Up at 5am
*heart pounding* I just had a dream I was playing a very competitive game of hide and seek in my old grade school. Wierd.
About the Wiki
I used twiki.org's TWiki - A Web Based Collaboration Platform to power my Alfa Wiki. It's the one I use at work, it's in Perl, and it was pretty easy to setup/ feature filled. Good…
Overcoming inertia
I like the net, I love Alfa Romeos. Good web resources help make owning Alfas easy. I've owned Alfas for several years now, and I've learned a lot about fixing them in time. I always wanted…
Fuel Injectors
I just had my Alfa 164S's fuel injectors (6) cleaned/rehabed by Rich at Cruzin Performance for a paltry $74 delivered. Good guy, great service. They spec'd out very well (
Safety is Fun
I think I'd need OSHA to protect me from laughing my ass off, if my job was illustrator for OSHA's Fatal Facts I really admire the artist's work Caught In machine and Caught by…
Total Saturation
It's a sign that the All Your Base phenomenon has reached total saturation (or a sign of the apocolypse) when it get's a segment on NPR's Marketplace, a business news show. It…
Sing a song about hobbits!
So I'm listening to Blind Guardian's _Nightfall in Middle Earth_. It's hard to describe... 1 part Queen + 1 part Iron Madien + J. R. R. Tolkien. An acquired taste for sure. It prompted…
Money is only part of the cost
Chris is a coworker so I know of what he speaks re: the cost of commercial development tools. I too was a quick convert to IDEA. I was a long time VB programmer so I was spoiled with a good IDE…
I like it raw
Why did I take so long to find this: Sushi Foods Co. Order fresh frozen sushi/sashimi grade seafood and have it delivered to your door. The prices and selection look fantastic. I already buy my ham…
Plugin plug
I just added Gavin's Weather Plugin to my MT install. It's a bit light on documentation, but easy enough to figure out. You can snatch the little weather icons from WID List.