Quick Hitts

I’m not quite ready to admit to being old, but I can see it on the horizon, getting closer with each passing birthday.  The signs are unmistakable – I’m stiffer and slower than before (and I was never very speedy in the first place).  I’ve caught myself making old man noises when I sit down.  [...]

While discussing crackpots on Facebook a friend posted a video of someone claiming to be a Psychophysiologist. So I’ve decided to declare myself an expert by making up a silly but complicated name for my field of study. I’m a Nicotianastogieologist, specializing in herfpalaver. (Translation: I like smoking cigars with other talkative cigar smokers.) What’s [...]

It’s Sunday night.  I’m tired and bored and sitting in a hotel room and I think, “Hey, I’ll watch an episode of “Justified.” First I went to Hulu.  There service is cool enough to put up with watching their commercials even though they tend to air extremely stupid ones (like Capital One) for extremely evil [...]

Driving a U-Haul moving van is like getting a piggyback ride from Michael Moore.  It’s bumpy, noisily, uncomfortable, pulls to the left, is difficult to maneuver and has huge blind spots on both sides. I just spent the past two days piloting one of these POS so I feel qualified to offer the following advice. [...]

I need some advice about home security cameras. Relatives are having trouble with a persistent and nasty vandal. They know who he is, but he strikes randomly and at night and they can’t prove he’s the culprit. They want to photograph him in the act. A few clear photos, or a video, combined with his [...]

Jehovah’s Witnesses are actively discouraged (virtually forbidden) from contributing to relief organizations in response to disasters.  On Friday afternoon someone on the Jehovah’s Witnesses Recovery Forum suggested setting up a site to encourage ex-JWs to donate to Haitian relief funds.  Friday night several of us had a conference call to plan out the details.  Now, [...]

About a year ago I signed up with Mozy, an off-site backup service.  For five bucks a month they back up your files on their servers, so you can restore them if you lose something. The few times I’ve needed them it’s been a simple process.  I’d click “restore” on their software and it showed [...]