So I try to limit posts here (at least ones in the “general” category) to controversial or otherwise interesting stuff. Hence I haven’t posted here in a while. It’s not an online journal. It’s the Blog of Doom. That said there’s been a few links I’d like to share with people even if they’re not […]
So I attended SCALE this weekend. It was a good conference, lots of good talks. But I won’t bore you with geeky stuff. At the same time and in the same venue, there was a Christian Cheearleading conference. That’s right, a Christian Cheerleading conference. I’m not sure if this is those Jesus Freaks who cheer […]
KC and I took off the rear wheel tonight. This required removing the exhaust pipes, sadly. And one of the bolts that holds the pipes to the engine block… broke. So I have half a bolt in my engine block. It’s not clear if I can remove this myself or not, but once my rear […]
Just when it’s all almost done… it’s not. KC’s been bugging me for pictures of the cleaned bike, so they’re below. Today I replaced the other spark plug, opened my gear-box cover and lubed the other side of the clutch cable, and tightened the drain on the left carburetor’s float-bowl (which fixed a gas leak). […]
So here is an article. High school students increasingly don’t believe First Amendment rights are a big deal. I nearly cried when I read that. I sat, open-mouthed, staring at my screen. For the first time in my life, I was speechless. It took a day before I was even prepared to blog about it. […]
Last week, as some of you may know, I was working 9am – 4am almost every day. It was rough, but it’s one of those heavy crunch times that comes with being a sysadmin, and I accept those. Today, I spent most of the day arguing with the CTO of the university about a security […]
