Year: 2005

Got a call from my father-in-law last night. He was unable to boot his Windows ME computer — the first clue to what it might be was that he’d installed two Windows Update patches the night before. Now it would boot, but would freeze during start-up. He’d see the cursor, but the PC would stop…

Lot of fun last night at the Red Door. Evan, OneMan (who promises he’ll emerge from his cloak of anonymity after the April 5 election), Mike, Kris and Stuart (no blog yet, but a podcast is in the works) were all there. Thanks to the guys for coming out — we’ll definitely be doing this…

Following on the heels of my near-death laptop experience last week, I committed to fixing my backup situation once and for all. I work from home, and we didn’t have a good back-up solution for either my PC or my wife’s. Though an external hard drive or a Linux box with a big hard drive…

David Weinberger, sharing a room with the Sifry brothers, confirms what the blogosphere already suspected about them. Isn’t blogging great? It’s like being a fly on the wall of the world. Or something. (For those that don’t know, David Sifry is the founder of Technorati, and Micah Sifry is the co-founder of Personal Democracy Forum,…

We enrolled my five year-old in the Kids Karate Club program this winter. He’s had a blast, and yesterday was his first tournament. He came in second in his division, a pleasant surprise given that most of the time it’s a roll of the dice whether he’s paying any attention to the sensei (let alone…

Well, Ohio gave it all they had today, coming back from 20 points down to tie it with just a couple minutes to go… they came up short in the end. Congrats to the team for a hell of a season. And Captain Kuwik saw 10 days of phenomenal basketball, even if they didn’t notch…

A number of us have been swapping e-mails about getting together: Hiram, Kris, Evan, Jake and OneMan (who I hear will be showcasing his new haircut). There are a couple others who I’m aware of, so I started a MeetUp for Naperville bloggers to get together, talk shop, and drink. (Mostly to drink, actually.) So…

Confirming what all of you already know, the fact that this made me laugh out loud confirms that yes, I am a geek.

I’ve written about Kevin Kuwik a number of times (here, here, here, and here) since learning of his return to active duty. (If you don’t recall the whole back story, read the article from ESPN.com that covers it.) Well, after Ohio’s incredible run through the MAC tournament (capped off by a come-back from 19 down…

Just recorded a podcast about my laptop woes over the weekend, what happened, and how I recovered from it. Some links mentioned or referred to in the discussion: Blue Screen of Death Unmountable boot volume Access IBM Ultimate Boot CD 4 Windows Slipstreaming XP and SP2 Bart’s PE Chkdsk   March 14, 2005: My laptop…