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Got the kids geared up for candy acquisition at Shoppingtown Malloween. Jilly was a butterfly (can’t wait till Babci sees the pics) and Luke was a bear. At the mall, they changed from candy dispensing …

With great sadness, this morning I found that one of my favorite shows, Dirty Jobs, has been cancelled. Thanks Mike and team for 8 years of fun and appreciation of less than glamourous jobs that make …

Far quieter last night than I expected. At the moment, there’s no wind, and the sky is clear with a big, bright moon. Latest path forecasts show Sandy is gonna track further west than previously …

GNU Wget. Needed to quick download a copy of a website. Quick google led me to wget, which makes the operation a simple one liner. Unfortunately, its not part of OSX command line tool kit any more. No …

Hurricane Tracker: View the 2012 storms - Weather | NBC News. A cool interactive tracker for Hurricane Sandy as it lines up a path through central New York over the next few days.

Five Best Drive Enclosures. I vote for the Thermaltake BlacX Docking Station. I have the Rosewill branded version and its the simplest way to use bare drives with minimal fuss.

Oh yeah, MacHeist came with some Steam games in the bundle. Unfortunately, Bejeweled 3 was one of them. Home productivity surrenders. Its an incredibly simple matching game, but very addictive. Ok, …

Edd China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. from Wheeler Dealers on the Velocity channel.

Not really. Helping cellmate set up new PC laptop with Windows 7. Internet Explorer crashes on first run. Pure awesome. Also, the process for activating a student edition of an Adobe product is about …

I’ve been pondering what the Salted Caramel Mocha at Starbucks would be like. Today, (after another many time cat interrupted night of sleep), I decided to give one a shot. The barista got to the last …