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It appears as though Manny Ramirez has just been traded away by the Red Sox. It was the last year in his contract, so I’m glad they got something for him, instead of just letting the guy run away to free agency. I thought it was pretty clear that the Sox weren’t going [...]

Our company outing this year took the form of sailing in Newport, meaning that I got to do two things that I rarely get a chance to experience:

Sail on a racing yacht.
Have the shortest commute of everyone in the office.

I volunteered to help in whatever way I could. Mostly, my help took the form [...]

About 3-4 weeks or so ago, Laura and I noticed that we were getting insect bites on our arms and legs, and it appeared to be when we were sleeping. As time went on, the bites kept persisting, although we had never heard or seen a mosquito nor spied a flea. (We had [...]

Ordering… Drum set…

Yesterday afternoon, a strong thunderstorm rolled through the area where I work, and of course, knocked the power out. This came as little surprise to me, as our connection to the local electrical utility has always been rather frail.
Luckily, the majority of the servers were shut down gracefully. I say the majority, because [...]