Today’s the day I get rid of the stinking on-call pager. Rejoice with me.
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April 29, 2007 – 12:58 pm
I’m not a fan of those Bluetooth phone headsets, in spite of working in a place where everyone seems to be sprouting them. Whenever I see one, I ponder whether the person wearing it also has Cat 5 up his ass, but that’s just me. Anyhow, one day last week, I was going [...]
April 29, 2007 – 11:40 am
They’ve been racing NASCAR Cup cars at Talladega Speedway since 1969. And I’m plenty old enough to have seen them all. I haven’t, because consistent teevee coverage didn’t arrive until 1979. But that old 2.66 mile, high-banked monster has brought some memorable moments:
In the mid 70’s there was a hellacious crash on [...]
The HotPass driver channels for this week’s running of the Aaron’s 499 from Talladega shakes out like this:
795 - Jeff Gordon (#24)
796 - Tony Stewart (#20)
797 - Kevin Harvick (#29)
798 - David Stremme (#40)
799 - Dale Earnhardt Jr (#8)
Three members of my Fantasy Race team are in there; looks like the remote’s channel changer will [...]
Gotta love these internets. A couple of posts back, I lamented the breakup of The Siderunners, and mentioned how I was introduced to them and their breed of magnificent country music.
I also made a podcast song request, and today I listened to the Evil Genius Chronicles Clambake episode of April 24, where my request [...]
We’re in that phase of springtime where the various flora are putting forth their pollen. The stuff settles everywhere, except for the amount breathed in by humans, setting off all manner of miserable allergic reactions.
It seems that pollen has a particular affinity for cars; on a dry morning, our Saturns are covered with a yellowish [...]
April 22, 2007 – 12:59 pm
I spent some time with the mighty raven in the tbbs-land Linux test lab yesterday. I’d written previously about the Attansic on-board ethernet adapter, which isn’t supported out of the box by Red Hat, though drivers are readily available. A co-worker gave me an old Intel 10/100 PCI NIC, and I thought I [...]
Via Dave Slusher, news of the Siderunners final show, last Thursday night.
I’d checked the ‘Runners site last weekend, and saw the same thing. I artlessly and naively believed the notice reflected their last appearance at that particular venue.
No such luck. I’m really sad now that I didn’t see them in Baltimore last fall. [...]
April 21, 2007 – 10:10 am
As they race off into the sunset tonight in the running of the Subway Fresh Fit 500 from Phoenix, the HotPass featured drivers, and their channels are:
795 - Ryan Newman (#12)
796 - Dale Jarrett (#44)
797 - Reed Sorenson (#41)
798 - Carl Edwards (#99)
799 - Dale Earnhardt (#8)
It’s nice to see some new faces in the [...]
Today is a state of Virginia, if not national, day of remembrance for the victims of the Virginia Tech shootings. I’ll be at work, so can’t attend any of the local services or vigils. I will observe the noontime moment of silence, and display the ribbon you see here, since I have [...]
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