I missed posting on the actual vernal equinox, but all things being equal (HA!), I’m not particularly worried. I spent some pleasant time on Saturday afternoon riding the trails along the James, enjoying the pleasant warm springtime weather and the general majesty of nature, running in the bike after a welcome tune-up, and working toward […]

Between playing Rock Band: Beatles late into the night with friends on Friday, and watching The Prisoner finale on Saturday afternoon, I’ve had “All You Need Is Love” running through my head all morning, usually paired with the indelible image of Patrick McGoohan with a Thompson submachine gun. At least this earworm is more palatable […]

A couple of discussion points within the geek milieu that I’ve run into in the last couple of days: ♦ – Kill a few minutes by playing URL Hunter, an experimental game played entirely in your browser’s address bar. ♦ – Stan Lee finally puts to rest the “superhero secret” from Mallrats. His answer is […]

Being a beautiful day outside here in central Virginia, sunny, and flirting with 80° outside, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to take the bike out to the local park/conservation area and try to get a few hours of riding in. Really beautiful out there, if someone desolate – it’s warm, with a nice breeze […]

Something I ran into this morning in purusal of the news: this story about how Magic Hat, the artisan brewer, just employed a new process that uses waste grain from the brewing process to produce natural gas to fuel the brewery’s wastewater treatment, saving the company a good deal of money and reducing it’s waste […]

As Marvel’s 2011 summer film slate of Thor and Captain America start gathering more attention, pre-production is ramping up on Avengers, directed by Joss Whedon. The result of this, of course, is lots of promotional interviews with cast and crew, such as the interview with Chris “Thor” Hemsworth mentioned in this aicn piece, where we’re […]

Got back from Marscon unscathed. I am tired now. That we got there at all was really the story of the con itself, though. Before our original planned departure, I hopped online in order to check the address for our hotel, only to find that the reservations I thought I had made weeks ago didn’t […]

…Con. That’s where we’ll be heading in a few hours – Marscon, in lovely Williamsburg VA, to rub shoulders with science fiction authors, artists, and fans all weekend, and hopefully have a little fun and a bit of an escape from all that work. So, don’t go looking for me. Don’t worry, I’ll say hello […]

As I was driving back to the hotel tonight after work, I noticed a business in the area, a gaming store(!), Curio Cavern, which just opened today. I am quite excited that I might have a nice place to hang out and game after work, at least until they move me to the other side […]

Today’s shuffle derives from the act of delving into old hard drives recovered from the now deceased old Pentium 4 laptop, thanks to a couple of external IDE drive enclosures I can access via USB cables, since my new desktop machine only supports SATA drives. New technology that allows me to prolong the life of […]