Author: rihahn
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Recollections
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To say the world has changed a bit since I was younger is a dramatic understatement. And I like to ponder the tides of change on slow, quiet weekends like…
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How it is
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Ran over to my local gas station to top off the tank in the 300 and pick up a couple of 20oz sodas for the day… Something I’ve been doing…
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The end is nigh
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Got word from my CFO yesterday that things are coming to a head with the company; Bidenomics are kicking our ass as far as operating costs and we don’t have…
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Windows
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At work I do a little of everything, and one of the things on the list of “everything” is graphic design for things like advertising, flyers, t-shirts, trade-show booths, whitepaper…
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Automotive
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Been doing a little work on the car; new CAI and over the weekend I put a new oil catch-can on it. What the catch does is strip the oil…
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1000th post
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Just for posterity, ye olden blog here is now over 1000 posts… Not bad for 20 years. Listening to “Alive And Kicking” by Simple Minds
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Car stuff
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A couple of days ago I ordered a new CAI for the car, and it came in today – so I wasted a half an hour in the garage installing…
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What is old is new again
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A friend of mine worked for the phone company back in the early 90’s and was sent over to Panama to support the military during the ousting of Noriega, and…
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Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow
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Found a good deal on a new filter and intake tube for the car the other night, so against my better judgement I purchased it… $400 later and I have…
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Phreaky
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In the early 80’s the phone system was kind of a passing interest of mine – specifically the rapidly developing digital switching systems that were replacing the very mechanical and…
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Atari
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Ages ago – 1985 / 1986 – I had an Atari 800XL computer that was my gateway to an online world through bulletin boards and things like Compuserve. Prior to…
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6000 miles
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On Friday the car hit 6000 miles – so as I usually do here’s the record: I purchased the 300 on August 10th, 2022, which was approximately 600 days ago…
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Objectively better
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I’ve been building a computer to load my old BBS on for giggles – a Dell E521 running Windows XP. The E521 is interesting because it’s one of the last…
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TV Dinner
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Back in the 80’s I was what they called a “Latch Key Kid”, meaning I usually locked up when I left for school, and let myself back in when I…
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In Living Color
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I was discussing various old computers with some folks online, and the topic turned to ‘what did screens look like in the 80’s?’ I dug around online for some examples…
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Collectables
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Back in the before-times, comics were a big deal. And accordingly I spent an inordinate amount of time perusing my local comic shops when I was younger. The first comic…
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The State of Things
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I try to avoid the “when I was a kid” posts because they don’t really serve much purpose outside of illustrating that time does indeed pass. But on my walk…
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Update
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Been busy trying to keep the ship afloat and haven’t really done much more than work-stuff in a while now… It happens. There have been a few noteworthy events though,…
