I can’t accredit all the research I did to get my Logitech MX400 to work in Linux, but that is largely because I was restarting X (and thus, firefox) pretty much constantly until everything was working the way I wanted it to. I started with the Gentoo Advanced Mouse HOWTO Guide and hacked at it [...]

This is so frustrating. My dad has pretty much given me his old Olympus digital camera (2.1 MP), but when I took it with me to Maryland, I neglected to bring along any connecting cables. Or a memory card. Or any one of a dozen memory card readers floating around my parents’ house. Do you [...]

Signing up to do a Secret Pal knitting exchange and NaNoWriMo at the same time was not one of my brighter moments. My double knit hat is on hold now, while I rush to fufill my secret pal’s knit gifts. Is it wrong to try to “knit ahead” to make room for my upcoming frantic [...]

Does anyone else think that the Nebraska state quarter looks like a scene from Oregon Trail? I bugged a few of my coworkers, and they all agreed that the resemblance was uncanny. Is this quarter really a tribute to the pioneers migrating across the country? Or is it a gentle “shout-out” to all you Oregon [...]

The first assignment has come down on high from the Secret Pal blog. You can expect that my blog will be kidnapped for Secret Pal for the duration of the year, as it takes place over 3 months. But enough of that, onto the questionnaire! 1. I love knitting with wool and other natural fibers, [...]