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OK, I’m beyond a full week now without my PowerBook. You know the last time I had a powerbook repaired was back in the “bad old days” of a “beleaguered Apple” (remember those?) This was during the rampant fiasco that was the PowerBook 5300. No, I never used one of those, I was a Duo/2400c … Continue reading “Making do”
Trevor asked: I found your blog through your Colorado 1000 event. I really liked the photos. They did the job very well. I’d like to make the 2006 event and would like to make that the goal for my car. I’ve contacted them about regestering, so we’ll see as I think they only have space … Continue reading “Vintage Car Events Compared”
Watched “Hockey Night In Canada” tonight (a great benefit of living just south of Latitude 49… getting CBC TV.) Edmonton beat Vancouver 4-3. It was a fair game, but ended regulation time in a 3-3 tie. Overtime produced no winner so they settled it with a shootout. While some of the rule changes are for … Continue reading “Cool, Hockey’s Back. 10/8/05”
Yesterday’s entry ended: “I imagined a nice short day at work, followed by some analog therapy of fixing my car, and a nice drive home with the top down.” If this were a movie those words would have an ominous sound track playing behind them. Since it is just a blog, you’ll have to imagine … Continue reading “How I spent my 42nd Birthday. 10/5/05”
Every year I take my wife and kids to Colorado to visit my parents. We usually go in February so we can (surprise!) get some skiing in too. This year I did not make it, instead I had to stay behind and work, managing our move to a new facility. The wife and kids went, … Continue reading “What I Did On My Summer Vacation. 9/11/05”