crankygeek

Please think happy thoughts for Nick’s Dad as he goes into round two with surgery.

Not in that hip, groovy, cool way. Since I’ve installed it, Outlook 2007 is hanging and I can’t make changes to the search configuration. I’ve even gone into Outlook and disabled any add-ins that could be conflicting, but WDS continues to choke.
I’ve been limping along with Lookout because it beats the pants off of [...]

Fluorescent light bulbs can interfere with home wireless access point.
Been fighting network interference for weeks because of this.

I just registered for Gnomedex 8. This will be the third year in a row for me. I blame Nick for getting me hooked.

Not officially, of course. But the hull number of my submarine, the USS Florida, was SSBN 728, and because of the way my brain is wired, whenever I see the date, 7/28, it makes me think of that.
A few years ago, the Florida was converted to an SSGN which means they removed the Trident missile [...]