Author: rihahn
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PowerMac 8,1 (The things I do to recover old email…)
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For my mono-no aware project I’ve been sifting though terabytes of archived data, searching for times and dates to try and build a timeline of the past. Part of this…
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Went to a show…
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Saw “Tenet”. It was very SciFi Channel, but after not seeing a movie since “Rise of Skywalker” nine months ago, I won’t complain. And the popcorn was really good. Scott…
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Waaaay back…
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I was just looking through some old emails and found the email trail I sent back and forth to someone here on LJ in order to get a code to…
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Less Vespa
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Today I sold the Vespa that I purchased back in March. It was a fun little experiment; I more or less purchased the thing to see if being on two…
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Winter approaches…
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One of the more unique qualities of Colorado is how quickly it changes from “summer” to “winter”. Fall or Autumn here lasts about a week if we’re lucky. It’s really…
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Marshal the Wonder Cat is gone…
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I picked up Marshal on March 10th, 2007 from the PetsMart in north Aurora. They said he was 3 years old then. Today Erin, who has looked after him since…
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Day 122 of the 14 day COVID-19 lockdown
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I’m noting some depression starting to darken the edges of things. I’ve not really left the house for anything other than to go to work since March. Sure, I’ve been…
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Rifle, part 3
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In a surprise to exactly no one, my background check came back okay and I was able to finally pick up my new rifle today. And there it is in…
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Rifle, part 2
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Anyone who tells you it’s too easy to buy a gun, especially right now, has never bought a gun… It’s a simple eight step process that can take a week…
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Wild Wild West
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I’ve not directly owned a firearm for a really long time, in fact the last time was my Navy days back in the late 80’s. I carried a 1911 while…
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Behold! A cellphone that just makes phone calls!
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As I mentioned a while back, I’m giving up on my iPhone XS Max in favor of something with less demands on my time and attention. Enter the Light Phone…
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Eating local…
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With the threat of zombies and whatnot, a lot of the local grocers are generally out of good meat these days. Sure, you can still get generic 70/30 ground and…
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The morning walk…
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A few shots from today’s route: It was weird to be the only customer in V.I. who wasn’t staring at a phone… Luckily I had my Kindle to fill the…
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Falling down…
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After picking up a couple of sodas at 7-11 on the way in to work this morning, I stepped off of a curb into a pothole and unceremoniously face-planted right…
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Home Improvement
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A few weeks ago I discovered that some of the local steak places are selling ‘you cook it’ steaks, chicken, pork-chops, etcetera to offset the lack of eat-in business. For…
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Unplugged, part two
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While waiting for the new phone to arrive, I’ve been training myself to not rely on the iPhone quite so much; leaving it on my desk when I go to…
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Unplugged
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I’m making the move to ditch my thousand dollar iPhone XS Max in favor of a $250 thing called the Light Phone 2. The move from a “smart” phone to…
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物の哀れ
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Mono-no aware: the ephemeral nature of beauty – the quietly elated, bittersweet feeling of having been witness to the dazzling circus of life – knowing that none of it can…
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Working from home, day – I honestly don’t know…
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With this being stuck in the house thing, I’ve realized how important the drive to and from work is… The drive serves as a line in the sand between the…
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Wide Open Space Therapy
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I needed to get out of the house for a bit this morning; the lockdown thing is starting to wear on me. Fortunately I live on the eastern edge of…