Author: rihahn
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Good morning, Internet
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This morning is one of those mornings where you can actually see the shadow of the horizon slowly pan down the mountains and across Denver from the roof of my…
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Secondlife Sightseeing
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Back in 2018, the group I ran role-play sims in SecondLife with decided they wanted to play in a futuristic space setting. Of course to do this required a sim…
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Breakfast in the apocalypse…
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With all the flop and twitch going on in the world I took the hint back in March and, over a few months, amassed some supplies in case things got…
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The world according to Microsoft…
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Super busy with a project right now, but while this .iso comes down from Microsoft I just had to post an observation… Microsoft’s “Hyper-V” is their house-brand hypervisor for virtual…
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Moving…
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Today I got to see the place my CFO is offering, and it’s really nice. It’s probably twice the space I have now, with a really upscale layout and killer…
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2021
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Welp, we made it. As is tradition, I was asleep by about 10pm and missed all of the drunken frivolity and fireworks. Today is a day off, so after my…
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Toys
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The holiday season is inextricably tied to toys, and even here in my 50’s I still look forward to buying myself some small totally-useless-but-ultimately-fun item each year. Now, I’m not…
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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…