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Posted in nerdliness on Dec 30th, 2008
On our drive between Manhattan and Olathe we pass a prominent Billboard that asks the question, Why is Stihl not sold at Lowe’s or Home Depot? And it includes a picture of a chain saw. Every time we go past it I think to myself that I need to Google the question to find out [...]
Posted in life on Dec 29th, 2008
Sibylle and I have been experimenting in the kitchen of late and have discovered an Oriental-style chicken dish that I’m going to call Hoisin Chicken. Start by peeling and dicing two medium or three small yellow potatoes. The size of the dice isn’t as important as all the cubes being roughly the same size. Cover [...]
Posted in life on Dec 28th, 2008
We are taking a 14′ truck full of boxes, Select Comfort bed pieces, two bicycles, and a variety of other small items to Manhattan KS today. We were blessed with near 70º temperatures Friday evening when we started loading, but had to contend with freezing temperatures and snow yesterday evening when we finished the process. [...]
Posted in diversions, nerdliness on Dec 28th, 2008
I have been an avid reader of the comics “page” for as long as I can remember. Page is in quotes since I rarely, if ever, read the newspaper anymore, instead I use a wonderful piece of software called Comictastic. Comictastic, available only for the Mac operating system, is, according to Andy Ihnatko, It’s like [...]
Posted in life on Dec 27th, 2008
Four and a half years ago, when Michele and I moved to Kansas City we went from a 2000 square foot house, with ample storage and a huge three-bay garage, to a comfortable apartment that had but a single garage stall, barely large enough for the car, and only a 1000 square feet of space. [...]
Posted in life on Dec 24th, 2008
The first paid job I had, post college, was 50 miles away from where I was living at the time. I started in October, and didn’t find an apartment I liked until April the following year, so I spent two hours a day in the car for nearly six months. After moving my commute was [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Dec 24th, 2008
Forty years ago today, Apollo 8 was circling the Moon. This iconic picture was taken. The first Earthrise viewed by humans. Here is the Apollo 8 Christmas Eve broadcast.
This evening we decided to treat ourselves to pizza rather than cook something at home. We both like the personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut on occasion, so I called their number to place my order. And got to listen to a canned ad for the newly added “Wing Street” offerings. We’ve called them enough [...]
Posted in life, nerdliness on Dec 23rd, 2008
In the movie business, continuity refers to the process of making sure that scenes shot out of sequence line up contextually in the finished movie. The best example I can think of is in Ocean’s Eleven, where Brad Pitt’s character is talking to Matt Damon’s character while eating a shrimp cocktail. In the middle of [...]
Posted in life on Dec 17th, 2008
What better way to start off the new year than with a new job? I recently accepted a position as Software Architect with the Office of Mediated Education at Kansas State University. I’ll be working with several teams that develop and support web-based applications for use in online classrooms, student ratings, grade submission, and a [...]