Archive for December, 2005

Genealogy, prep stage 2

Friday, December 30th, 2005

I’ve made some progress on this project, though its still in the preparatory stages. I managed through a stroke of good luck to order the right cable to connect Dori’s camcorder to my Powerbook on the first try, I’ve successfully built Gramps, and I think the only two missing pieces now are a tripod […]

Menorah

Tuesday, December 27th, 2005

We busted out the Menorah that my orthodox father-in-law gave us about a year or two ago. It stands about 18″ tall, and takes little olive oil lamps instead of candles. I’ll post a picture on the 8th night, when its in its full glory (assuming I can get a decent one … […]

Christmas Weekend

Tuesday, December 27th, 2005

I had an extremely relaxing weekend, mostly spent at Dori’s mother’s apartment in Bayside. We went over there in the afternoon on Saturday, a little later than planned. Pat was sick, so the party was called off, so the pressure to get there early and help set up was lifted (and a GeekISP […]

Transit Strike, revisited

Thursday, December 22nd, 2005

Honk at your own risk.

Work, Go, Holidays, and the Strike

Wednesday, December 21st, 2005

It’s been a while since my last post, and mostly my days / weekends have been busy with my usual activities: TV with Dori, work, playing Go, and some Half Life 2. It’s been a quiet December, and things are going well overall.
Not a whole lot to say about the job lately, just getting […]