The Caffeinated Penguin

musings of a crackpot hacker

Battletech

| July 23, 2007

I think I have clevered it out. MechSheet produces the best output. This is what I want my sheets to look like, though I may add an optional movement chart at the bottom if printed on legal paper. It does not, however, do any type of creation, it just makes sheets. So, for now, I [...]

Reading weekend

| July 22, 2007

Liz and I spent this weekend reading, her with the final book in the series of a certain Mr. Potter, me with the final book of Roland of Gilead and his ka-tet. An interesting change here is that, as a younger man, I used to be able to sit and read literally for hours on [...]

Podcasts..

| July 17, 2007

I've been recording segments for a Gun Rights Advocates Podcast. I figured I'd post the relevant episodes here, in case folks want to hear about my NY Pistol Permit stuff in my own words. Episode 41 Episode 43 (Of course, the podcast itself is definitely worth listening to)

Birfday

| July 9, 2007

So, the shindig for my birthday was a nice success. I'm starting to get a little burnt out with all the stuff I've been trying to do around the house, so we kept it small and simple. Parents, in laws, my brother and my sister in law. I figure we'll have a big blowout housewarming [...]

Catharsis

| July 7, 2007

(note, since case is the name of a machine (kudos if you get the reference), I will use “box” here where I mean “the piece of sheet metal into which computer components are put) So, this evening I took a fairly radical step which I had been considering for some time – I gutted my [...]

What if….

| July 3, 2007

Books were treated like guns. Sounds silly when you put it that way, doesn't it?

Rock Quilts

| July 3, 2007

http://www.quiltsryche.com/. Lizzy found it.

More on what is going on (no pictures this time)

| July 2, 2007

I got the Troy Bilt running, but it took an extensive cleaning of the carburetor to get it running again. I guess 20 years of gum and varnish will do that to you. I tore it down, cleaned it, put it back together – no luck. So, I pulled it down again and put it [...]

Mega photo blog update

| July 1, 2007

Some of the goings-on in my life captured in pictures (with plenty of kitten pics). as does Arthur. Mikey is still a Momma's boy. So, I was putting together some bookshelves, got them all together, then tried to lift them into place. My hand slipped and the shelves came crashing down… right onto my toe. [...]