I just watched an episode of CSI where the investigators are sneaking up on a suspect who is using a terminal at one end of a large data center. The data center in question contains dozens of racks, all chock full of active servers. The CSI dudes are trying not…
I just cleaned bits of our kitchen. Which doesn’t sound like a big deal, but you see because it’s on the interior of the building, the kitchen in our apartment has no windows. And the range-hood doesn’t actually have a vent, it just runs air through the…
There’s little I hate more than being sick. There’s not a much worse intrusion to my otherwise comfy world than have a continuous sort of background low-grade lurgy that saps energy and concentration in greater and lesser degrees. Sucks. I feel slightly better this afternoon, I sure as…
[Whimper!] http://www.thecoolhunter.net/transportation/1934-BMW-R7/ How much could one of these possibly cost? I’m sure it’s not that much.…
Tried to get up and go to work this morning. Managed to make it from the bed, all the way across the apartment, before getting kinda dizzy and ill. Went back to bed, slept for another 9 hours or so with terrible dreams and sweats. Seriously, sucky flu.…
I keep meaning to post more stuff about Japan .. I have a lot of fragments of things in my head about it, but nothing that is actually coherent. I should probably just start writing, and things will come together. So I have some kind of lurgy – felt kinda shit all…
Ueno held our attention because it had the very cool Yamashi Roya, which is a toy shop several stories tall. There were more Gundam style toys than I could conveniently describe to you. And there was pretty much a whole floor of model tanks and planes and things, and about…
We got in late last night, checked into our hotel, then crashed. We spent today wandering around Ginza and Marunouchi. I’m posting this from a cafe at our hotel in Ikebukuro. Some initial thoughts on Japan: – The combination of the Japanese dislike of any fuss, coupled with our inability…