Archive for September, 2009

Bud beats Coors

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Our trip to Denver was fun. Flights were very lightly loaded…so light we flew coach and had rows to ourselves each time. All of the photos are here: http://stillageek.com/newgeek/?page_id=1417 or click through below. Not captions yet…I’m lazy. I rented a “Ford Focus or Similar” from Budget. Hint for travelers…sign up for the rental car company [...]

Rooty, Tooty, Fresh and Free Tethering!

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

I’m an outlaw. Yesterday I entered the dark side of mobile computing. While sitting on the couch….watching TV…..I rooted. Rooted? Yes rooted. My T-Mobile G1 has been a great phone. Every now and then it gets a little slow. I downloaded an App (TasKiller) that helped…..but I still wasn’t happy. I wanted more. I wanted [...]

My Civic Duty

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Picked for Jury Duty. My third time in my life…second time in just over two years. I was picked for a jury last time. Thankfully the trial stopped before my jury arrived as the defendant plead out. Yesterday I was picked for “trial room D” at 9AM TODAY. Meaning another day off from work. Initially [...]

More waste

Friday, September 18th, 2009

I’ve thrown out over 100 pounds of stuff. Yesterday was my third trip to the city dumpster…I think I have one more trip. We moved the recliner. It was in no mans land. Now the living room is much more open. During my cleanup I found a box of floppy disk. I paused for a [...]

Party of 5

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

New couch is here. Our old couch served well for the past 5 or so years. It’s now in my man cave. The new couch only seats 4….5 in a pinch. There are 4 built in cup holders and two storage cubbie holes. All seats recline and the two end seats rock and recline. Click [...]