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Travelogue: Settling In

November 19, 2008November 19, 2008 Chief Oddball 3 Comments

As my workday comes to a close, and my efforts gladly wind down, I think that what I’m most looking forward to this evening is going to bed. It started pouring rain last night and continued, off-and-on, into most of today.

Travelogue: So Far, So Good

November 17, 2008October 7, 2011 Chief Oddball 1 Comment

Greetings from Southeast Asia! It’s our second and last day in Bangkok, Thailand, before we head to our final destination in the nation’s south. So far, our travels from the U.S. have gone swimmingly — no significant delays, a handful of pleasant flights and experiences, and no problems of which to speak.

Gearing Up

November 1, 2008October 7, 2011 Chief Oddball

Our travel date nears, and so, as you might expect, preparations for said trip have just about reached fever pitch around here. Not that I’m spending 24/7 packing — I usually plan things far too elaborately to get caught in a flurry of last-minute prep work.

Jumped on the iPhone Bandwagon

March 4, 2008September 22, 2011 Chief Oddball 3 Comments

So last week, as I was shaking off the last vestiges of whatever ridiculous illness I was suffering from, I did something I’d been meaning to do for a while now: I bought a 16 GB Apple iPhone. Love it or hate it, I find that the iPhone is another example of Apple’s exemplary user interface design.

WAMP, Vista Style: Pitfalls to Avoid

February 2, 2008September 22, 2011 Chief Oddball

Last week, I decided to try migrating to Windows Vista again. Yeah, yeah, save it. Anyway, after spending the last two hours trying to figure out why Apache’s mod_rewrite feature was not working, and then discovering it was the stupidest of the most stupid possible reasons, I decided to post a few “warning signs” here for you comrades who are traveling the WAMP road.

TiVo HD, Comcast and CableCARDs

January 1, 2008October 2, 2011 Chief Oddball 2 Comments

First off, welcome to 2008. I mostly don’t do New Year’s resolutions, but if I were to make one, it would be “post on Oddball Update more often.” I seem to have mostly gotten the rest of my house in order, at least in terms of no longer working myself to death, trying not to get upset about petty things, and having a positive outlook toward the future that life may bring me.

Road Trip of a Lifetime

November 18, 2007November 18, 2007 Chief Oddball 2 Comments

<turns on the lights> Oh, hey. You all startled me. I didn’t think there was still anybody here, but I see you’re all still sitting there, waiting for me to post some fresh tidbit of content, some tasty morsel of one sort or another.

Xbox 360 = Teh Dead.

August 13, 2007September 23, 2011 Chief Oddball 8 Comments

Crap. My 360 died. As I posted not long ago, a playable demo for BioShock was released just yesterday, but was downloading with maddening slowness. I left the console on all night in “low power” mode, where essentially all it does is maintain background downloads.

New Toy: Canon Powershot S3 IS

August 9, 2007September 23, 2011 Chief Oddball

I’ve recently been jonesing for a more elaborate digital camera, after using point-and-shoots since I switched from 35mm film in 2000. Back when I graduated from high school, I got a Canon EOS Elan IIe 35mm SLR, and it was a fantastic camera.

Yay! Internet Explorer 3!

July 27, 2007September 23, 2011 Chief Oddball

You experts probably beat me to the punch on this — after all, the original technique for this was first conjured up three whole years ago — but it wasn’t until today that I found out about Multiple-IE. This handy package lets you install any previous version of Internet Explorer — all the way back to 3.0 — on your Windows XP system, simultaneously.

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