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  • Adam Backstrom 11:35 pm on August 29, 2010 Permalink | Reply
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    Had a busy weekend: Elizabeth’s Park (Bradford, VT), Quincy Bog (Rumney, NH), swimming in the Baker River (Wentworth, NH) and Lake Tarleton (Piermont, NH), and digging and thoroughly enjoying our new front yard fire pit.

     
  • Adam Backstrom 9:35 pm on August 25, 2010 Permalink | Reply
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    Installed the WordPress MU Domain Mapping plugin, converted my WordPress install to use its functionality, and moved Charlotte’s blog over to Linode. Finally consolidated all my WordPress installs.

     
  • Adam Backstrom 9:17 pm on August 23, 2010 Permalink | Reply
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    Got a robocall on my cell from (949) 521-1896. Said I was eligible for an interest rate as low as 6.9%, asked me to press “1″ if I was interested. Pressed “1″. Connected with Dude, who asked me to verify I had pressed “1″ for a lower interest rate. Said, “Yes.” Then asked what my estimated credit card debt was. I ask, “Is this a call from Capital One?” (My credit card company.) Dude hangs up. Win?

     
  • Adam Backstrom 5:49 pm on August 19, 2010 Permalink | Reply
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    Got my MacBook Pro back today, after a few days in the shop to get the trackpad replaced. I believe they also replaced my “glossy” keyboard with a “matte” version, which none of us in the office even knew was an option.

     
  • Adam Backstrom 1:11 pm on August 19, 2010 Permalink | Reply
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    Dodged a video game-related bullet. I had been holding off on the Mac OS X 10.6.4 update because it interferes with some Steam games. Our computer shop applied the update while they were fixing a hardware issue, but in the interim Apple released a graphics update, so I would have upgraded today anyway. Sweet.

     
  • Adam Backstrom 1:59 pm on July 31, 2010 Permalink | Reply
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    I want to make a cooking blog called The Indifferent Kitchen where I half-heartedly start a semi-complicated recipe, and eventually just give up and eat Mac & Cheese.

     
    • Justin 2:36 pm on August 2, 2010 Permalink

      Asian week at The Indifferent Kitchen starts off with chinese duck and ends with ramen.

  • Adam Backstrom 9:40 am on July 28, 2010 Permalink | Reply
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    Our cats are indoor/outdoor cats, as of today. Let that be a warning to anyone who wants to piss all over my basement.

     
    • isaac 8:04 pm on July 28, 2010 Permalink

      Our cat disappeared for three weeks. That’s why he’s an indoor only cat now.

    • Justin 12:59 pm on July 29, 2010 Permalink

      Does this mean I can’t come inside?

  • Adam Backstrom 9:39 am on July 28, 2010 Permalink | Reply
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    Haven’t played World of Warcraft for a couple months. Cancelled my subscription on 14 July. Received invite to the Cataclysm beta on 27 July. Oh Blizzard, you know how to earn my love.

     
  • Adam Backstrom 11:58 am on July 27, 2010 Permalink | Reply
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    Finally re-enabled memcached on my WordPress install. nginx + php-fpm + memcached + wordpress 3 was segfaulting with “zend_mm_heap corrupted” errors until I updated from PHP 2.2.x to 3.0.4.

     
  • Adam Backstrom 10:55 am on July 24, 2010 Permalink | Reply
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    Marshall has been saying “en dango me” for six months. Charlotte just figured out it means, “in jungle me.” I wondered if we would ever get that one. And, no wonder he says it to his parrot, Pete.

     
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