Author: rihahn
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The Wizard is IN
Not only do I work with ancient computing history at home, but I’m also called upon on occasion to work the deep magic on artifacts floating around the office. See,…
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PowerMac 8100
One of the complications with keeping a stable of old computers is maintaining the peripherals it takes to do anything with them – which is why most of my collection…
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Despite the horrors, I persist
With being down to just me at work I’ve been ridiculously busy the last couple of weeks… And I don’t mean just me in the IT personnel sense, but more…
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Mid-week Update
I’ve been really busy the last few days… The big thing to deal with of course is my roommate getting laid off as it’s basically a $1500 a month pay…
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Walk it off
I’m a bit stressed out with everything going on, so I went for a long walk to clear my head… I live across the street from a big state park,…
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Update
My roommate, we’ll call him RSO, got laid off at work on Monday. I’ve known RSO since 1995. In ’97, when Intelligent Electronics got bought by Ingram Micro, I moved…
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Where the rubber meets the road
Having recently replaced the fuel pumps on the Hellcat, I’m pretty sure the reduced fuel flow has been dramatically impacting the car since I bought it. With the new fuel…
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Breakfast on the house
During the week I normally eat breakfast at home before I head into the office, but today I decided to splurge and get something on the way in. I drive…
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Always One
One of the things Colorado is infamous for is its terrible highway interchanges. The most infamous of these would be the I-25 / I-70 interchange – lovingly called “The Mousetrap”.…
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Weekend Update
Friday afternoon, here at the office, my CFO came in and asked for a ride to pick up his Camaro from the shop – he had the front suspension redone,…
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That New Laptop Experience
I’m in the office today and staging a few Windows laptops for employee use. It takes me about an hour to set up a Windows laptop these days, mostly because…
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The Current Rig
As mentioned previously, I generally lean towards Apple computers for my personal computing needs… But I work with Windows professionally and I’m also a bit of a gamer – so…
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Smiles Per Hour
Something I do to keep track of miles and maintenance over time is snap a photo of the odometer every thousand miles to timestamp it. I bought the car with…
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Hellcat costs
I got the Hellcat back from the dealership this afternoon – they swapped out the fuel pumps on it and that seems to have fixed the issue. Without the warranty…
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Sports Cars
My CFO came into the office today and asked if I could drive him over to the dealership to pick up his Lotus Emira – and being as my Hellcat…
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Recollections
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
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…
