Author: rihahn
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Retro Memories
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I think I’m going to start a new series here in ye olde journal where I detail some strange, interesting, or strangely interesting facet of growing up in the 70’s…
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The light at the end of the tunnel…
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If I squint, I can see 2021 sitting there at the end of the week. 2020 has been — interesting, but I’ll not be overly upset to put it behind…
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Breakfast Encounters…
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Simply to get out of the house for a bit and get some fresh air and sunshine, the roommate and I drove down to the Waffle House in Castle Rock…
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Retro Holidays
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Back in the 70’s the holidays were ruled by catalog showrooms like Sears, Montgomery Wards, and the big-dog around my house — Service Merchandise. The ritual was to make note…
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Merry Christmas!
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Took a stroll to look at everyone’s lights tonight; some really impressive displays out there. I also find it interesting how much blue LEDs have changed the color of the…
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Cyberpunk 2077, part 2
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Well, I finished the storyline for Cyberpunk 2077, and it was pretty incredible. The game was $60, and I think it took me about 40 hours to finish the story…
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Of roofs and rent…
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The new lease for the townhouse arrived the other day, because I have to give them 60 days notice. So I need to accept or refuse the new lease by…
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Happy Holidays!
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I walked over to the local Village Inn to get a little outside time and to pick up my breakfast. With the zombies and all, even at T-minus-5 days until…
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Watch Band
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And last but not least, my custom watch band arrived this evening. 2-day delivery took two weeks thanks to the USPS — but the band is really nice and even…
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Atari
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My 1-of-6000 Collector’s Edition Atari VCS 800 arrived today. I got it all set up and played some Asteroids and Tempest with the roommate, which was tons of fun. The…
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Update…
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I’m on “vacation”, which just means it can take 30 minutes to an hour for me to get around to the current world-ending problem at work. My roommate also starts…
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Cyberpunk
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So, CDProjectRed’s “Cyberpunk 2077” released a few days ago. I’m an old fan of Cyberpunk, from back in the late 80’s when it was a tabletop roleplaying game from R.…
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Shipping And Handling
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I’m still waiting for my new Apple Watch band to arrive; apparently the USPS is having some problems and packages are backed up nation-wide. The website says it’s still on…
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3, 2, 1 – Lunch!
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It’s been a few years — five in fact — since the infamous Bigfoot of fast-food last roamed the Rockies. Of course I’m referring to the McRib; McDonald’s here today-gone…
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End of year bonus
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I got my end-of-year bonus, and that handily paid off the M1 laptop and the bespoke case I had made for it. The case arrived last evening, by the way,…
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Winding down the year…
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Welp, here we are — December 2020. TDay is now firmly behind us, Christmas is still ahead of us, and the long shadows of winter sunshine makes for short days…
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Server Shenanigans
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Not a lot of updates this week mostly because I’ve been pretty busy with work. Right now I’m front-loading the setup hours for a test that requires five 2012r2 servers.…
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Post TDay Post
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My four days off went better than they usually do in that I actually took four days off. I was technically at work until about midnight on Wednesday working out…
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Update…
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Here we are, the day before the Thanksgiving holiday. It’s a 4-day weekend for me starting tomorrow, so I might actually get a chance to muck about with the new…