My New Eee, and the Forced Adventures Thereof

I purchased an Eee PC last week, and it was delivered yesterday for me to ogle and admire ceaselessly. Unfortunately, I had multiple pressing engagements last night that kept me from getting to enjoy it much. So, because I was excited about it, and because I promised …

KCATA Crawl 2008 Done

The 2008 KCATA Pubcrawl was an unmitigated success. Some people came and went, but in total, over twenty people came out for the third annual crawl. Over a period of sixteen hours, the group visited eleven bars between Waldo and downtown. Some firsts for the crawl:

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Pennies are Worthless

I've fished the pennies out of my change cup. I predict this will not make it past the housekeeping folks tonight.

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Megaman 2

In what order do you defeat the bosses in Megaman 2? My brother and I used to team up. He'd take the first four, and I'd take the last, but even now, I stick to the same order:

1. Flashman (Easiest level, easiest boss.)

2. Metalman (The metal blade was absolutely …

Every Reason to be Happy

For the fourth week in a row, the kickball season was postponed due to perfectly timed rain. It appears that this week's game too will be cancelled. I sure would love to play, but I've had enough going on lately to keep me occupied. With kickball cancelled, Jeff and I …

Holy Hail!

I was startled awake at about 1am to the clatter of a zillion pebbles being thrown at my window at once. I got out of bed and took a look out the window to see this:

So I snapped a picture. It sure wasn't letting me sleep.

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Idle April

I slept happily through long quiet nights both Friday and Saturday nights. It's always lovely to get some real sleep. I didn't go out on Friday. I had been out the previous three nights, and a break was welcome.

On Saturday I received some excellent news that was …

Linux Stuff I Use All The Time

I have been using Linux since before I thought I was cool. It went from a hobby, to a source of pride, to what it is now: an absolutely indispensable piece of my computing repertoire. As I was reading a lifehacker list of software designed to ease everyday life in this …

Kansas City's Smokiest Bars

With a pathetic turnout of roughly ten percent of Kansas City's population, the voters that bothered to vote decided with 51% of the vote to ban smoking in Kansas City's bars and restaurants, but not Kansas City's casinos or outdoor stadiums. I was part of the 49% that …

Spring is Coming

The network people for a moment removed one of their boxes of crap from the top of the vacant cube across from me, and for the briefest of moments, I could see the window from my seat.

366 Days

On this day in 2007, March 31st, Jeff and I moved into the new place. I have officially been a homeowner for a full year now. I should probably clean the bath tub.

I had a fun but typical Kansas City weekend. I met up with about twenty people I know on Friday night, over …