Just a few nights ago lightning struck near enough that we thought we'd been hit. No evidence in the neighborhood in the morning, but immediately after the day-bright flash was the explosion of thunder. Immediately after that our smoke detectors all a… more »

Just upgraded to v2.4.2 on this instance; now to correct the other out of date instances... more »

I am such a nerd...while waiting for something to happen with my computer, partly inspired by a picture of Jupiter, I queried to myself "I wonder how long it would take the Earth to orbit one light-year." A light-year, despite the "year" in it's name… more »

Doing a little server maintenance because I noticed 8000 e-mails in my inbox! I get a lot of junk mail, as I'm sure we all do. I've had the same e-mail address since I originally registered the domain name in 1995, so it's been around for a while. I'm… more »

We're back from South Dakota, where the grandkid was hatched. Missed a turn and had an extra hour of sight-seeing in the dark and rain, but we made it safe. A little kid update (yeah, punny). After a day and a half hanging with the kid and her kid,… more »

Today I became a grandfather. My little girl had a little girl this afternoon. She's a little early; expected in November. Came in with a fighting weight of 1-pound 9-ounces, and a length of just twelve inches. More will follow. more »