March 26, 2011 – Scribblings From The Public Restroom Stalls Of The Gods

Gadgetology

Breakdown on the shoreline

By Earl
March 26, 2011
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A little over a year ago, my Avid decided to kill its power supply with fire. As if to show computer solidarity, my primary desktop PC, a Dell Dimension 8400 that’s proven to be the most reliable PC I’ve ever had, gave up the ghost a little over a week ago. After doing a bit of research into similar issues with the same model, cracking open the case and having a look, the problem seems to be that the CPU is fried. Well, not just fried, really – it’s pretty much cajun. Its towering heat sink ceased doing its job at some point, and that machine is toast. … Read more

...And Little E Makes 3 Funny Stuff

Scenes from this morning

By Earl
March 26, 2011
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Believe it or not, little E actually requested this good stuff for breakfast.

Little E's breakfast … Read more

Critters Should We Talk About The Weather?

So, about all this lightning and thunder…

By Earl
March 26, 2011
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Puckin' Portia

…basically, you can’t sit here until you promise the storm won’t be bad.… Read more

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Gene-ology 54 - Karate

Welcome to Gene-ology, where we explore the earliest TV writing works of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek! Gene-ology begins its examination of Gene Roddenberry's 1960s TV writing with "Karate", a episode of The Detectives starring Robert Taylor, where our hosts find plenty to talk about, including some surprisingly heavy topics. Join us as…
Have Hot Takes, Will Travel

Does Gene's Paladin line up with Paladin in the rest of Have Gun -- Will Travel? Was Gene writing Paladin as Sam Houston? All three of Gene-ology's hosts - Ashley, Earl, and Norman C. Lao - gather to consider the story so far across Gene Roddenberry's scripts for Have Gun -- Will Travel.
Gene-ology 53 - Beyond Atlas

Welcome to Gene-ology, where we explore the earliest TV writing works of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek! Gene-ology examines "Beyond Atlas", a one-off script for an unmade series might have been "West Point, but for the Air Force Academy" - except that, as written by Gene Roddenberry, it reads like a pitch for…