Wow. I’ve managed to not post for almost an entire year. Well, things are changing — we’ve moved (now living in Humble on Houston’s northeast side), and we have a baby on the way any day now! Lisa is due on Mar 27, but as we are told, it could happen anytime now, so we are excited! I will to post again after he makes his debut (yep — it’s a boy!), but given the frequency I have posted in the last year — I wouldn’t count on it!

Not bad for 30 Bucks! this is my second load. hopefully this will do the trick.

Here we go! well on our way to Newark first. but you get the picture!

Apparently the game machines at Buffalo Wild Wings run Linux. i caught this as the one at our booth crashed and started a reboot.

Did you buy a shiny new LCD monitor from Dell? If you did, the best advice I have for you is SAVE YOUR ORDER NUMBER! Make sure you can get to it. These puppies usually come with a pretty good warranty (my Mom’s had a 3-year on it), but if you don’t have your order number, there is absolutely nothing they can do. In keeping with the theme that these strange arduous tasks always fall my direction, here’s my experience with Dell over the last few days.

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We’re OK. I’ll start with that, since there are probably alot of people that aren’t OK. We made it through the storm alright with some minor damage — nothing like the reports from further south near Galveston or Bolivar. Mainly, we got some roof damage, a few leaks, 3 trees down (small), and our garage ceiling will probably need replacing.

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More later when i get power back.

That’s what we’re supposed to do. Hunker Down. Yep - that’s the official stance. Anyway, I got everything on the back patio put up or tied down (I hope) in preparation for Hurricane Ike. This time it really is headed right for us. Should start getting some serious wind/rain by this afternoon, with landfall around midnight tonight somewhere near Galveston.

I’m highly impressed with StormPulse, a really cool website for tracking storms. It’s flashiness is pretty addictive and it has a lot of options. Ah well, I suppose I’m ready — I just hope we aren’t without power for a long time (and I don’t lose tons of roofing tiles).

Everybody else in the area, take care.