• Beware of the label

    I went with a loved one to a colonoscopy.

    Yes, that’s just as fun as it sounds.

    In the lobby there was a sign for “hot liquid” next to a table with a dispenser ubiquitous with America’s Favorite Stimulant. I was more than ready for some stimulating beverage, so I ambled over for a cup.

    I have to give them this much: it was both hot AND a liquid. As for any implied guarantees beyond it’s temperature or state of matter… what do they care? They’re not dealing with the most choosy crowd; which is either the post-procedure patient or the pre & post-procedure caregiver. Let’s face it, when you’ve just had your lower GI roto-rootered your first concern isn’t the taste of your coffee. And when you’re laying down to sleep, don’t forget the caregivers of the “recently devolumed” in your prayers. In either case coffee isn’t usually the first thing on people’s minds.

    Just goes to show you just how shallow I really am.

  • The big move

    As it happens, a rev B iMac and a six and a half year old laptop tend to bog down a bit when they’re bombarded with thousands of server requests from the internet. The problem has not been the traffic, but staying useful as a family room computer. Rest assured, you have not missed out on a quantum leap in popularity of this site. A large majority of the hits (say 998 of the 1000 or so a day) were fishing expeditions for vulnerabilities.

    Anyway, the great home server initiative has come to an end… for now. I’m still ironing out the apparent kinks in my URL redirection strategy, but the old URLs should work for the foreseeable future.

    I know it’s a load off your mind.

  • New feature!

    These are exciting times here at the family web site! Now I can post semi-permanent features on the page links! Check out the videos posted on the Gators page (hint: look up… towards the top of this window).

    Please hold your applause until the end of this entry.