I’ve been chafing for a little while now to upgrade my machine to 64 bit and to take advantage of the new Windows 7 64-bit operating system. I’ve used Vista for a couple of years and really had no complaints. Once I had the UAC disabled (took all of about 15 minutes before I tired … Continue reading New Computer coming to Bourassa central
As you may be aware from some of my other blog posts, I refinanced my mortgage with Suntrust earlier this year. At the end of the process I received an offer for $150 if I signed up with their Surepay system. Basically just an automated drafting service to ensure that your mortgage is paid promptly … Continue reading It’s no wonder the banks are in trouble
The Temporal Void by Peter F. Hamilton continues his tradition of fine multi-book series. My only regret is that I read this one now rather than waiting so that I could begin the last book in this particular trilogy immediately. Picking up right where “The Dreaming Void” left off, this book maintained the established pace … Continue reading The Temporal Void
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand was a worthwhile, if lengthy, endeavor. Being too lazy to actually attack this by *reading* it, I picked up the audio version. I have listened to Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” at least a half dozen times over the past couple of decades. If you know me you’ll know that I … Continue reading The Fountainhead
Following up on my original post regarding Wilson Insulation, I spoke with Jack – the fellow responsible for the work crew – and he arranged to have them come out with instructions to “do whatever is needed to make the customer happy”. That’s pretty damn impressive. They came over on the scheduled day (last Tuesday … Continue reading Insulating my house with Wilson Insulation Pt 2
This article about a priest telling his parishioners that it’s OK to shoplift seems to have absolutely given up on the idea that “God will provide”. I suppose it would be pretty sweet to get the OK to go ahead and get your Christmas shoplifting done guilt free. Of course, I suppose the police will … Continue reading Hypocrisy – So much for divine intervention
This could also be titled “How does upper management run a company while accepting little or no input from their knowledge workers?”. I’m not 100% sure if this story as reported in the register is accurate, but it *did* tickle me. When I Googled “EDS Mainframe” to top search result was a page from HP … Continue reading HP’s EDS woes – like Dilbert in real life
While I was reading this article titled “A curse on these smug types who buy you a goat in Africa for Christmas” by Virginia Ironside, I at first was a bit put off by her apparent ingratitude for the efforts made on her behalf by well meaning friends. But I have to say that her … Continue reading Should Charity be a personal choice? Christmas Charity gifts
I originally posted about this a couple of years ago but it’s funny enough that I thought I would revisit it. Or click directly right here. Make sure you have the sound turned on. Watch and listen, there’s a whole bunch of little stories going on in that globe. But the real fun comes when … Continue reading Christmas Cheer re-revisited
Yep, the tree is old enough that you can still see some damage where those ancient 7-Watt Christmas bulbs had melted the fake pine needles. Michelle would much prefer to have a “real” tree. The center pole is pretty warped and nobody would ever mistake this for the real thing but I’m pretty attached to … Continue reading Putting together our *36* year-old artificial Christmas Tree
