http://abode.andertek.net The words and shenanigans of a sleep deprived, slave driven, old man Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:08:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well the wall paper has been removed for about a week now. My part in the process decreased dramatically as I was sleeping more when my wife was awake due to my work schedule. Now it's paint everywhere, well actually it's globs of paint everywhere, our daughter was helping. I've ... http://abode.andertek.net/2007/06/24/paint-paint-everywhere-paper-paper-everywhere-ii/ I went and got my Transformers tickets earlier this week. And cannot wait to see it! My two biggest concerns thus far are Bumblebee and Megatron. How could they do that, Bumblebee is a Camero, now don't get me wrong that's a cool car, BUT HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A ... http://abode.andertek.net/2007/06/24/have-you-gotten-your-transformers-tickets-yet/ Microsoft released Windows Home Server (WHS) RC1 (Release Candidate 1) today, well actually yesterday for those of you on normal time. They are opening up the testing for those of you who did not have a chance to try it out in Beta. I have been fortunate enough to have been using it sense Beta ... http://abode.andertek.net/2007/06/13/windows-home-server-turns-rc1-today/ First it was the Kitchen, well actually lets step back a little more.  It actually begain with the Living Room, but that is just a gleam in the eye of owning this house. We had the kitchen remodled, redecorated, call it what you will. And as always my wife did ... http://abode.andertek.net/2007/06/12/paper-paper-everywhere/ Just a few minutes ago I made a coffee run to an extremely well known arched fast food restaurant. My wife had asked for a White Chocolate Raspberry Latte, but if they didn't have that she would take regular coffee. Hey fair enough, I needed a break and who knows maybe ... http://abode.andertek.net/2006/11/25/the-mclatte-deception/ Now those of you who have been following this blog from it's inception, which I'm sure is a significantly low number and my owning doing, know that it used to be tiled the Cranky Blogger. It was a place to vent and who knows maybe actually make a little difference in ... http://abode.andertek.net/2006/11/25/the-crotchety-blogger-strikes-back/ You remember those long summer days you spent digging that hole! That hole that would allow you to reach... yes reach China. My friend the Library Despot stumbled across this site, a Google maps mash-up that calculates just where that whole would have ended up. And like my friend the ... http://abode.andertek.net/2006/11/20/o-where-o-where-did-that-little-hole-go-o-where-did-it-go/ Over at Sci-Fi Wire you can catch the release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie posters, and a teaser trailer. The trailer can be seen  if you happen to catch Happy Feet. Order of the Phoenix is to be released Friday July the 13th, 2007. Starring Daniel ... http://abode.andertek.net/2006/11/20/order-of-the-phoenix/ I was watching an episode of The Histories Channel's Modern Marvels apply named "Private Jets". The episode is a rundown of the private jet usage today from corporate converted jets to personally owned small kits. The episode begins with a short interview with Michael Dorn about personal jet ownership and buying ... http://abode.andertek.net/2006/11/19/sats-a-nasa-rethink-of-todays-air-travel-model/ Microsoft has been busy as of late. They have several products, well actually two, that have shed the Beta moniker. Those two products are Defender, their Anti-Spyware utility that has been quite good to me. They have made some changes to the GUI (Graphical User Interface), and have also included ... http://abode.andertek.net/2006/10/28/beta-be-gone/