Monthly Archives: July 2011

Taurus and Jeep “No Start” Round 2

Posted on 2011-07-22 by dgilbert

My father and I regrouped the next day (Mon­day) to try again.  I had pushed the Tau­rus out onto the dri­ve­way the pre­vi­ous day, so the Jeep was still on in the garage — to be tack­led first.  Since there … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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The Taurus and the Jeep: No Start.

Posted on 2011-07-18 by dgilbert

This is just a quick note to update the Jeep and Tau­rus “no start” sit­u­a­tion. We start­ed the day focus­ing on the Tau­rus sit­u­a­tion.  For those that remem­ber, we got the new com­put­er for the Tau­rus as that was the … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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TF2 Video Review

Posted on 2011-07-09 by dgilbert

TF2, for non-gamers, is Team Fortress Two — a high­ly styl­ized first-per­­son team-based shoot­ing online game by Valve Soft­ware.  TF2 is often held up as a shin­ing exam­ple of just how smooth­ly pol­ished a game expe­ri­ence can be.  This arti­cle … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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The End of the “PSTN” As We Know It

Posted on 2011-07-08 by dgilbert

… and I feel fine?  Does­n’t scan. I’ve said to my friends that the end of the phone net­work can be pre­dict­ed by the things that replace it.  In par­tic­u­lar, it’s pos­si­ble to dial “dave@daveg.ca” from a suf­fi­cient­ly savvy device.  How … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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