AstroNerdBoy bloviates and rambles about different things.
Why is it that a visit to the doctor’s office is such a time consuming chore? I know that many comedians have joked about this, but it really is an annoying problem. Take last Monday when I had to see the doctor. The only time they had was 10:30, so I took it. I get there a few minutes early…
“Star Wars” You have to love the modern age and the Internet. Shortly after the new trailer for Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith was released, I was watching it and drooling like a fanboy. It looks like Lucas may end the saga with a big bang. Star Wars was the first movie I remember seeing as a kid. My…
You know, I’m so glad that the elections are finally over. OK, technically speaking, November 02 is “Election Day” which means it isn’t quite over, but after tonight, no more smegging commercials saying why I should or shouldn’t vote one way or another. No more bleeding phone calls from people, including one from President Bush*, telling me how to vote.…
You know, I really am thankful to God that I have a job. After a major telecom company was revealed to have false accounting, then started downsizing folks left and right, I eventually found myself unemployed from that company and remained so for six months. So having a job is better than not having one. That said, the company I…
So there I was sitting at my PC last night when the auto-update feature of Windows alerted me that I had an update. To be specific, it was Service Pack 2 for Windows XP. Well, I’d heard a rant about SP2 from Rob Rosenberger at vmyth.com and how the “fix” in SP2 should be done at the router level. It…