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Been playing a campaign with some friends recently. I’m the token Elven ranger. Compared to the old editions, 4th is pretty simplified. I’ve also learned that a deck of power cards is the way to go. I’m also looking at the tools offered by D&D insider. You get a magazine subscriptions with it and PDFs with more content so it’s a pretty good deal.
So one of the perils of being known for doing computer work, is you get asked to do side work for people all the time. I’m working on a project right now, It’s a small non-profit office with about 5 computers. The equipment they have is so old I really can’t do much for it. I was able to upgrade the RAM on two of them, but the motherboards only support a maximum of 1GB RAM. It’s DDR (That’s right old DDR1 PC 400) so it’s been a challenge doing much else. I got two bare bone systems for replacements that have 2GB DDR2 and 2.8Ghz core 2 duos, but due to their very low budget I had to leach the DvD-ROMS, from the boxes their replacing. Today one of the old system’s fell victim to NTFS corrpution, so the unfortinuate employee has so far lost all their email. (They did not have a backup solution) I did manage to slave the dying drive in the new system and it boots, so I’m going to see if I can pull anything off of it. Only time will tell. So the moral of the story is 1) Backups are priceless, never ever skimp. and 2) Never let your office computer equipment get more than 4 years out of date.
Well, I’ve made the migration of this blog over to Linux. It was an OS migration as well as a consolidation move. Hopefully I can get the other sites I have moved over then I can manage everything in one place. Now that I have a rough process down the others should not be that hard. Really the issue is going to be mail. I had to blow away postfix and try again. I’ve been told it’s better than sendmail, but it’s really annoying to setup virtual domains on it.
I bought a sever from slicehost and am in the slow process of migrating off of Windows to Linux. So far I’ve pretty much got everything down except replacing Imail with postfix. I’ve got it to where it responds, but I’m having trouble with adding virtual domains.
I now have a Flickr account. You can view the photostream here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37169019@N08/
After reading this post by Keith Ross, I was inspired to buy a number of .me domains. I’m not really sure if I’m just going to use them to link back here, or migrate this blog over. I had another idea to launch a separate blog with a more refined subject set. This blog is kinda all over the place, but maybe that’s not a bad thing.
I’ve inherited a JVC GR-D30U from my grandparents. It shoots on Mini DV and has an extended battery pack. This thing was out before the HD revolution, so no h.246, but it has firewire and Windows 7, xp, and 2008 server see it without any need for third party drivers. Flash Media encoder sees it too. I hunted through the box of spare cables and found a mini-to-mini 1394 and a standard-to-mini 1394. Why the hell were there two cable standards? The mini should have been it., but I digress……So with the aforementioned cables I have laptop and desktop connectivity. Maybe I’ll try vblogging in the future.
Today’s adventure took us up the Joe Johnston trail to Twin Oaks and then down Sendro Balcones. No camera this time. We just did it for the walk.
Government Canyon
Totaled out at about 8.5 miles. Click the picture for a larger version.
If you ever find yourself in Dallas you must go to BuzzBrews. It’s a Guy Fieri type of 24 hour diner with all the coffee you can drink (At least in the morning) for $2. And it’s not the Foldgers crap either, it’s their own roasts. For breakfast I had the blazing huevos. Two eggs and black beans on a tortilla with tomatillo sauce, and guac. Most awesome breakfast I’ve had in a while.
Deffinetly must be spring break. Sitting at Starbucks surrounded by college kids. Some of them are actually studying. At least we finally have some nice (85F) weather. Last couple of days it’s been in the 40s and raining. I’m glad I took the day off, it’s been too long. I really should have gone hiking today, it’s so nice, but whatever. I’ll settlt for some urban hiking. =)
