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Had a busy weekend: Elizabeth’s Park (B…

Adam Backstrom — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:35:41 +0000

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.

Installed the WordPress MU Domain Mappin…

Adam Backstrom — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:35:01 +0000

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.

Got a robocall on my cell from (949) 521…

Adam Backstrom — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:17:23 +0000

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?

Got my MacBook Pro back today, after a f…

Adam Backstrom — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:49:16 +0000

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.

Dodged a video game-related bullet. I ha…

Adam Backstrom — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:11:16 +0000

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.

I want to make a cooking blog called The…

Adam Backstrom — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:59:59 +0000

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.

Our cats are indoor/outdoor cats, as of …

Adam Backstrom — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:40:02 +0000

Our cats are indoor/outdoor cats, as of today. Let that be a warning to anyone who wants to piss all over my basement.

Haven’t played World of Warcraft for a …

Adam Backstrom — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:39:06 +0000

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.

Finally re-enabled memcached on my WordP…

Adam Backstrom — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:58:29 +0000

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.

Marshall has been saying “en dango me”…

Adam Backstrom — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:55:29 +0000

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.