Thank you, readers ...

Bored in Phoenix, my blog, recorded the second highest visitor monthly total from the last twelve month period. I am starting to suspect there are more than three regular readers. I think Jim's mother in China and Pam's sister in Seattle are checking regularly. Thank you!

How do I know? I have a free service from sitemeter. What is sitemeter? It records number of hits for my blog. It also keeps track of where the hits are coming from.

Side note: I hope you enjoyed my Rumsfeld-esque question and answer session above.

Here are two graphs from the sitemeter about my blog.

Reliable backup ...

Unlike in football, you can have a reliable backup in computing. I just put D-Link DNS-323 in my home network. It is like a dream. SATA II hard drives installed in no time, and web-interfaced configuration was easy to set up. I now have a gigabit network attached storage (NAS) that is a joy to use. I need to find an easy to use backup program, so I don't have to manually select and copy files. I don't particularly want to talk about how much it cost me as it seems like mucho denaro even if all the parts were cheaply obtained. I guess cheap is relative. I spent about $400 dollars to get two 500 gig SATA II hard drives, and a DNS gigabit dual bay NAS. I have no regrets as I will have a reliable way to back up my valuable digital files.

iPod update ...

It's been said, a picture is worth a thousand words. I thought I would post before and after pictures of my iPod after replacing the battery to show why I call my iPod, a ghettopod.

When boredom sets in ...

I was bored so I cut together video clips of Elite Beat Agents. I need to shoot some good clips so I can put together a decent video.


YMCA, anyone?

It's the end of the world as we know it ...

and I feel fine. I think how REM's song goes. What is up with all the light brown grass-hoppers(locust?). They are everywhere. When I drive, they all pop up to avoid crunch deaths. As I watch them pop up, I cannot help but think about the biblical signs prior to the apocalypse. I sure hope this is not a sign of an upcoming disaster.