Entries from May 2005

Random Ten, SOB edition

Date May 27, 2005

Just because people should be involved in politics (and also because I like saying “SOB”) the phone number to call to speak with your senator’s office is 1-877-SOB-U-SOB. Now the Friday Random Ten:
# Dusted, _Belly_
# I Am Your Doctor, _Wyclef Jean_. Nothing against Wyclef, but I think I’d prefer a less laid-back doc.
# Uranus, _Hyrda_
# [...]

Code 41 DVD player problem solved!

Date May 25, 2005

This is one of those entries that I make for the sake of posterity. Here’s the problem:
My laptop suddenly stopped recognizing my DVD drive. Even though the computer would power up the DVD drive and recognize it when I installed drivers, I would always end up with a “code 41″ saying the drivers had been [...]

Compromise

Date May 24, 2005

So the Senate has reached a compromise on Bill Frist’s “Nuclear” option which clears the way for three of Bush’s blocked nominees and preserves the filibuster for use against a potential Supreme Court nominee. I haven’t looked at _anyone else’s blogs_ yet about this issue, and while I’m relieved that debate in the Senate is [...]

quizzy

Date May 23, 2005

Which File Extension are You?

Mostly cloudy, with scattered Senate Warfare

Date May 23, 2005

Several years ago when I worked at FEMA(Federal Emergency Management Agency), I’d watch the weather reports to get an idea of how difficult my week at work was going to be. Tornados and floods were bad, but hurricanes were the worst. Days of build-up to the event, then usually a month of heavy web-site updates [...]