A blog from a science nut, computer geek, sometimes philosopher, and a human. Based out of Denver, with a love of Antarctica, I seem to wander the world so who knows where I'll be in 6 months.
4 truck loads of stuff later and lots of physical soreness and 1019 furniture mostly moved to our new house 3 blocks away. (It’s a small moving truck and some tight alleys.) That’s what I call a long weekend. Now we scrub, patch, paint, and de-bedbug the boxes, kitchen things, and sundries before it heads … Read more
I’ve been decompressing with Season 3 of Battle Star Galactica and it’s amazing to watch this stuff. The first season was engaging in a way that few other shows have managed to transcend. The longer you watch the series though, the more cliche it becomes. I am now a firm believer in shows being writing … Read more
A little late sorry, but we did choose a house. It’s 3 blocks away from our current house. Now the fun of moving 8 people out of the house, 6 people into another house, and settling the new house. Thankfully the new house is uninhabited, so although we can’t actually sleep there, we can move … Read more
Man-o-man, housing drama is not fun! For those of you who don’t remember I live in a row house nicknamed 1019 with 8 other people inside the district, within walking distance of the Columbia Height Metro. I’ve now lived in the same house for the nearly 2 years I’ve been in DC, which I think … Read more
I don’t know how many times over the last several years I’ve been asked how I can like Chipotle when it’s owned by McDonalds. Oy! Let me clear it up. Chipotle is not owned by McDonalds! Yes Chipotle was a subsidiary, but McDonalds divested itself of Chipotle in 2006. What’s more, it was a smart … Read more
I got out of DC yesterday and spent several wonderful hours wandering around polyface farms in the Shenandoah Valley of northern Virginia. 3 hours of a drive from DC, it was well worth the trip as we managed to shuttle past the persistent rainstorm settled atop DC for the beautiful weather at Polyface Farms. For … Read more
My life right now is a tunnel vision of DC, governed mostly by living in a district where national policies are decided, but feel handed out. As I was laying in bed moments ago, I was prompted to arise by a thread of thoughts which reminds me how much we as a represented people need … Read more
To follow up my previous post on how to keep yourself safe, I felt it was only fitting that I also add a short piece on how you can recover from some data loss situations. First and foremost, I’ll re-iterate, BACKUP UP YOUR DATA! Look at this from a money point of view. The following … Read more
I still try and practice the art of photography occasionally and it’s really to keep me sane then it is to win anything, but occasionally I get notice for random things. I put some of my photos on flickr and this one here in DC has been included on a virtual guide. Not much, but … Read more
A few weeks ago, in purchasing a new phone and looking for the best deal on the internet, I was taken in by a phishing site. Additionally, Angela, my girlfriend in South Africa, left her USB thumb drive in a library and returned to find it missing. A few weeks later she was accosted by … Read more