MattPie

So how were the WGR interviews different? The fans themselves were able to ask those questions, and the team management was able to spin their answers just like they would if TBN, WGR, and other media staffers were asking them. Gilles picked up on a rumor on the intertubes that Lindy Ruff was coaching the tough out of Kassian, he figured he could turn him around. Of course.

Somehow I missed this for the last 4 years: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnzoqVxBqu4 Thanks to the gf for putting that in my head for the next few days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1c4QZGQw5o Curse you Kevin Nash! (yes, I know)

Software iSCSI and Redhat: is it so much to ask that your operating system not hang on shutting down?

Things that are awesome: THIS SOUND! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGWyK5ZgT3E I could never justify running straight pipes though.

Ah, thought it might be that. I saw some very pretty churches when I was over in the UK, including the one in "St. Mary's Butts" (*snicker*). http://en.wikipedia...._Mary%27s_Butts http://en.wikipedia....Reading_Minster I have a nearly identical picture as this one of the Church in Portchester Castle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Portchester_Castle_outer_bailey_from_the_keep,_2010.jpg Yep, that one just got added to my list, thanks! I have to be careful with those sorts of books, I often start getting ideas about rides to take after reading them. I haven't been reading anything of note. Magazines, documentation, etc.

Couple for today: Doing fairly major system maintenance on Friday the 13th: great idea, or greatest idea? Went out to the garage to hose down the brake calipers for the Honda and ended up taking the key cylinder out (gotta get extra keys made), pulling the tank off, and pulling the carburetors. That's the last of the disassembly stuff before I start putting it back together. Until I decide to make it into an adventure bike, cafe racer, or street tracker, that is. I'm really getting to like being out in the garage, to the point of offering to help fix friends' bikes.

Weekend is looking good in these parts, 70s tomorrow, 80s Sunday.

Better clip: http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_c3#/video/bestoftv/2012/04/11/ac-ridiculist-dyngus-day.cnn

Dyngus Day at the terminal.

My biggest stress right now is the caliper on my second motorcycle is frozen. #FirstWorldProblems are awesome.

The Count was a great read to me. I read it several month ago and I'm glad I did. Zen is also a great read, I need to re-read it again it's been years. Maybe it'll be especially poingnent with the old Honda I'm working on. :) I might be stirring up a hornets nest, but what happened in the UK and USSR that he's warning about?

No, I missed the Haggis ride down here awhile back and haven't had a chance to get back over to NJ for that purpose. I made a 'haggis-inspired meatloaf' recently, which was fine but nothing special. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/recipes/haggis-meatloaf/article1880640/

I forget what it's called, but I believe there's a traditional 7-course feast for Christmas Eve, of which pickled herring is one. We do a shortened version at our house, mushroom soup, herring, potatoes from the dutch oven, and pierogi. I think kaputzka is supposed to be in there somewhere, but my side of the family doesn't do that.

The pickled is a lot different than sardines. It's pretty unique and to a certain degree an aquired taste. My one girlfriend remarked "Ugh, the things I put in my mouth for you." on first try. I too always had it at Christmas Eve and New Years Eve dinner, it's a Polish tradition.

This is on my 82 Honda bike, I'm not even sure I can get new calipers for it. I'll be scouring the classifieds unless the penetrating oil loosens it up. (That's what she said.)

Frozen caliper piston. I can't even budge it with a c-clamp.

What if it's a sonic screwdriver?

Sabres goal song, here we come. :-)

It's been awhile since I've played trombone, but it's down in the basement. There's a bass rig down there too.

Got a bunch of motorcycle work done the last two nights, all I have left is the brake calipers and carbs and I have a second running bike to play with. F'N Awesome.

More likely one of those sites that you're using the same login info for got hacked and doesn't know it yet or hasn't notified you. Realistically, you should never use the same password on multiple sites. You and I know that's really difficult, however. I ran into a false alarm awhile back[0] and went thru a password change drill. I've been using a tool called SuperGenPass. The concept is that you use a master password and the site's domain to generate a random-looking password for each site. Every site has a different password, but you only have to remember the master (or, better yet a couple masters; one for banking, one for social stuff, etc.). There is some question that the hash it uses isn't *that* strong, so if someone figures out what you're doing it may be possible to find your master password. I'm figuring that I'm making it difficult enough that they'll move on to the person using 'passw0rd' for all their accounts instead of cracking my master password. I suppose that the site could be logging all this as well despite denying that they do, so caveat emptor. Give it a try, punch in a couple masters and sites to see how it works. http://supergenpass.com/mobile/ There's also and Android app that I have on my phone so it's rare that I can't get to my passwords. There may be other apps, I don't know. [0] I started getting yet legit but strange emails to my gmail account. Looks like at least three people mistakenly used my email when registering for something. I one guy I know his name, address, phone number, and taste in shoes. Another I could probably hijack his Xbox Live account (if I had an Xbox) by claiming I lost my password and please send me a reset link. The last seems to like buying concert tickets for classic rock shows in Ohio (Van Halen, I think among others). So there's my complaint: web sites that don't properly validate email addresses with an activation email.

Boo! 2001-ish Trek 4900 MTB. Then-Sabres colors, red, black, and silver (though that wasn't really on purpose).

Real men don't belittle other men based on their hobbies. :)

Rick DiPetro is probably sweating somewhere.