Saturday, December 17, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Blue Blood Blues
All you had to do was ask.
Who is it that wears a mask?
When you put me to task you leave me broke and shirtless.
Check your lips at the door woman.
Shake your hips like battleships.
Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
Sing.
I only got one face; I tried too long to erase.
You know if I left, I wouldn’t leave a trace.
If I left, you’d never see me again.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Lindley Hill Cemetery
About fifty yards from my house is Lindley Hill Cemetery. It was in use when cemeteries were as segregated as everything else; as such, it's one of the oldest African American cemeteries in Chester County. When I left Downingtown the tombstones were barely visible in the overgrown underbrush, there was no sign marking it as a cemetery, and I used to go there to spend time with girls I was dating. Someone has obviously adopted it and started taking care of it in the past few years.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
3am
Three in the morning, thought Charles Halloway, seated on the edge of his bed. Why did the train come at that hour?For, he thought, it's a special hour. Women never wake then, do they? They sleep the sleep of babes and children. But men in middle age? They know that hour well. […] Doctors say the body's at low tide then. The soul is out. The blood moves slow. You're the nearest to dead you'll ever be save dying.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Rhett and Scarlett
Just having a little fun with a scene that popped at me from Gone with the Wind.
I'm drawing a blank creating additional quips for the image macro, feel free to suggest a few.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Travelers Protective Association
Friday, February 18, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Frittata
My first attempt at making a frittata. This one had Gala apples and cheddar cheese.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Home Made
Since we're low on cash this Valentine's Day, this is what I made for Her.
I know, it's not much, but she does love Star Wars!!
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Untitled
My World of Warcraft contribution to Valentine's Day.
WiFi Latency Issues Under Windows 7?
This is just a short guide for Windows 7 x64 users with a Broadcom 943xx WiFi chipset.
Usually I balk at using any of the Windows Update provided drivers. I feel that if anyone is going to optimize the use of their device/chipset it's going to be the manufacturer, not Microsoft. However, with Windows 7 my opinion changed slightly, perhaps incorrectly, because for the first time when adding hardware to the system, Windows asks to check Windows Update, actually does it, and in many cases finds the driver (in contrast to XP and Vista).
The issue I was having with Microsoft's driver was high latency. I was playing my MMORPGs with about a 300ms ping, which is playable, but caused me to shy away from doing anything group-related. Of course, I started with troublshooting the router, the cable modem, etc, but my conclusion was that it was my computer. Other computers in the house didn't have the same issue.
So I started searching and it wasn't an easy quest. Most of the information I found didn't solve my issue until I came across this post. LaptopVideo2Go has always been my first stop after reinstalling Windows on a laptop as I tend to be very unsatisfied by the OEM-provided Video drivers. My search led me to a forum post in which many of the Broadcom 943xx drivers were archived.
A word of warning: Using video drivers which aren't specifically written for OEM hardware (read: embedded hardware, laptops) can be dangerous and I hold no responsibility for any damage which may occur as a result of using drivers from LaptopVideo2Go.
So, the driver that I chose was the latest.
http://files.laptopvideo2go.com/wlan/broadcom_v5.100.57.8.exe DriverVer=08/19/2010, 5.100.57.8
This is the latest driver for Windows 7 users, both 32 and 64 bit.
I recommend reading the forum post before fiddling with your system: Latest Broadcom 943xx Driver.
I installed, rebooted for good measure, and found that my ping was now hovering around 90ms, which is exactly what I wanted. Of course, faster would be good, but I'm satisfied with eliminating about 200ms from my ping just by installing a driver.
The only caveat is that when the P.C. awakens from Sleep Mode, the device is missing from the system. This is actually an old issue from the RC days of Windows 7. So far, the only way to solve it is to use Microsoft's driver. Of course, using MS's driver will most likely result in a higher latency, but you'll be able to use the Sleep function of Windows 7. It's your choice; my priority was to lower my latency, yours may be to never have to reboot.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Congressman Chris Lee Says OOPS!
Why would you attempt to cheat using Craigslist as a Congressman? Because he wanted to resign within 3 hours of the story being aired?
(this is also another test of Posterous and its data formatting and propagation)
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Green Mountain Coffee
I wonder if these Green Mountain K Cups work in an auto drip coffee maker?
Sent from my iPhone
I'm about to find out!
Sent from my iPhone
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Hello, world.
This is just a post to test how this data will propagate to my other feeds.
And if this does work, you can now watch Dream of the 90s from the new show, Portlandia.
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