Monthly Archives: May 2009

The Gathering Storm – Book 12

By norm | Published: May 26, 2009
If you are a fan of Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series then you will be happy to know that book 12, The Gathering Storm, is due out this year. This is really awesome considering the fact that Robert Jordan passed away last year. While we are on this topic I wanted to give a [...]
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Under the Hood

By norm | Published: May 24, 2009
Just finished opening and old Dell with pentium 4 and running XP. While this is unremarkable what is cool is that I did it with grandpa. He let me know he had a couple of computers out in the garage. This of course to my complete surprise, everyone knows you keep computers in the basement. [...]
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Top 8 at Regionals

By norm | Published: May 19, 2009
I’m painfully aware that the above could happen to me for reporting this but here goes. This past weekend I made top 8 at the Magic: the Gathering 2009 Pittsburgh Regionals. The regionals are basically a big qualifer for nationals. So it kind of works like the world cup. All the little countries get play [...]
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Zen and my Motorcycle

By norm | Published: May 11, 2009
Saturday I started tearing apart the old motorcycle to get it running again. Brian was helping and quickly identified a few issues that are pretty obvious. We drained the oil and the gas before heading to eBay and ordering new gaskets and a carb rebuild kit. Hopefully next weekend I’ll have the parts and time to [...]
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Twitter Links Plus+ Test

By norm | Published: May 5, 2009
Testing a new plugin called Twitter Links Plus+. This plugin automatically links twitter usernames without having to add the link yourself, @MrDirby. That should link to my twitter page. Cool. Update Worked no problem.
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Today is Ghostly Swim Day

By norm | Published: May 5, 2009
Yesterday I picked up the full album of Ghostly Swim in iTunes. Originally I grabbed the track Light Powered for background music to use in the StromHuelsman Podcast from in IODA. After listening to this track over and over I decided to check out the full collection and I wasn’t disappointed. Today I’ll be running around [...]
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