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  • Update…

    Still head-down and plodding… At work I’m still cleaning out the office / store room where I stashed all of the crap our spinoff abandoned in place when the plandemic…

  • Microslop

    Microslop

    Microsoft has been taking a lot of heat lately, but I don’t really play in the Windows World anymore so it’s just been an entertaining memefest while cruising the socials.…

  • Old Odd Storage

    Old Odd Storage

    There was a brief period in time where portable electronics had gotten small enough that the HD was the limiting factor – but SSDs hadn’t caught up yet… So you…

  • Tis the season

    It appears that I’m rapidly closing in on the end of 2025… Twenty Twenty Five… That seems like an awful big number considering I remember the 1970’s. I got a…

  • Update

    Well, I’m technically on vacation this week. I say technically because I get emails every 30 minutes from someone at work needing me to do something only I can do,…

  • Still down in it

    November is proving to be the month that never ended; HVAC company still cant find their butt with both hands so I’m still on portable AC units in the server…

  • Been a busy month

    Been a busy month

    November is always busy for me as I try to get everything that needs doing done before December. At work I’ve been cleaning up areas of the building that were…

  • Another thousand miles

    Another thousand miles

    The Hellcat ticked over 31,000 miles on the way back from the office today… Ignore the low tire pressure warning – it was literally two degrees above an ice cube…

  • Old Habits…

    Had an interesting encounter the other day at work – had an HVAC guy in doing some PMs on the building boiler and server room A/C, and as I walked…

  • Good old days…

    Good old days…

    Here at the office I’m still cleaning out parts of the building that haven’t seen human habitation since 2020… And today’s bit of entertainment is powering up a few antiques…

  • Box Meals

    Box Meals

    Last year I briefly tried out “Factor“, a meal delivery service, and after the first few meals wasn’t too impressed. The meals wound up costing about $15-18 each, and just…

  • HellCosts…

    I get asked fairly often how much it costs to daily drive a Challenger Hellcat – and today I have some gas costs for you. I set up the Shell…

  • Jaaaaag

    Jaaaaag

    So, my CFO’s newest car arrived over the weekend… This is the same fellow with the Alfa Romeo Stelvio daily driver – and the 1968 Camaro, 2005 Porsche Boxster, 2023…

  • TRON

    TRON

    Went and saw Tron: Ares yesterday. Normally I don’t go to the theater as it’s too expensive and contains too many people, but I discovered that my local theater (AMC…

  • AI “Art”

    AI “Art”

    The two primary arguments I see against AI are “trained on other people’s work” and “uses too much electricity” – with a third bonus point for “artists get paid to…

  • Autumn

    Autumn

    Autumn in Colorado is kind of special – the whole state gets far more colorful for a few weeks before the snow falls. And the wildlife, knowing something is up,…

  • Server Artifacts

    Server Artifacts

    Still going through the accumulated tech-junk here at work and getting the e-cycler to come get it… Three full pallets of old computers and monitors are gone – roughly 5000…

  • Balance

    I don’t drive the car at highway speeds very often – which here in Colorado is somewhere between 75 and 80. So it took a couple of weeks after the…

  • 2025 Colorado British Motoring Conclave

    2025 Colorado British Motoring Conclave

    I’ve mentioned previously that my CFO has a Lotus Emira. Well, after relentless pestering he finally joined the local Lotus club… The day after joining, he went on a club…

  • Summer’s Ending Soon

    [Verse 1]What if there’s no answerTo the questions that keep us up at nightIt’s just a fork in the roadAnd no matter where you goThere you are againFind a way…