Work’s been super busy, so I had to put it off longer than I liked, but I finally got to test setting up a Lion OpenLDAP client. Success! OS X 10.7.3 finally fixes our problems. 10.7 and 10.7.1 were of course vulnerable to the widely publicized issue where it would accept any password after binding [...]

I just had to have it. A solar powered keyboard. I know what you’re thinking, but it can charge itself off indoor lighting. It’s called the Logitech K750 and it is officially rocking my world right now. It’s 2.4ghz wireless. It’s the thinnest keyboard I have ever owned. Did I mention it’s wireless? http://www.logitech.com/en-us/keyboards/keyboard/devices/k750-keyboard It’s [...]

I’ve been passing this sign for months now, maybe longer, and I finally decided it was time to get some photographic evidence. Don’t ask me about the “defence” misspelling. Perhaps they’re Canadian expatriates? And they even take Discover!

The Sieve of Eratosthenes, quite possibly the coolest thing I’ve seen all day. It’s a technique for visually selecting prime numbers very quickly.

(And we won’t go into what might have happened to the first half of October!) Just two weeks ago, I was enjoying the warm sunny days of early fall on Hatteras Island, part of the Outer Banks in North Carolina. The water was warm, perfect for dunking toes and collecting shells, and the peaceful calm [...]

Ah, the sweet taste of victory. It’s true, I got a copy of Mario Kart for the Wii last night. I’ve been making a little ritual of walking across the parking lot to the local Walmart after finishing with my knitting group on Wednesday evenings. Today my steady patience paid off, and as of this [...]

I’m still reeling from the hit I took to my credit card this past weekend. True, I’d been carefully stocking away money for a while now, and it helped that the economic stimulus payment showed up on time, but I’m still not accustomed to spending so much in such a short period of time. First [...]

Last week was fun. I got my car back, finally. The total bill was somewhere around $4700. Thank you, Erie Insurance, for paying the bill! Unfortunately, I had to pay $500 of it, not $250 since it was designated as a collision. I mean, yeah, I collided with a boxspring, but I was hoping to [...]

I think I’ve finally recovered from Katie’s wedding. Well, more accurately, the absurdly huge amount of driving that was involved. And the mega amount of work that was involved on Katie’s shawl (Ravelry link warning!). Here’s an early work in progress shot (I’ll post finished photos later, once I get them off of Katie’s mum). [...]

My parents (who are awesome, by the way), came down to invade my place this past weekend. There was a tiny whirlwind of productivity that left me with a) a completed ethernet wiring, b) brand new smoke detectors on all three floors, c) some shiny new (to me) furniture, and d) some new shelves for [...]