We came really close to getting cable modems where we live. Close but no cigar. Earlier this year, they were laying fiber in our neighborhood. We were told that we’d have broadband internet access by the end of the year. Then, the work trucks disappeared. See, our cable provider is Adelphia. And they filed for bankruptcy. And they canceled the broadband rollout. Just three weeks from completion. It sucks to be us. Of course, the … Continue reading
As part of New York’s plans to commemorate the events of 9/11, five groups of bagpipers (one from each of the city’s five borroughs) will converge at Ground Zero. I don’t know what they’ll be playing, but odds are good that it will be Amazing Grace. Everytime I hear Amazing Grace played on bagpipes, it makes me cry. It will be nice a couple of weeks later, to go to the Alabama Highland Games, and … Continue reading
I’m the Number One hit for “dougal” on Google. And nine of the first ten results for “dougal campbell” are references to me (and 37 of the first 50 results). Yay me!
Okay, all you foot freaks — here’s that picture I promised. These are my webbed toes. Sorry, no duck webbing, if that’s what you expected. It’s just that the 2nd and 3rd toes are joined by skin to about the 1st knuckle. WebbedToes.jpg I’ve created some forums for discussing webbed toes. Hopefully, this will be easier to manage than a bunch of comments on my blog posts.
Yesterday I (and my two “web team” coworkers) moved across the building into a new cubicle. We’ll miss shooting the breeze with Bill and Jason on a daily basis, but on the bright side (literally), I’m near a window now. As part of my move, I’ve finally made good on my threat to set up my webcam again. The DougalCam is once again updating on a regular basis, and I even fixed the remote window … Continue reading
After my previous comment about my webbed toes, several people have found my site while searching for pictures of webbed toes. I aim to please, so I’m hoping to get some pictures of my feet up on the site over the weekend. Mutants of the world, unite! I’ve created some forums for discussing webbed toes. Hopefully, this will be easier to manage than a bunch of comments on my blog posts.
There’s a geeky little contest going on over at consolationchamps.com. Write a haiku about CSS guru Eric Meyer, win a copy of his book. Being a geek, of course I’ve made an entry.
This is a new one on me, but suddenly I’m seeing it everywhere. Apparently, there’s a tradition that some people follow of saying “rabbit, rabbit”, or alternately “white rabbit”, on the first day of each month. Harumph Dendritics Book review Rabbit superstitions Anybody out there ever heard of this before?
In case you didn’t already know, today is Sysadmin Appreciation Day! Have you hugged your system administrator today?
If you visited this site on the latter half of Sunday July 21, you might have been a little confused. While moving all my domains to a new host, I accidentally copied my War on Spam database over my personal blog data. I discovered the error late in the evening and restored the proper data. I think almost everything is working properly now, so hopefully nobody noticed any major glitches other than the one mentioned … Continue reading