<a id="ctl00___ctl00___bt___BlogTitle" class="headermaintitle" href="/blogs/devin/default.aspx">Devin on Earth

The title of this post is appropriate in at least three different ways: Sometime this afternoon, my servers got knocked offline thanks to a transient power glitch. Normally, this is fixed just by rebooting the servers in the correct order, but this time Read More...

Filed under: Recreation, Family and Friends

2005 12 22

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A father's nightmare

Actual conversation at the dinner table this evening: Treanna: I have three boyfriends on my list. Devin: No, you don't. Stephanie: You don't have any boyfriends. You're not mature enough. Treanna: What does that mean? Devin: It means that you need a Read More...

Filed under: Family and Friends

2005 12 19

Ultimate Lego!

Oh. My. Stars. And. Bars. Thanks to net.friend Mark (who goes by hasturcubed on LJ), I have now been made aware of the eBay auction for this one of a kind 8-foot long Lego Star Wars Rebel Cruiser . drooooool... It's for a good cause, though, and the bidding Read More...

Filed under: Recreation

2005 12 16

Software update

I've updated the Community Server software to version 1.1. Things should look a touch different, since 1.1 has a lot more functionality. I'll probably be updating to one of the beta versions of 2.0 here in the next couple of weeks, which will make everything Read More...

Filed under: Metadata

2005 12 15

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Oh, snicker

Anyone who knows me knows that I'm not a big fan of wikis in general and the Wikipedia in particular. I do, however, think that the Wookiepedia is quite funny, because you can't really do any harm to either Star Wars fandom or by combining them. Read More...

Filed under: Recreation

2005 12 14

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The past comes knocking

Right on the heels of me whining about whether or not my blogging is reaching anyone, I got an email from someone who I was friends with back when I was kid. He lived, for a time, in the town I grew up in, and we had a few shared interests. He moved on, Read More...

Filed under: Family and Friends

2005 12 12

Stupidity keeps me safer

With a week left until we fly away for the holidays, Steph is beginning the final process of ramping up for travel: finding and cleaning the luggage, making checklists, and all the other steps that she needs to be sure that she feels we're ready to leave Read More...

Filed under: Politics, The World

2005 12 12

A Doctor Who HOWTO

Fellow blogger, GURPS author, and all-around good guy Jon Woodward has written the essential Filling In for Doctor Who HOWTO . Says Jon of his efforts: - Making Light has a link to an article with the above title. Which, unfortunately, does not appear Read More...

Filed under: Recreation

2005 12 12

A witness to remember

Love your Enemies End the Occupation Release the Peacemakers Read More...

Filed under: Spirituality, Politics, The World

2005 12 9

Feeding the monkey on my back

Every now and then, I look up from the keyboard and wonder why the heck I'm blogging. I've been blogging for work for 14 months, and I still don't have any really good feel for how many readers I have. Some days, it feels like five or six. Well, this Read More...

Filed under: Recreation, Writing

2005 12 9

More sf TV

It's not the new Battlestar Galactica (what is, really?), but the first season of Dark Angel is proving to be an entertaining watch. Read More...

Filed under: Recreation

2005 12 8

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No stopping for CO2

I really should have done it months ago. Last weekend, I gave up pop (or soda, or soda pop, or Coke -- whatever you call it in your neck of the woods) again. This time, other than an occasional treat, I think I've given it up for good. Now that I'm trying Read More...

Filed under: Metadata

2005 12 7

Spring, when a young man's thoughts turn to PowerPoint slide decks

If you're wondering what I'm going to be up to this spring, wonder no more! Get thee hence to the Looking forward to Exchange Connections Spring 2006 post on my work blog and find out! Read More...

Filed under: Computers, Work

2005 12 7