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Monthly Archive February, 2013

There Goes the HDD Again

I said I won’t write two personal posts in one week unless I have to, but now I pretty much have to, because the replaced HDD lasted all of three months, and this time the signs of failure appeared very suddenly. Yesterday all seemed fine, today I first noticed a slight delay when I right […]

Pointless Plans and a Hello

Considering what’s going on outside my window, I ended up spending quite a lot of time this week making plans for things that’ll almost certainly never become reality, such as the house I’d like to live in and the garden I’d like to have. Of course, I regularly spend a good part of my time […]

A Million for Change

Once again, last night I was told that the ideals I strive for are nothing but dreams and utopias that will never happen and therefore don’t matter, since what’s important is “reality” and how things actually work now, as if that has any relevance other than to determine what needs changing. The fact that pretty […]

Repaired UPS and a Strange Machine

Didn’t have much hope for getting it back this week, but in the end it seems that waiting for the shop to fix the UPS before posting anything here worked, because I have it now. Unfortunately, I gave it to them just as I bought it, in the original box and with everything else that […]

Formula E

A couple of days ago, I noticed an article about the first official, FIA-sanctioned, racing series reserved for fully electric cars: Formula E. It will debut next year and the first season is set to consist of ten races, all taking place on street circuits. Currently, the confirmed venues are Rio de Janeiro and Rome, […]