Fallen Warriors ⁽³³⁹⁾

Brian Bilbrey December 24, 2012

Fixtures and Late Posting

Last night ... I was playing Fallout 3, and went from game to sleep. My bad. Today, I'm back in fabrication and assembly mode in the woodshop: I'm running with the dadoe set installed for cutting 3/4" slots for the shelves, but by embedding about half of that width into the sacrificial fence, I can also cut the rabbets for the back panel. Notice that I'm using a finger board to help keep the workpiece in control - a 4' long side needs a third hand, and the finger board provides the safest method of control near the blades. *…

Brian Bilbrey December 16, 2012

A Week Off

I'm taking this week off of work. I'll still check email from time to time, but mostly I'm going to do some chores around here, organize a bit of woodworking, and get caught up on my reading. Wrapping up school: Late this week, the grade for the last course should drop. On the 30th, the degree should be conferred. Fun stuff, really. * * * Our condolences to the families, friends, and units of these fallen warriors: Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas D. Checque, 28, of Monroeville, Pennsylvania, died of combat related injuries suffered Dec. 8, while supporting operations near…

Brian Bilbrey December 2, 2012

Work, Schoolwork, and Statistics...

If you are playing along at home, you might suspect that "Damned" could fit in for "School" in today's word-swap cipher match. The upside for me is that I'm developing a project website that I'm likely to put into play early next year. But not to discuss until it's nearly ready. I don't know whether I'll take it down the customized blog path, or go back to my beloved bespoke hand-crafted HTML approach that served me so well over the years. Yesterday I went shopping, because I had about 5.5 hours of work to do today, helping launch a new…

Brian Bilbrey November 25, 2012

Leftovers

Our turkey day was full of thanks and food and more food. Just the two of us, and a 17 pound bird ... shedloads of leftovers, needless to say. Marcia's job-hunt continues, and I'm back to work tomorrow after a week off. It's been very weird, frankly. I did a lot of schoolwork - both for the week in progress, and groundwork for the final website project. I played some Half Life 2, and watched a bit of Top Gear UK. And the week is gone, just like that. * * * Our condolences to the families, friends, and units…

Brian Bilbrey November 18, 2012

Marcia's back (again) & Linux reloaded

Today, I relaxed a bit. Shopping in the morning, a bit of Top Gear UK during the day, and I picked Marcia up at BWI around 1500 EST. Happy dog is happy, and so am I. The holiday bird is in the fridge, I've got a tray of mac-n-cheese ready, and ... we'll see how the table ends up. Tonight, I blew out the FreeNAS installation, and installed Scientific Linux 6.3 x64 on the box still known as Serenity. I had a lot of trouble getting things working right, and there are issues with offsite backups that are much more…