It amazes me how many people commit enormous amounts of value to their computers’ frail hard disks and yet apply no effort or energy to ensuring the safety and integrity of their data. Here’s a cold, hard fact: disks die. Regularly. With ease. At the drop of a hat. [...]
AppleCare is Apple’s marketing term for “extended support and warranty by subscription.” You pay a fixed fee up front, and Apple gives you unlimited phone support and an extended warranty for whatever device you purchase it on. I’ve normally declined AppleCare: I don’t usually need technical support on computers, and I’m loathe [...]
We got 100 pounds of “live rock” today from the live rock store. (Where else would one get live rock, after all?) It’s just dead coral structure that has been pulled out of the ocean recently, so it has the assortment of microfauna that sustain the lowest, simplest cycles of life on the [...]
I’m not really sure what motivates me so much to take advantage of slick deals. (And when I say “slick deal” I mean any good deal, not necessarily the ones that show up on slickdeals.net.) I think part of it is just genetic, and of course most people like getting something for very [...]
Wow, talk about delinquency… I’ve had these pics for a week now, but I didn’t find a free moment to post them until tonight.
I finished putting water in the tank and got the overflow, skimmer, and pumps up and running a week ago. The skimmer immediately started producing skimmate, even with no salt [...]
I’ve been in the airport a lot this week as I’m right in the middle of travel to two clients. Of course, my luck ran out this afternoon and I’m delayed indefinitely here in Washington, so I may “get” to drive 3.5 hours in the wee hours of the night to make it to [...]