Pastor called me on Saturday. His computer had started to smell funny. Then it quit powering up.
All posts for the month September, 2002
How to reinvigorate the Royals
Please indulge me one last time this season to write about my beloved, who have currently lost 99 games and are going to make one last valiant attempt to avoid losing 100 this year.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on September 29, 2002
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2002/09/how-to-reinvigorate-the-royals/
The way baseball ought to be
The way baseball ought to be, the way men ought to be. The story of community and an adopted daughter. This story needs no further comment from me.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on September 26, 2002
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2002/09/the-way-baseball-ought-to-be/
Reviving a laptop
The drive in my work laptop gave a S.M.A.R.T. error over the weekend. I never have had much luck with Hitachi laptop drives. Micron sent a replacement drive–an IBM, thankfully–and, doubly thankfully, the Hitachi hung on until today. So I whipped out Bart’s magic network boot disk–to which I’d added the 3c556 module necessary to get this Micron Transport LT on the network–and ran my copy of Ghost from a network drive. (It won’t fit on that disk, no way, no how. Not with all the other stuff crammed onto it.)
Posted by Dave Farquhar on September 25, 2002
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2002/09/reviving-a-laptop/
Looking for stock video footage?
I’ve talked about archive.org before. I revisited it this evening. As usual, another hundred or so films have been added. A handful of selections from another library, owned by the University of South Carolina, have trickled in.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on September 24, 2002
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2002/09/looking-for-stock-video-footage/
Am I going to hell?
I led a workshop at a retreat this weekend. It was awesome. I want to do this again. Several times a year, ideally.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on September 22, 2002
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2002/09/am-i-going-to-hell/
Pretentious Pontifications: Finally, a respectable entry-level system
David is still messing around with that ancient 500-MHz Compaq Proliant server, so I am filling in for him today. I threw all of my Pentium III-based systems out for the swine to trample months ago and I suggested David do the same. But, as usual, David refuses to listen to reason.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on September 20, 2002
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2002/09/pretentious-pontifications-finally-a-respectable-entry-level-system/
I’m back.
My DSL was down for about 36 hours, possibly longer. Southwestern Bell evidently was able to fix it during the night.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on September 19, 2002
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2002/09/im-back-6/
How to get started in the IT industry
Someone asked me today what I do.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on September 17, 2002
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2002/09/how-to-get-started-in-the-it-industry/
You are looking at a genu-ine inventor
In yesterday’s comments, I suggested you take the David Crowder Band’s CD, Can You Hear Us?, and put it in your CD player and glue it shut because you won’t want to change it anyway. (I really ought to write up a proper review. I’ve managed to graduate to their other disc. It’s good. Not glue-worthy though. Unless you’ve got a changer.)
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2002/09/you-are-looking-at-a-genu-ine-inventor/