Monthly Archives: November 2005

Eric Raymond on Peak Oil

Eric Raymond is a part time hero, part time laughing stock of the open source community. He has gone off on a rant about Peak Oil.It’s pretty much the standard anarcho-capitalist argument: the market will fix it. He says we … Continue reading

Posted in Geekiness, Rants | Leave a comment

Dropping Out

The snazzy new kevlar-belted tires for the Trek arrived Friday night. I got them mounted on Saturday. I was having some problems getting the rear wheel reinstalled. I was starting to think I had really messed up the rear wheel … Continue reading

Posted in Cringer, Ride Reports | Leave a comment

Wool and Feathers

Today was my first sub-freezing commute for the season. It was 25F on the way in. I have pretty much forgotten which clothing combinations work best at which temperatures, so I’m working on re-figuring that stuff out. Many of the … Continue reading

Posted in Random Bullshit | Leave a comment

The dark fire will not avail you, Flame of Udûn!

Klinutus is teaching the little one the ways of wizardry. Balrogs, beware!

Posted in Geekiness | Leave a comment

Packet-Switching Kicks Ass

You may remember that I had some problems with the phone company a while back.I now have telephone service again, through Vonage. I also have a new home phone number. If you think you should know it and don’t, send … Continue reading

Posted in Geekiness | Leave a comment