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My modem is still online this morning. I took a peek at it before leaving the house and the LEDs indicated it was locked. Upon getting int...

My SMC went down again this morning at around 1030. I power cycled it when I got home tonight and it came back up, but only for a short tim...

Found via a story yesterday on Slashdot, an essay by Paul Graham entitled " Return of the Mac ": All the best hackers I know are ...

We're back online. Something needed to be kicked, and it appears that power cycling the modem did it.

I'm having a real WTF moment right now. About 45 minutes ago I noticed that the SMC 8013 modem I have at home was offline. When I polle...

I'm taking a bit of a break right now. I've spent a good part of the past couple of days changing diapers. Amanda is back to norma...

In going through Sitemeter's list of referrals linking to this blog, I've found that the single most popular is for searches related...

This is being written at gate E8 in the Fort Lauderdale airport. Unlike Philly, the wifi access here is free, and available throughout the ...

We're can't login into the SMC WAPs we installed Monday. After entering in the username and password, we get the logon screen back....

Judith called me last night to let me know that she and Amanda are doing a lot better. That sure sets my mind a bit more at ease. Alexandr...

I am writing this post in WordPad while sitting at gate B6 in the Philadelphia International Airport. It will be posted later since althoug...

This has not been a fun weekend. Both Amanda and Judith came down with a stomach bug. Our pediatrician's told us that yes, something i...

Apparently, the guy that Philly has decided to railroad in my previous post is a lawyer. (Let's audience laughter die down.) Philadelphi...

This is preliminary but it looks like John Street's efforts to go after CCW holders in Philly may have already started. See this threa...

In general, I've found CD burning to work better under Linux than Windows. However, this morning I attempted to burn copies of the SUSE...

Mayor John Street of Philadelphia is an asshole. Philly had a rather nasty spate of murders committed with guns over the weekend, bringing t...

I installed NeoOffice/J on my iBook today. In the words of its developers: ... NeoOffice the main development project for making OpenOffic...

A little package from Crucial was waiting for me when I got home tonight -- the 512 meg SODIMM I ordered last week. I installed it after din...

It's been a busy past few days. Saturday was spent at home with the kids, then Judith and I went out for dinner while my parents babysat...

This is a bit of good news. Federal authorities have opened an investigation into a rash of mysterious $30 and $40 charges appearing on con...