http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/ A place for my stuff Copyright 2007 Fri, 18 May 2007 15:52:38 -0700 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss So I'm all moved. What was estimated as a four-hour job for two guys that would use half a five-ton truck took eight hours, filled a third of a semi, and needed six guys at the end to finish up.... http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2007/05/movements.html http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2007/05/movements.html Fri, 18 May 2007 15:52:38 -0700 It's finally here. I have an appointment in a little over two hours to go sign paperwork for the purchase of my new condo. I haven't talked much about what's going on, partly because everything was so up in the... http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2007/05/here_we_go.html http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2007/05/here_we_go.html Thu, 10 May 2007 10:18:28 -0700 I came to an oddly comforting realization the other night: Everyone is messed up. Everyone. One of the silver linings in my recent life change has been the opportunity to reconnect with old friends and develop new ones. I've spent... http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2007/03/epiphanies.html http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2007/03/epiphanies.html Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:18:01 -0700 “So,” I said. “How are you?” I almost didn’t stop driving. The urge was so strong. To take a right and hit the highway. I had a full tank of gas and my MP3 player. I didn’t even want to... http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2007/02/post.html http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2007/02/post.html Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:13:41 -0700 One of the side-effects of the deep sleep encouraged by my CPAP machine is dreaming. I very rarely used to slip deep enough into sleep to experience dreams, spending most of my night close to awakeness. Now I have them... http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2007/02/dreams.html http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2007/02/dreams.html Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:30:13 -0700 When last we left off, I had just sent my service tag numbers to Dell's Executive Support Office so 'Bob Frank' could investigate and see what they could do for me. Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 12:45:39 -0600 From: Bob_Frank@Dell.com... http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/12/the_dell_saga_c.html http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/12/the_dell_saga_c.html Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:12:13 -0700 When I learned about Dell's new Customer Advocates had been reading blogs online to proactively combat some of the bad press they'd been getting -- actually seek out complaining people and try to make them happy again -- I was... http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/12/dell_update.html http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/12/dell_update.html Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:47:44 -0700 Got my results back. I'm pretty messed up. I was left alone in the doctor's office for about five minutes, so I had time to poke at the results of my sleep test, which were displayed on his screen. My... http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/11/off_the_scale.html http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/11/off_the_scale.html Thu, 23 Nov 2006 11:12:33 -0700 It doesn't make sense to me that when a person is diagnosed with some sort of sleep disorder, that the first thing they do is wire you up to a machine, stick tubes in your nose and tell you, "Try... http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/10/sleeping_wired.html http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/10/sleeping_wired.html Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:46:22 -0700 A simple $35 buy-in each and there we were: seated and ready to play our first ever poker tournament. My Texas Hold 'Em experience is extensive. I mean, I must have played the game, like, twice, and managed to win... http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/08/poker_i_hardly.html http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/08/poker_i_hardly.html Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:20:36 -0700 Okay, I'm turning off comments on this one because I am NOT looking for feedback. I'm about to use this space to bitch and complain and I don't want "helpful" advice or suggestions or even commiserations. But if you want... http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/07/selfindulgent_c.html http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/07/selfindulgent_c.html Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:02:42 -0700 "Hello and thanks for calling Dell. For service in English please push 1." Beep. "If your computer is not working, please press 1. For support of other Dell products, press 2." Beep. "Please enter your Express Service number. If you... http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/06/back_and_forth.html http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/06/back_and_forth.html Wed, 28 Jun 2006 08:53:29 -0700 We took a week off to recharge our brains. A much-needed rest, and we took advantage of every moment. We did karaoke twice. We're now known as the 'cool table' in the bar, the table where everyone came by for... http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/05/a_little_rr.html http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/05/a_little_rr.html Wed, 03 May 2006 10:29:54 -0700 Why is it that I cannot get sick without getting sick? I've heard talkes of something called a mild cold, but I have not personal experience at such. When I'm down, you might as well just wrap me in blankets... http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/04/time_passes_so.html http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/04/time_passes_so.html Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:46:35 -0700 Day 1 (Wednesday) "Hello?" "Phil! The computer crashed! I was just transferring songs to my MP3 player and it crashed! It won't reboot, it just keep giving the same error message!" "No problem, hon. What's the error?" "It flashes the... http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/03/and_then_i_kill.html http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/03/and_then_i_kill.html Wed, 22 Mar 2006 15:09:08 -0700