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  • In 3D – part the second

    In 3D – part the second

    So I spent Friday, Saturday, and Sunday working with the Bambu H2D and the Varioshore material from the pervious post to create 1:1 faces for work… And, I’m close. These…

  • In 3D

    In 3D

    One of the things we do at work is Biometrics PAD (Presentation Attack Detection) testing, which is just a fancy way of saying we break into biometric access systems by…

  • Pizza

    Pizza

    1970’s and 80’s Longmont, the town I grew up in, wasn’t exactly a hotbed of culinary delights – especially when it came to delivery – so if fast food was…

  • @dead.net

    @dead.net

    Doing some research on the ‘Dead Internet Theory’ – which is a postulate that most of the ‘data’ component of the Internet these days is algorithmic sludge; the content equivalent…

  • The Wizard is IN

    The Wizard is IN

    Not only do I work with ancient computing history at home, but I’m also called upon on occasion to work the deep magic on artifacts floating around the office. See,…

  • PowerMac 8100

    PowerMac 8100

    One of the complications with keeping a stable of old computers is maintaining the peripherals it takes to do anything with them – which is why most of my collection…

  • Despite the horrors, I persist

    Despite the horrors, I persist

    With being down to just me at work I’ve been ridiculously busy the last couple of weeks… And I don’t mean just me in the IT personnel sense, but more…

  • Mid-week Update

    Mid-week Update

    I’ve been really busy the last few days… The big thing to deal with of course is my roommate getting laid off as it’s basically a $1500 a month pay…

  • Walk it off

    Walk it off

    I’m a bit stressed out with everything going on, so I went for a long walk to clear my head… I live across the street from a big state park,…

  • Update

    My roommate, we’ll call him RSO, got laid off at work on Monday. I’ve known RSO since 1995. In ’97, when Intelligent Electronics got bought by Ingram Micro, I moved…

  • Tire(d)

    Tire(d)

    The difference between the NT555RIIs and the Motivos with regard to traction is astounding… I should have done this last year. Traffic was pretty horrible on the way back from…

  • Where the rubber meets the road

    Where the rubber meets the road

    Having recently replaced the fuel pumps on the Hellcat, I’m pretty sure the reduced fuel flow has been dramatically impacting the car since I bought it. With the new fuel…

  • Breakfast on the house

    During the week I normally eat breakfast at home before I head into the office, but today I decided to splurge and get something on the way in. I drive…

  • Always One

    Always One

    One of the things Colorado is infamous for is its terrible highway interchanges. The most infamous of these would be the I-25 / I-70 interchange – lovingly called “The Mousetrap”.…

  • Weekend Update

    Weekend Update

    Friday afternoon, here at the office, my CFO came in and asked for a ride to pick up his Camaro from the shop – he had the front suspension redone,…

  • That New Laptop Experience

    That New Laptop Experience

    I’m in the office today and staging a few Windows laptops for employee use. It takes me about an hour to set up a Windows laptop these days, mostly because…

  • The Current Rig

    The Current Rig

    As mentioned previously, I generally lean towards Apple computers for my personal computing needs… But I work with Windows professionally and I’m also a bit of a gamer – so…

  • Smiles Per Hour

    Smiles Per Hour

    Something I do to keep track of miles and maintenance over time is snap a photo of the odometer every thousand miles to timestamp it. I bought the car with…

  • Hellcat costs

    I got the Hellcat back from the dealership this afternoon – they swapped out the fuel pumps on it and that seems to have fixed the issue. Without the warranty…

  • Sports Cars

    Sports Cars

    My CFO came into the office today and asked if I could drive him over to the dealership to pick up his Lotus Emira – and being as my Hellcat…