Author Archives: Kip

I’ve got to do something to rein in my email-writing. I am positive that people don’t want to read all the crap I send them. Absolutely positive. Last night I was in rare form. I spent TWO HOURS composing an … Continue reading →

Now, there are very few people that I’ve shuffled off my mortal coil over the years that I want to get back in touch with. The ones I want to be in touch with, I’m in touch with (even if … Continue reading →

After about six months, I’ve completed my tour of re-reading Cryptonomicon (which I consider a prequel to the Baroque Cycle) and my first readings of the Baroque Cycle novels (Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World). These are … Continue reading →

Found another nasty little trojan. Directprt.dll. Trojan “Goldun”, as NAV identifies it. NAV couldn’t do anything to it, so I booted in safe mode and ran NAV plus a few other anti-spyware anti-virus tools. Pretty sure I got rid of … Continue reading →

Got an email back from DF. All is well out there, he’s hopefully going to be in a short-distance relationship soon (with the same girl *bonk*), he has two weeks left to go (roughly) until he’s out of school with … Continue reading →

I was just reading Dick Morris’ column over at his Vote.com site and I have to quote something from it, something I think is very true: Isolationism, a largely ignored theme in our politics, is growing rapidly in the wake … Continue reading →

Good God. Okay. I watch The Daily Show. It’s liberal, but it’s not that bad. But tonight was awful. They trot out Ted Kennedy (who you don’t get to see walk out like other guests, most likely so you can’t … Continue reading →

Yeah, you heard me. I fucking hate that site. If you can actually call it a site — rather, more a collection of the largest number of freaks who seem to be PERVERSELY INSISTENT ON MAKING THE WORST AND MOST … Continue reading →

After a bit of battling and changing their data source, 3Media has finally put me back online. Praise be to Xenu, etc.

My hostee, 3Media Web Solutions, just upgraded to new servers. Now, if you know anything about servers, you know that this is a process which a) seems really easy and b) is actually the ninth circle of hell. The CEO, … Continue reading →