Why do I like DC?

Simple. I wore short sleeves home from work today and wasn't cold. It's 65 in January, People!!

Why do YOU hate DC?

I'm in a posting mood today apparently. I'm going to add a link to the right to the blog "why.i.hate.dc"...Not sure why though.

I hate DC because of all the liberal crazies around here. I think the guy who ran the blog before, and the new guy who just started need to drop the national politics and focus on local politics and DC-hating.

Can we please mention the fact that Marion Barry is a crack addict, ex-con, and also the most popular person on the DC council...WTF!?

Henry Clay is Dead...

So as some of you know, at the end of October/beginning of November...I got involved with the Kill Henry Clay (KHC) WebZine. The core group of KHC was based on a group from back in the days of Star Wars "Simming" when everyone used AOL. We were in a "Sim Universe" called Era of Rebellion (EoR).

If you've clicked the link to the right recently, you'll have noticed that all that pops up is the KHC Logo, and until the beginning of this month, it said "Returning 2006." Well friends and comrades, I can tell you that it won't be coming back. The word from one of the founding members is that the two managing Editors (he is one) don't even really talk anymore. How disappointing.

Maybe I should write a little more on my own blog to make up for it. Then again, maybe not.

For the two or three of you that read this, and I know who you are, maybe we should do a collaborative effort? We could call it "Kendall Connection" or something gay like that. What do you think?

-Kal

Wish List Time...

After fighting with Folder Permissions...I'm ready for some wishing. This is what I want to have sitting on my desk:

Shuttle SN25P Barebone System
AMD Athlon64 X2 4400+ Toledo Core Processor
2048 MB RAM
(2) 74GB 10,000RPM Western Digital "Raptor" Hard Drives
16x Dual-Layer DVD Burner
256MB NVIDIA 7800[add obligatory model letters here]

Dual-Boot MacOS 10.4.4 and Windows XP Pro...one on each Raptor.

That is, whenever I get the cash and Apple decides to sell OSX for x86 machines off the shelf.

Yuppies...

I think we're becoming Yuppies. Rachel and I have joined the Washington Sports Clubs for a year. Hopefully next time you all see me I'll be buff and trim. At least I don't frequent Spacedeer (aka Starbucks), otherwise I'd really be worried.

As it's Playoff time...I'll say it: Go Colts! Go Redskins!

-Kal

Happy Freakin' New Year!

Posting Time...

Ryan's got his new blog, "Limits are for Calculus," which you can find in the links section. He's posted twice since my last post, so I need to catch up.

We travelled back to Michigan last weekend. In lieu of our horrid flying experience in 2004, we chose to take Amtrak's Capitol Limited route to South Bend, IN. It worked out well. Superliner coach seats are roomier and more comfy than airplane seats. And we were only a couple hours late in each direction.

While I was home, I finally got to go Wardriving. It was an impromptu plan, as I was instructed to bring trusty Lappy G4 (our iBook) along out to dinner to show off our Wedding Pictures. So, I went Wardriving in St. Joe for open access points on the way to Dinner. I found a few open ones, but there were a surprising number of people who'd protected their access points. Most of them had WEP, which is breakable, but a few were using WPA, which isn't. I suspect there were a few doing MAC Address filtering as well. I didn't actually connect to someone else's network, we were just driving, but it was pretty amusing anyway.

Be sure to check out Ryan's blog, and to comment on mine.
Happy New Year.
-Kal