Thanks to the help of a great many people, the painting was finished yesterday. I touched up the stained spots this morning and they have not bled through the new paint, so the blocker works. You just have to let it cure, otherwise it continues to bleed through. Applying more …

The room is a lot brighter. When everything is dry it will be very nice, and hopefully less... stinky! Love those paint fumes! Tomorrow is the bookcase build-out. Jen put up some progress pictures on the gallery.

Hopefully this one spot on the wall will bind with the stain blocker …

Tonight we start the taping and moving and preparing for the painting of the den and build-out of the bookcases. :)

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. With luck, I'll get my paper done for class, too.

Moving my machines to the closet under the stairwell was the year-end project. Had to run my own power, network, and telco cables. We had an electrician inspect it and do the final circuit hookup. Jen has put up pics of the new desks from IKEA in January. We have …

I've heard a lot of criticism of online universities. I'm sure the rinky dink outfits exist, but University of Phoenix Online is not one of them. I'm taking one 3 credit hour class and putting in about 14 hours a week. I'm getting 0wned, here.

I'm doing well, but its …

It looks like Wee lad is nearly ready for a computer he can explore with less supervision. We've weighed several options, including cobbling a PC together from spare parts, and come to the tentative conclusion that he is better off with a Mac mini. Among the reasons are the fact …

In September of 2003, I finally decided to see what all the fuss was about. I acquired a secondhand iMac (original, Bondi Blue) and the latest OS/X (Jaguar, followed quickly by Panther). Since October '03 I haven't looked back. Even that slow 233 MHz gem was quite peppy compared …

Most people who know Wee lad know that in addition to some of his other favorite fascinations, he is a big fan of fish and Pixar's Finding Nemo. For about four weeks now he's been making big progress in assigning names to everything. Usually he uses a close approximation of …

This makes Christmas Eve #2 that I woke in the morning to discover a nasty surprise on my server.

In case there is any doubt as to how I feel about this, allow me to make it painfully clear: STAY OFF MY COMPUTER!

Today's incident wasn't catastrophic, although it easily …

Looking for something to sing about? We went to Alley Mo's last night for Buffy's High School Reunion. Watching Once More, With Feeling as a sing-along in a sold out house of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer fans is a rare viewing experience only possible at venues like the Alamo. Viewing …