It all started with a beautiful day during the Michgan winter. It was cold, there was snow and QED there would be skiing. A couple members of the Baarman clan an myself decided to hit up the “Alta of the Midwest,” better known to most as Caberfae Peaks. Ski hills… Continue reading
Because I got the base model Outback, it came with no crossbars for gear haulin’. This is more or less fine, because I would have replaced them in short order anyway, but it does put me in a temporary bind. Looking at the Yakima offerings, I take issue with their… Continue reading
The Jeep came to be mine in the fall of 2000, almost nine years ago. At the time all I had was my car, which would have been silly to drive in the winter, so I needed to get something suitable for year-round driving. My Dad found the Jeep on… Continue reading
I now have in my posession a 24dbi 2.4ghz antenna. Exhibit A: What good it does me… not really sure, other than seeing just how many wireless access points I can pick up. There’s a Panera about 2 miles down the road. I wonder if I can reach it, but… Continue reading
Some random photos from the set I took while in Shanghai. Some take around the city itself, others from the aquarium. Aquariums and zoos are always good camera fodder. The skyline looking across the river. Because, when you have an LED display the size of a building, you shoulddisplay fireworks…. Continue reading
Michael and I arrived in VT in the late morning of Saturday, unloaded a bit of stuff into the condo and promptly started sleeping. Ideal case was that we would have been arriving sometime around 3AM and have had five or so hours to sleep. As it turns out, due… Continue reading
I am currently residing in Austin, TX for the weekend as there is more work to be done Monday. Steve was busy for the weekend, but Friday afternoon he was kind enough to provide me with a list of suggested sites to visit. Despite not feeling so grand, I did… Continue reading
Because, really, what am I going to do with a dining room?
I’m in the process of building a new computer, something I said I wouldn’t do until I was living on my own, and, that time I has come. So far, I have only the two monitors and the case. I’m very excited to have a computer built in this decade,… Continue reading
Having told you that I moved, here are a few pictures for you to see the place. View in from the doorway. Oddly enough, the liquor bin was the first to get unpacked. I don’t know where I want to put it though, the eye level cupboards are too short… Continue reading