I had a need to scan something on my Mac, but haven't connected my old scanner for years. It's an HP ScanJet 5200C legal paper size flatbed scanner, which I got as a reward from an old boss for a job well done. A pretty nice device, but the Mac OS X Sn… more »

I haven't written much about my new position at work. Last August, the company reorganized, and I got moved from the UNIX team to a networking team. Two of my teammates went onto the CM (Configuration Management) team. Then in December, one of them le… more »

Saturday, I went and looked at a 2010 Chevy Camaro 2SS (hardtop). Call it my mid-life crisis, but I think it's a really cool looking car. Unfortunately, I can't afford it right now, or else I might have driven one home Saturday night. Maybe next year.… more »

I'm totally geeked out. Just realized I haven't eaten anything since breakfast early this morning. I've spent the whole afternoon playing with Hercules, an open source IBM mainframe emulator. What my real goal is is to find out what differences there… more »

I can't believe my 2TB NAS is already 96% full already. 87GB free space left. I just bought the thing this summer. I guess that can happen since I ripped about 1/2 of my CDs and DVDs AND use it to keep regular backups of both my computers local disks.… more »

It's been nearly a week since Apple announced it's newest product line, the iPad. My first reaction to the announcement was that it's just a larger iPod Touch. It has no camera, like the Touch. It has no phone capabilities, like the Touch. The only t… more »