AstroNerdBoy vs. the Swallows I like birds for the most part. Yeah, the bird crap on the side walks or on cars can be annoying, but there’s just something cool about birds. Maybe it is because they can fly. Every spring and summer, the swallows come and build their mud nests all over the place. I never paid them much…
Category: Rants
I Can’t Drive 55
Senator John Warner from Virginia feels you are driving too fast. Since he wants to be perceived as “caring” and doing something about your pain at the gas pump, he’s proposed that the national speed limit be returned to 55. That’s just nuts and so I sent the Senator this letter. *** Senator Warner, I know you are not my…
I Can’t Drive 55
Senator John Warner from Virginia feels you are driving too fast. Since he wants to be perceived as “caring” and doing something about your pain at the gas pump, he’s proposed that the national speed limit be returned to 55. That’s just nuts and so I sent the Senator this letter. *** Senator Warner, I know you are not my…
"I Can’t Read!"
Blogspot, which is owned by Google, experienced some problems today with the service, namely that most blogs were throwing up a 502 error. If folks were able to get to their Blogspot blog, it was very slow and accessing the dashboard would fail. So for a while there this morning, this was a right mess, losing Google money (how many…
"Oh yes, there is DSL in your area."
I’ve had the worst luck with setting up thing for my condo, as I’ve mentioned before. A month ago, I set up the order to move my phone and Internet service from my apartment to the condo. I asked the person at Qwest to verify that DSL service was available at my condo and was assured that DSL service was…