Author: Rick Klau

I just completed an import of posts from my old Dean blog into TINS. (For those who didn’t know, TINS is an acronym: There Is No Spoon. It’s a Matrix reference.) Over the next week, I’ll be updating the category pages, and providing more flexibility in RSS feeds so those of you who only want…

Interesting review at CNN.com about the Mirra personal server, a Linux-powered home appliance that serves as a personal server. No IP settings to worry about, and it’ll automatically back up any computer connected to the network. It appears to offer file versioning, so you can always revert to a prior version of the file, which…

Last night was a thrill. We ended up with over 50 people at our house, a new record for us. Combined with another house party in DuPage County, we had over 75 people attending fundraisers for Howard Dean. And this is a county that most equate with Orange County, California. More importantly, we raised nearly…

Hi there… in the next few days, I will be combining this weblog with my personal blog. On or before January 1, you will find this site at http://www.rklau.com/tins/. TINS is an acronym: There Is No Spoon. It’s a line from the first Matrix, when “spoon boy” tries to help Neo see the world for…

For those of you reading this who are local (to me, that is), consider yourself invited to our house party for Howard Dean on Tuesday, December 30. And for those of you who are not local but who would like to show your support, please feel free to click the link above and donate a…

Life is never dull with two kids under 4 on during Christmas. Some highlights for me: Thanks to my Great Uncle Jim, we had “reindeer food” for the kids to throw outside last night. Ricky (nearly 4) was certain that we needed to spread some in front and in back, so that whichever way the…

Stepped out of the shower this morning to hear my wife yelling my name. (Even in the best of circumstances, that’s not a Good Thing.) My youngest son (21 months old) was having a seizure — full-blown, eyes rolled up into his head, rigid body, rhythmic twitching from head to toe. He was completely unresponsive.…

With wins over Drexel, La Salle, Cornell and now Princeton, Lafayette Basketball is off to its best start in 30 years (8-1 so far). I got to be at the first round of the NCAA tournament when Lafayette got in in 1998 (their first trip in 50 years, the second longest drought in Division I…

Kos has the link to the latest Newsweek poll (from 12/18-19, numbers in parentheses are from 12/11-12): Dean 26 (24)Don’t Know 20 (14)Clark 15 (12)Lieberman 7 (12)Sharpton 7 (5)Kerry 6 (5)Gephardt 5 (10)Edwards 5 (5)Braun 1 (3)Kucinich 1 (2) Others are reporting that Clark may be emerging as the anti-Dean. Clark certainly isn’t pulling punches,…

Operation Hero Miles – Official Website Many soldiers on R&R leave must purchase high-priced last minute airfares to connect to their hometowns once their military flights land at the airports in Baltimore, Dallas or Atlanta. Soldiers on “Emergency Leave” must still pay the full cost of their domestic travel when they are rushed home for…