Monthly Archives: May 2003

In the meantime…

With the amount of work that I’ve got going on right now, it looks like it might be a while before I resurrect my PC. I did download some hard drive diagnostic tools from the manufacturer today at work. While … Continue reading

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It gets worse

I finally got to try out the new cable modem around 9:00 last night after getting the kids to bed. I hooked it up and tried Mary’s email first. Everything worked fine and she didn’t lose any of her mail, … Continue reading

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Hosting and other woes

In addition to the crap that RoadRunner is putting me through today, I’ve been battling my hosting provider, MCHost for the past couple of weeks over billing issues. They’ve double-charged me for hosting for January-April. They don’t post a phone … Continue reading

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RR Woes

We were in Dallas for Memorial Day weekend. We returned to find out cable modem out. Tech support decided it was either my modem or the line. The modem is the original one from at least 4 years ago and … Continue reading

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Stuff

Two links from BoingBoing: Vonnegut rocks. Happy fun photos from NYC. Anthony Swofford is going to be at BookPeople tomorrow. While his book (in the Legere block to the right over there), is interesting, I don’t think it’s interesting enough … Continue reading

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Go Democrats – Redistricting rebellion

Texas House Democrats have decided to fight back against the Tom DeLay backed proposal to redistrict Austin and screw us out of a united voice in the US House. For once, the Statesman is providing adequate coverage. I’d like to … Continue reading

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Spring celebrations

Happy anniversary to The Wife and I and a belated Happy Mother’s Day to all of the moms out there. My mother was in town for the weekend. We went to Hoover’s for Mother’s Day brunch yesterday afternoon. The Wife … Continue reading

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More site changes

I’ve dumped my links page in favor of the phpNuke links module. I’m in the process of vaildating and moving them over now. Since everything is being added at once, it’s all being marked as “New”. I’ll probably go in … Continue reading

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Parking Walrus Reloaded

I’ve written in the past about the Parking Walrus. I hadn’t seen him in a while and thought that perhaps the daycare director had struck some kind of deal where he gets all of the smelt that he wants and … Continue reading

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Austin Redistricting Follow-up

I emailed Lloyd Doggett’s office to see if they had any more information on the redistricting. This is the response I got (note that there’s another meeting tomorrow morning for those who may not have work). Thank you for your … Continue reading

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