Monthly Archives: May 2008

It’s an Indy Weekend

I am not one for theme weekends, but sometimes they just sort of happen. Like this one, for example.
Yesterday, I went to the movies with my significant other. We saw Indy 4. It was entirely appropriate, I thought.
Today, we watched the Indy 500. Scott Dixon won it, but it was largely uneventful - no horrible …

May 25, 2008 – 6:47 pm | By admin | Posted in Stuff Like Other Stuff | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Backups

I do backups regularly. I have a two-tier system. One backup transfers essential files, password protected, to a distant location. The other backup makes backups of all my personal files to a USB hard disk. Also, my pictures are stored on flickr, which acts as a backup of sorts.
Unfortunately, the only things I forgot to …

May 24, 2008 – 1:11 pm | By admin | Posted in Computology | Tagged | Comments (0)

Solving Your City’s Water Problems

So you have a city with a limited water supply. Let’s say, oh, Tucson, Arizona. Now if you have no water meters installed, you have no way of measuring how much any single household is using. You can’t implement a per-gallon usage fee.
You need a way to get the whole city to save water. You …

May 2, 2008 – 1:27 pm | By admin | Posted in Neat Stuff | Tagged , , | Comments (0)