Archive for the 'life and times' Category

29. It’s a prime. Doin’ fine.

Friday, October 9th, 2009

Yep, I’m now a prime age again. It’s been a long couple years since my last prime …. like 6 of them. Next one’s only two years away… But the primality of my age aside, it seems like this would be a good time to post a life-and-times update, dontcha think? Well, plus or minus [...]

Travelblogging: Denver Colorado.

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

So, another work trip recently came and went. This one was out to Denver, Colorado. Another node install, for which we were in and out of the facility in a grand total of right around 3 hours. Neat facility, but it was a cage colo, so I shouldn’t really elaborate on it beyond saying that [...]

Port Salut is delicious.

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

I picked up a 6 ounce piece of port salut to be like half my dinner, and it was just ridiculously good. I don’t know how cheese connoisseurs eat cheese, or how they describe it to each other. But I know that Port Salut is delicious.

dobsonfly

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

I saw a dobsonfly on the shaded side of a column at work the other day. It was huge. If you’ve never seen one, you should totally hit up wikipedia for them. great grey slugs are also fascinating. Just thought I’d share…

A new challenger arrives (or the beginning of the complich8 cycloblog). Oh, and more travel: Louisville and Seattle updates.

Saturday, June 6th, 2009

Ok, so this is sort of reverse chronological order, but that’s fine… So the first thing’s first. I just got a bike. It’s a Surly CrossCheck, 62cm frame (biggest they make). Shimano Tiagra/Deore components. Some crazy ultra-heavy-duty BMX downhill pedals. I’d been shopping for a bike for a couple months and ended up looking at [...]