Posted in Gustav, Katrina, New Orleans, Tech Stuff, Travel on Aug 31st, 2008
Well, it’s two days since the Katrina Anniversary date and here we are expecting another hurricane, Gustav. The storm’s birth and slow growth and progress in the Caribbean have been torturing us for over a week now. It’s certainly distracted me from keeping up with my promised picture-a-day Katrina memorial. The Twitter is all a-twitter; [...]
Posted in Northshore Exile, Tech Stuff on Jun 3rd, 2008
For a while I was living in Abita Springs. No internet, and really, no computer in the house anyway. I figured I’d get enough of both at the office during the day. Last fall, I moved out to a house north of Covington. Way north, not quite to Folsom but about 6 miles from town, [...]
Posted in Festivals, New Orleans, Tech Stuff on May 2nd, 2008
Also posted at Nola Notes. The NOLA bloggers have been doing great work covering the 2008 Jazz & Heritage Festival. Chronicling the rising prices, the food, the rain, the influx of tourists Foreigners taking over and most of all the music, NOLA bloggers have written of their experiences for all to read. We therefore bestow [...]
Posted in Tech Stuff on Mar 20th, 2008
Nola’s not the only one with computer woes. My office PC crashed and burned last week when the little tab that holds the heatsink onto the processor popped off while I was playing Far Cry working furiously on a writing assignment last Tuesday evening. I heard a noise, but ignored it, and a few minutes [...]
Posted in Tech Stuff on Apr 18th, 2007
Off-theme post here… Just a celebration of the new MP3 player I bought today. Having a long-standing affection for digital music, one would think that I’d have gotten one of these a long time ago. Wrong. I was hard-headed, stubborn and didn’t think anything was wrong with burning endless CD’s to bring my music home. [...]
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