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So the night before thanksgiving, I’m doing some work in my office and I hear, “Dave…  The TV isn’t working.”  Great.  The DirecTV HD DVR in my living room evidently crapped out.  It locked up, and upon rebooting it I … Continue reading →

So my neighbor has a large Silver Maple tree in her backyard.  It hangs over my driveway and frequently drops large branches on our vehicles.  I’ve had lots of dents/scratches in my vehicles over the year, courtesy of this tree.  … Continue reading →

So over the last couple of days, I have been building a new VMWare server / NAS in my basement.  This involves ordering and assembling probably 50 different components.  One of those components is the case that everything mounts to.  … Continue reading →

May of 2010 we are in the process of moving from Lansing to Grand Rapids. I have loaded up the Traverse I was driving at the time with boxes, kids and hooked up the camper to haul to the new … Continue reading →

This happened to my dad’s computer (with a genuine Intel motherboard).  He was just using it as he normally would, and smoke started billowing out of it.  I imagine there was a frantic struggle to turn the thing off, and … Continue reading →

My passenger side headlight went out on my 2001 GTI.  Headlight lamps are typically very easy to change because it’s something that has to be done frequently over the life of a car.  Volkswagen decided to make this a little … Continue reading →

That is a serious flat tire.

This is Erin.  This story is from December 31, 2010 (New Years Eve).  Do you remember how weird and awful the weather was that day?  39 degrees and raining!  Anyway, I wanted to go to the fitness center that morning, … Continue reading →

I’m going a bit further back in the archive, Dave – 2002.  Pretty simple task: go to the store and get some cat litter.  I went to the store and purchased cat litter.  I then came home.  As I yanked … Continue reading →

This is how Newegg treats two Xeon E5606 processors.  Nice!