As a computer geek, I’ve long had a large stash of data that consumes far more than the available single disks of the times.
Over the years, I’ve built a number of file servers to suit my needs, all based on Linux, and mostly using software RAID in Linux. Unfortunately, there’s a number of issues that [...]
Many moons ago, someone started an FTP site which hosted various pictures of pinball parts. Most were in TIFF format, and the site was dog slow, and of course, being FTP, offered no thumbnails. Since files weren’t always named well, it was a nightmare trying to figure out if they had what you wanted.
8 years [...]
I’d heard rumors of 3G service in the Camp Hill, PA area, and indeed, my G1 would say, “G” on it, which led me to believe it was a 3G connection. Then I went to Washington, DC, where my phone had “3G” on it. Normally, in Harrisburg, PA it has an “E.”
This morning, while standing [...]
For the last 4 years, my company has had an annual retreat for it’s employees. The organizers always go all out to try and make this as fun and interesting as they can. This is the first retreat that I’ve been on, so I can’t comment on the others except to say that everyone always [...]
I recently decided to finally figure out what the bizarre boxes were I saw on lots of pages related to cell phones. Turns out it’s a 2-D barcode that contains information which a cell phone camera can read, decode and act on.
I’ve added the QR codes to my site here, such that you can navigate [...]
June is always a busy month for me, with a trip to Jamaica and all the requisite running around that preceeds and follows. Here’s the highlights, some of which I’ll post in more detail about later:
* Standing on a postcard perfect beach taking pictures of sunsets is great, unless your batteries die.
* I picked up [...]
That was the question posed today on rec.games.pinball by some poor fellow who’s frustrated with whatever current problem his Windows machine is giving him. Naturally, the Mac zealots came out in full force, telling him to drink the kool aid and be one of the cool kids. I decided that I should try to put [...]
The second pinball machine I ever owned was a Williams Indiana Jones. We had a good time with that game, but had it for about 5 years. Maggie wanted an Addams Family, so I traded it away. Well, not 2 or 3 months had gone by before Maggie told me she regretted that we had [...]
Had a lot of things going on this past week or so, and wanted to comment on a bunch of them, but have been slammed. So here’s my thoughts, in no particular order.
Pepsi’s got a new soda out; Pepsi Throwback. Well, ok, it’s not new, it’s old. They’ve switched the sugar back in, and taken out the high fructose corn syrup. And my my, is it good stuff. Just like I remember, it’s funny how your brain doesn’t forget. Let’s just hope it catches on so I [...]
