Category Archives: Færie

The small gift shop

Let’s do this thing

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Marchbanks

Starting format reinstall now.

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Sitting in the office, waiting for the backups to run

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Marchbanks

Me, two computers, a stack of CDs, coffee, and a packet of chocolate biscuits.

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Holiday weekend?  What holiday weekend?

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Marchbanks

Any hope at all I had of getting any rest has disappeared in a haze of computer problems, none of them my own. I drove to Comanche with L and M yesterday morning early, and spent most of yesterday and … Continue reading →

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Oh jeebusfuck

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Marchbanks

Somebody cracked the Land of Færie’s Web site last week. Continue reading →

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If you stand around long enough

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Marchbanks

In which I get invited to speak before a group I belonged to for twenty years, but don’t any longer. Continue reading →

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High on the list of things I did NOT want to do on New Year’s Day

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Marchbanks

Diving headfirst into a clean OS reinstall on Gráinne at the Land of Færie. Continue reading →

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I got a Utilikilt

Posted on January 22, 2008 by Marchbanks

My very first one ever. Continue reading →

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She’s running again

Posted on October 9, 2007 by Marchbanks

Gráinne’s back on line, after five hours’ worth of arguing and fighting with stupid, stubborn, un-cooperative hardware.

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Sumbitchin’ computer hardware . . .

Posted on October 7, 2007 by Marchbanks

Classic no-POST behavior. Continue reading →

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Refreshing the silicon and electrons

Posted on September 27, 2007 by Marchbanks

Ériu and Cernunnos will be retired, and replaced by Gráinne and Diarmaid. Continue reading →

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