Feel My Shit

Today I decided to upgrade my neglected 5-year old installation of Mandrake Linux. So I downloaded the 3 CD .iso images from their site. This took a good chunk of time as I have to wait on public FTP servers, but still it was finished by noon.

Then, and you just gotta love this...once I get the iso images saved to hard disk, Roxio's Disc Copier has associated the .iso extension, so I right-click the file, open Disc Copier and click Burn at 48x...

Elapsed time: 2 minutes 43 seconds

Can't be much simpler than that! Ok, I'm still geeking out about having the power to make optical media, but hey - I held out for a LOOONG time.

§25 · January 25, 2005 · Life, Technology · Comments Off on Feel My Shit ·

High Fructose Blog Syrup

Apparently, I'm not the only one who's concerned that High Fructose Corn Syrup is in everything nowadays. I remember a time when the ingredients on a can of coke were water, sugar and battery acid, but some time ago they sneakily replaced sugar with High Fructose Corn Syrup. Read the rest of this entry ...

§13 · January 20, 2005 · Life · 5 comments ·

The Boys At Ten Months

Last Friday my two sons, Joshua and Jacob, turned 10 months old, so I thought I'd devote an entry to them. Read the rest of this entry ...

§20 · January 19, 2005 · Kids, Life · 1 comment ·

Cozify and Codify – Part Two

(Part One is here)

Although I never get as much done as I'd like to (or even expect to), Saturday I nailed back all the moulding (i.e. base trim) in the basement. Then, yesterday, I was able to trim the bottom off three of the wooden doors and re-install them. Why is it that using the circular saw (or any power tools for that matter) always instills me with a sense of manliness? Read the rest of this entry ...

§16 · January 17, 2005 · Life · Comments Off on Cozify and Codify – Part Two ·

Feeding the Blog

No Need to Click Here - I'm just claiming my feed at Feedster

§15 · January 14, 2005 · Life · Comments Off on Feeding the Blog ·

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