Another Word for Nerd

One year ago today, I lost my best friend, partner, and wife of eleven years. I love you, Amy.

I now seem to own a silver bucket.

Suggestions (please leave them on Facebook, not here) on what to do with it are welcome.

From “fourteen years ago today”. An old friend and ex-coworker sent me this, found while digging through mail archives.

From: Bill Bradford 
Subject: Re: Gimme, gimme, gimme 
To: Jeff Bewley 
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 15:32:15 -0500 (CDT)
In-Reply-To: <199510122020.PAA08909@ion1.ionet.net>
from "Jeff Bewley" at Oct 12, 95 03:20:30 pm

> Well, folks, sorry to whine again,

Oh, no problem, wabbit@tulsa-victim.ionet.net.   We're used
to it by now. 

> Seriously, I have one #2 Win disk left, and I haven't ever
> got any Win95 disks...I know you guys hate running the
> Disk-o-matic 2000, but I hate having people stop by
> and get in my face for not having the software.  

I'll tell Jay when he gets here to fire it up.

> Thanks! I'll buy ya'll a beer next time I'm in OKC (heh..
> have fun splitting that can of Natural Light between
> the three of ya!)

Honestly, I just might be OLD ENOUGH by the time you get
down here to actually DRINK it!  I turn 21 on 11/5.
NOW if I can just get Mom to buy me that Netra5 for
my birthday.....  

> Seriously, I'd really appreciate any help you could give me on
> this! Thanks!

Will do.

bill

Jeff's comment, "No matter how bad things get, they'll never be as bad as duplicating install disks for Win95 at ioNET."

When I tell people that I was a country radio DJ for four years in high school instead of flipping burgers, they tend to not believe me.

Well, here you go. 103.7 FM KRPT, Anadarko, Oklahoma. This was 1993 or so.

Thanks to my very good friend Cassandra for the picture, which she sent along with many others taken when we were dating sixteen years ago.

My new favorite webcomic: http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com

I suspect someone at Parker Brothers got fired shortly before this Word of the Day was changed.

Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) C2900XL Software (C2900XL-C3H2S-M), Version 12.0(5.2)XU,
MAINTENANCE INTERIM SOFTWARE
Copyright (c) 1986-2000 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Mon 17-Jul-00 17:35 by ayounes
Image text-base: 0x00003000, data-base: 0x00301F3C

ROM: Bootstrap program is C2900XL boot loader
switchname uptime is 4 years, 42 weeks, 4 days, 20 hours,
46 minutes

System returned to ROM by power-on
System image file is "flash:c2900XL-c3h2s-mz-120.5.2-XU.bin"

cisco WS-C2912-XL (PowerPC403GA) processor (revision 0x11) with
8192K/1024K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID FAB0519Y004, with hardware revision 0x01
Last reset from power-on

Processor is running Enterprise Edition Software
Cluster command switch capable
Cluster member switch capable
12 FastEthernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)

I should probably upgrade the IOS image on this switch (this is what it shipped with), but I don’t have a Cisco CCO account with access to download the latest version.

According to Typealyzer, this blog is:

ESTJ – The Guardians

The organizing and efficient type. They are especially attuned to setting goals and managing available resources to get the job done. Once they´ve made up their mind on something, it can be quite difficult to convince otherwise. They listen to hard facts and can have a hard time accepting new or innovative ways of doing things.

The Guardians are often happy working in highly structured work environments where everyone knows the rules of the job. They respect authority and are loyal team players.

I don’t entirely agree, as I’ve gotten commended at work in the past due to my innovative ways of solving problems.

When taking an online Meyers-Briggs test, I usually get identified as an ISTJ.

I first saw this months ago while on my way to a doctor appointment, and was finally able to stop and take pictures today.

Just north of the intersection of I-10 and Highway 6, west of Houston.

Hurricane season is coming up, so I ordered a few “Super-Bright 9 LED Heavy-Duty Compact Aluminum Flashlight” from Amazon in black, blue, and gunmetal colors. They were only $5.50 each, so I ordered five of them to qualify for free shipping.

The package arrived today, and I proceeded to de-blister-pack all of them.

Click for bigger pictures.

Then I noticed the disclaimer on the back:

I think these may qualify to be the World’s Most Dangerous Flashlight, and an example of overkill on a warning label. I blame California.