A couple of months back one of my online friends (Mikey) mentioned to me he was looking to buy a Commodore 64. The next morning I went out to the garage, got one of my remaining spare Commodores, boxed it up and mailed it to him. Although I have run out of spare 1541 drives, Mikey had little trouble picking… read entire post
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Furlough Friday
Over the past 18 years that I have worked for the federal government (both as a contractor and as a federal employee) I can’t recall ever being on “leave without pay” status. Even when the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center closes due to ice and snow each winter, I climb into my truck and manage to make it into work. I… read entire post
Vintage Star Wars Figures I Need
A couple of months ago I decided to display all of my vintage (1978-1985) Star Wars figures. Ten minutes later, I decided to try and complete my collection. Based on what I can tell, I am currently missing roughly 30 figures. Some of these I know I had back in the day (who didn’t own a jawa or two?) but… read entire post
Movie Auditions
I start this post by saying that I have grown a ridiculously long and shaggy looking goatee. It’s somewhere between “hardcore biker” and “grizzled carny” in appearance. I think it looks cool; Susan thinks it makes me look homeless. I have to travel next week for work and it’s probably coming off before then.
Anyway.
Last week, local news outlets… read entire post
Removing Malware from my own Site
A few months ago I spun up a new website, SpriteCastle.com. There’s no real content there yet — it’s more of a proof of concept site at this point. Last night after finishing up the latest episode of You Don’t Know Flack I decided to do some tweaking to the Sprite Castle. When I opened the site in Google Chrome,… read entire post
Miss JoAnn
A few months ago at work I moved out of the room I had sat in for thirteen years (I went home at night) and over into a new room in a new building. The new room is a “room within a room,” meaning I have to walk through someone else’s room to get to my new room. A dozen… read entire post
YDKF Episode 130: Pagers, PDAs, and Cell Phones
Episode 130 of You Don’t Know Flack covers pagers, PDAs, and cell phones. In this episode I talk about the first pager I owned and why I wanted one, the first PDA I owned (the Palm Pilot III), and a few of the cell phones I’ve owned over the years (starting with the Star-Tac). I also tell the story about… read entire post
My Thunder Hoodie
For Christmas, Susan bought me an OKC Thunder Hoodie. It’s blue and had the Thunder logo along with the words “Oklahoma City” printed across the front. I enjoy wearing it, but over the past month I have enjoyed wearing it more than usual.
Last month I spent a week in Dallas — home of the Dallas Mavericks, one of the… read entire post
The Ups and Downs of Air Travel
Just minutes after Morgan found the last Easter egg yesterday morning it was time to finish packing and head off to the airport. Yes, I said airport. Those of you who know me know how much I hate flying, but this week I’ll be working out of Seattle, and flying certainly felt like the lessor of two evils when it… read entire post