Category Archives: Musings
LA Burritos, circa 1985
Back in the dark ages, circa 1985 or so, I worked for Richard Spielman Precision Electronics, on the north side of Chicago. The owner, Richard Spielman, was a great guy, an atheist, an entrepreneur, and a foodie before his time, … Continue reading
“New” Computer
So Steve talked me into an upgrade. I needed to install Windows 7 anyway, and so here was the chance. Bette was gone for the weekend and I had a nice block of time. I ordered a used Gigabyte mobo … Continue reading
Qt Training Report II
The Qt WebKit stuff looks really nice. 40 lines to add a lite but featured browser, and you can have Javascript call C++ and vice versa – so buttons in HTML can start C++ processes, and C++ can modify the … Continue reading
CR-V Mileage
Our 2009 CR-V with AWD has gotten 31 mpg on the trip to work, but much less on the way home. I suspect the trip to work is downhill. There are two Trip displays, A and B, with independent average … Continue reading
Lifesource Phone Spam
At work, I would get calls: Voice Message 8884274836 At home, three times a night. Never leaving a messsage. I Googled the phone number finally and found who: Lifesource blood services. I logged in (easy) and turned off all my … Continue reading
It’s Hard to Be Legal – Sheet Music Edition
So I wanted to buy the sheet music for “Lust” by Tori Amos. I love the piano music and wanted to learn it – to play, not to sing. I started with Google, found several music sites, and prepared to … Continue reading
Burnt Teapot
So I started the teapot up today, and went downstairs to check one thing. Ten minutes later I came up and there was no whistle. After checking the teapot, there was no water. With our old crappy teapot, I wouldn’t … Continue reading
Welcome Sara
Our latest addition to the Chwalisz family of bloggers: Our Other Sara(h) blogs about life, love and adventure on the Continent.
Adios D-Link USB Hub
Finally dumping my D-Link DSB-H4 USB powered hub. I think I got it for 10 bucks, and I think it worked for about 20 minutes. Then as soon as you plug something in, all the lights would go black and … Continue reading
Quicken 2009 R7
So got the online notice for Quicken 2009 that R7 is ready. I tried 4 times, got a “patching engine has failed” error. After some googling and using Filemon to find the log, and looking in the log, I found … Continue reading