Archive for April, 2009

follow the shadow

Friday, April 24th, 2009

Lufthansa flight 419 from Washington Dulles to Frankfurt, Germany on April 23, 2009.

“stairs” part 1: stringer structural stupidity

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Many parts of the basement renovation project have induced angst. Only the stairs, however, had the power to produce such constant long-term fretting. As I begin to document that part of the journey, the stair work is done, and I’m reasonably happy with the result. Reaching that result, though, was…
First, a look at the original [...]

this is how it’s supposed to be

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

1:40 PM: While working on my MacBook, in MS Word for Mac, the screen freezes, but the mouse pointer is still alive. This is the first time this behavior has occurred.
1:41 PM: Control is restored. I immediately click to save my Word file. The MacBook freezes again. I notice an uncharacteristic repetitive clicking sound from [...]

zen and the art of doing it yourself