Arcterex's Random Thoughts Since 1996
Being that this blog seems to be only ever used for big life events, I figure this is probably worth it. After years and years of thinking about it, talking about it, going for consultations, and saying over and over how I couldn’t afford it, I finally got laser eye surgery on Dec 22, 2014. As …
I take it back. I used to say that Windows 8 wasn’t that bad, you just have to get used to it. Sure it’s a bit different, but once you start using it, you’ll start to figure out what the thinking was. I was wrong. At that time I had never “really” used Windows 8. …
A quick summary of 2013 on this sadly unused blog (most everything is now over at bailwardphotography.com). I’ve been taking a picture a day of myself with the Everyday iPhone app and thought this would be good. January 1, 2013: December 31, 2013: Apparently over the year I turned from a vaguely respectable person into a …
Some days it’s a bad idea to ignore (or rather, just not check) email. And ignore weird stuff when you see it. Turns out for two days straight my server has been spewing out spam, after a user on the server had their password compromised. The server is a Ubuntu server with Postfix as the …
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On Thursday, my friend, and cat, since 1997 passed away. He was sick the day before and Andrea took him into the vet, and we were told he needed some fluids and antibiotics, but the issue was a fixable one, not a “he’s old and you’re just prolonging the inevidble” situation. We left him there …
There’s been a lot of talk recently about how Facebook is repressing my posts, people aren’t seeing them, OMG Facebook is censoring my news. Good I say. Here’s the thing, if you’re on Facebook you’ve probably “liked” a lot of things, from your favourite TV show, to your friends pictures, to your local community library. …
There are many Pebble Smart Watch reviews, all similar, all unique. This is mine. I heard about the Pebble Watch on Kickstarter the day that it made it’s goal, and even though I didn’t write about it, I did back it immediately. I got back into wearing a watch a couple of years ago with …
Had a nice time last night with the now-sort-of-annual New Years Eve party. It’s actually more of a “we are old and lazy and don’t want to go out so why don’t people just come to our house” party if I was to be honest. Only 3 people showed up, but there was still lots …
Continue reading “Ringing in 2013 With Friends and a New SSD”
Not sure yet if it’s an indication of the upcoming end of the world this friday, but it is snow in the Fraser Valley. Had the option of a snow day from work yesterday, but succumbed to the lure of a fancy coffee for those who weren’t wimps. Of course it’s the Fraser Valley so the snow …
First of all, no one reads this blog anymore, and secondly, it’s my birthday soon, and with Christmas coming up I figure if I don’t get this out of my head and somewhere else, how would the elves know what to get me? So here’s my 2012 birthday/Christmas wish list Dream camera setup Nikon D800 …
6 years ago I wrote that the future was now and was incredible, that you could get raw images from a Martian lander on an FTP site minutes after that were transmitted…. from another planet. Today it’s different, you can see images tweeted from the @MarsCuriosity twitter account minutes or seconds after they’re sent, and …
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So I am an animal rescue hero today. Well, “Hero” might be a bit strong. Maybe “super totally awesome cat rescuer” is more accurate. Perhaps “fool”. Noticed on Facebook and an ex-coworker had posted the question of: How do you get a kitten down from a 35′ tree? 🙁 The kitten in question is one …
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