Wow, its been quiet around here lately. The news of the day is that Jen has a shiny new MacBook Pro to replace her Mini, which died a quiet death during a system update a few weeks ago. Its carcass has been sitting on my shelf for the past few weeks while I got other stuff off my plate, and now that Ive got some time I pulled a spare SATA drive from my cache and slapped it in the case. It started right up and seems to be running fine, so I upgraded the OS on the disk to Snow Leopard, downloaded a copy of Plex, and got it started indexing the catalog on the server in our basement. The server app doesn’t work like a true app, in that it seems to run as a daemon (once running it does not appear in the Dock) and has no preference settings I can find. The Client app disables the menubar and responds to a remote or the arrow keys on a keyboard. It’s reasonably fast, did a quick job of cataloging music and movies, and plays the majority of our catalog without complaint. However, the UI lists movies pulled in from other source channels that we don’t own, which was mystifying at first. I also hunted high and low for an option to install a plugin for the Netflix channel but came up empty-handed. Netflix and Hulu would be our two most commonly used channels, and if I can’t get plugins for them the point is moot.
All of the windows on the west side of the house (with the exception of the attic) have been scraped, glazed, painted, and washed, which is a huge relief. Theyve been crying out for attention since the day we moved in, and in the last two years Ive stood by as the glazing has slowly dried out and fallen from the panes in chunks. I took advantage of the Good Friday weekend to wrap that project up as well as clean up the basement windows, the front door molding, the back porch roof, and a variety of other smaller tasks.
We’re having the babysitter back in tomorrow night so that Jen and I can go out and see the Hunger Games, which is exciting. It’s been years since the two of us have been to see a movie together, and we’re looking forward to this one.
19 Regional Words All Americans Should Adopt Immediately.
jasm (n.), Connecticut
Meaning “intense energy or vitality,” the sentence provided in the dictionary was so good, I wanted to share it with you all, too: “If you’ll take thunder and lightening, and a steamboat and a buzz-saw, and mix ‘em up, and out ‘em into a woman, that’s jasm.”
I didn’t catch this when it first happened last week, but OH MY GOD.
Yes, yes, I think he did almost say what I think he did. Fuck this guy and everyone who looks like him.
Wow, Tuesday already and I haven’t written anything about the weekend. Saturday was busy with errands, a little consulting, and a Finley/Daddy date night while Mama went out with a friend. Sunday was Scout Wrench Day in Chestertown, detailed here.
Last night I got the IPA racked into a keg and chilled. By tomorrow evening it should be carbonated and ready to taste. The Saison is still bubbling after a week and a half, so I’ll leave it in the fermenter for a full two weeks before taking a gravity reading.
We have Good Friday off this year, so I’m going to try and get the siding painted and some windows scraped, as well as planning the removal of our front hedges. I can’t wait to get a chain wrapped around those damned things.
You got my vote.