It’s official! I just finished registering as an attending member of the 70th World Science Fiction Convention at Chicon 7 in Chicago, IL. It will be held next year over the Labor Day weekend, from August 30th to September 3rd, 2012. I had originally planned to make the trip with an old friend, but it [...] Continue Reading»
TWTW: At Seventeen
This week’s been quite a busy one, but at least I’m showing a little love for the blog this weekend. Maybe not as much love as there was for The Royal Wedding, but that’s fine by me. I really don’t get all the hoopla surrounding the royal couple, but then I never bought into any [...] Continue Reading»
Project Epsilon4: It’s ALIVE!
When last seen, epsilon3.5 was almost ready to make way for epsilon4. All that was needed was a new hard drive, a clean install of openSUSE 11.4 and the restoration of all my files from my backups. I was fortunate enough to acquire a 640 GB SATA III drive with a 64 MB cache at [...] Continue Reading»
Project Epsilon4: Getting Closer
Now that I had a machine that was usable, I started poking around the latest version of the openSUSE operating system (11.4) and familiarizing myself with KDE 4.6. I’d used Linux before, including openSUSE, back when I was first experimenting with different operating systems. I’d downloaded various distros and live CDs off and on for [...] Continue Reading»
Project Epsilon4: Start Me Up
So far I’ve installed a new motherboard, CPU, memory, video card and power supply into my old case along with a previously used SATA hard drive. Next up was the moment of truth. I carefully connected all the cables inside the case, leaving the case open when I was finished just in case I needed [...] Continue Reading»
TWTW: Lucky Thirteen
I like to get these “The Week That Was” updates posted before the end of each weekend and it seems that sometimes I push it a bit. This is one of those times. But it’s my blog and I’ll post when I want to. So without further ado, Week 13 of TWTW… Phillies Vs. Flyers [...] Continue Reading»
Project Epsilon4: A Good Idea
I had the most important (and most expensive) components to my new computer in the house and ready to build. The original plan was to give my wallet a break and start accumulating the rest of the parts I needed one or two at a time as my paycheck allowed. It was then that I [...] Continue Reading»
