crankygeek

Snow in the Northwest is hit or miss. We’re getting hit quite well this year.

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While I may not give a whit for their drivers, I still love Logitech’s mice.
A couple of years ago, my wife got me a way-friggin’-cool MX 700 cordless rechargeable mouse. It accompanied me to many a LAN party but died while we were in Vegas. Maybe it was the dry heat? Or maybe the lack [...]

I don’t know what it is, but my wife and I share this fascination with curling.
One of the benefits of moving back to Olympia is that Comcast carries CBC television which means we’re sure to stumble upon a game of curling every few weekends.
Another thing that makes our interest in curling so odd is that [...]

Alfred Lord Tennyson - Crossing The Bar
Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that [...]

I pretty much avoided the Firefox 2 betas. I spend all day in the browser and I’ve learned that, even with stable betas, if you can’t afford downtime it’s best to let others handle the testing.
So today was the first day I really got a look at the much praised new feature that allows you [...]