 1 license so I could … Read more
Several months ago, when dell had their mini 9’s blowing out of the outlet for around $200, I decided I needed one. I got it and used it for a bit before I decided I needed to make it better. What could make it better? Well, first thing was to upgrade the ram to 2 … Read more
Phil’s Vegetarian Lentil Chili I was inspired to make this after reading Willi’s recipe at digginfood.com. I took her basic recipe and adjusted it to be more to my liking. I made sure to honor the spirit of it by keeping it vegetarian (at least one of the spirits). Next time I will try it … Read more
