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Somebody is Missing 7 Oct 2012 | 12:51 pm
When I was a kid, it was always exciting to think about “the future” and all the cool advancements we’d have after the year 2000. We were promised many things, like flying cars, robots, teleportation,...
Harassment Sunday 24 Sep 2012 | 10:52 pm
I got this email notification today from Meetup, under the completely fictitious name of Chris Tomkinson and for local events on the other side of the country. It took a few minutes to remember why I ...
Stupid Technology! 16 Apr 2012 | 01:59 pm
At least once a year I drone on and on rant about some operating system that I hate, so I’m going to get that out of the way right now. Android is a huge, steaming pile of crap! About 6 months ago I u...
Hikes and other equally boring nonsense that you’ll hate reading about so don’t even bother 19 Mar 2012 | 08:13 pm
When I first moved to Oregon in late 2005, I wanted to explore all the woods around here, so I did lots of Geocaching and hiking. There were no hiking groups in the area, so I signed up on meetup.com ...
Bank Scamster 17 Mar 2012 | 08:27 am
This relatively new guy at my bank really wants me to cheat the IRS. I’m self-employed and I get checks from different companies, so he starts being nosy and asking what I do. He tells me I definitely...
Hackers vs. Magicians 21 Dec 2011 | 12:00 am
There used to be a magic shop in downtown Albany and the kids and I would stop by there sometimes and look around. The owners were an old couple and the wife would rave about how awesome it was being ...
Weird people at my door 9 Oct 2011 | 12:44 pm
Last night I got to bed around 3am. This morning, a Saturday, my doorbell rings at 8am. Ugh. I jump up and open the window to see a lady standing there, so I quickly get dressed and run downstairs to ...
Snail Mail My Email 20 Aug 2011 | 04:58 pm
Earlier this month my friend Jessica found an interesting program called Snail Mail My Email which was a free service that allowed you to have a typed email handwritten and sent to anywhere in the wor...
Baby Rattles 10 Aug 2011 | 04:59 am
When I was in grade school, my teacher started us on a fun craft project. We made baby rattles! How do you make a baby rattle? It’s easy! Take a normal incandescent light bulb and paper-mache the enti...
How To Make A Monitor Stand 24 Jul 2011 | 11:30 am
After months of having my 23″ flatscreen computer monitor sit on a couple boxes of envelopes, I’ve finally gotten around to making a proper mount for it. And by proper, I mean by using old gas pipes a...
