Geek At Large

WIP: Pegboard for my office

2009-11-16T18:44:17Z

Originally published at The Codex Arcanus. Please leave any comments there.

I have started working on a pegboard for my office. Here is a mockup of how it should look when it is done.

Cheers!

Musings 9-17

2009-09-18T03:20:59Z

Originally published at The Codex Arcanus. Please leave any comments there.

Had coffee tonight with Mary. She is a most excellent person and lots of fun to hang out with. I look forward to hanging out with her more. She and Weasel got along really well. Weasel opened up and started talking to her, which is good to see. Especially because Weasel has been really stressed this week. She is helping out around a friend’s business office and she is doing a fantastic job, but its been difficult for her. As the week goes on she finds she is feeling more scatterbrained and less and less like she wants to go into the office. Tomorrow is her last day though I know she will make it through alright.

I have finished making updates to my website adding new features for galleries as well as crossposting to various other blog sites. So for my friends that follow my antics they can now find me on my blog, live journal, blogger, facebook and twitter. Myspace still eludes me because all the plugins won’t work with this version of Wordpress. I may have to crack open their coding and see what I can do.

So for fun I present: DOOM the classic game now ported to a Flash version. Go out there and fight some space-zombie-demon-things. See how l33t your skills are after all these years. Can you dial your brain back to the old school ways? http://www.freewebarcade.com/game/doom/

Tweet tweet

2009-09-15T02:58:42Z

Originally published at The Codex Arcanus. Please leave any comments there.

So in theory I should be able to crosspost to twitter as well. MySpace still confounds me.

2 down, 1 to go…

2009-09-15T01:18:09Z

Originally published at The Codex Arcanus. Please leave any comments there.

If everything works this will show on both my LJ and my Facebook. Then I just need to figure out Myspace.

*reaches for the big red button*

Crossposting test 2

2009-09-14T06:04:51Z

Originally published at The Codex Arcanus. Please leave any comments there.

Ok I can get LJ to work, now to work on facebook.

Testing Crossposting

2009-09-14T05:56:16Z

Originally published at The Codex Arcanus. Please leave any comments there.

Testing… testing… if this all goes well this single post will go to Facebook, MySpace and Livejournal at once.

Here is hoping.

This blog is officially closed.

2009-02-10T16:38:44Z

Yeah I know people are jumping ship because of the great Livejournal Scare of 2008. But that is not why I am switching. I get a free blog with my website, which has tons of customizable features and I don't have to pay extra for it like I would here.

So thanks for visiting this blog. Time to pack up and move on over to a new place:

http://www.firstarcana.com/codex

See you there.

Make yourself a hero!

2008-12-23T17:53:38Z

http://www.cpbintegrated.com/theherofactory/

Totally amazing costumes!

2008-11-04T15:00:42Z

http://www.slobsofgaming.com/article/104754/31-amazing-video-game-costumes/

Holy crap some of these costumes are cool!

Byron is home

2008-10-25T16:03:25Z

Byron came home last night. He seems to be responding just fine to the meds, which the Vet was very happy about. He seems in good spirits, he is eating and drinking. The drug they are giving him has one large side effect that is very present, it is called ataxia. Basically his hind legs are out of balance with his front end. So he can get moving pretty well, but if he tries to turn its like watching a stumbling drunk.

He's been sleeping a good bit which they said would probably happen. But I can tell he is a little more balanced today. They start with a loader dose of the drug which is pretty high so as the next couple weeks go by he should pretty well adjust. With luck he will be back to his normal dork self soon.

Cheers!

Byron morning update

2008-10-24T16:16:15Z

He has responded well to the seizure medication and appears to be doing fine, but a bit sluggish. I asked could they tell since he is a basset? If he gets any slower he will begin to progress backwards through time.

More news as we get it.

Lord Byron... the basset not the author

2008-10-24T04:52:08Z

I woke this morning to what sounded like Byron having what we call "puppy dreams" where he kicks and shakes and runs his feet. I looked to the end of the bed and his back was arched with his legs sticking straight out. His eyes were open but not focused and he had spittle all along his mouth. I have known about dog seizures for a long time since one of our relatives had a dog that had them, so I had no doubt what this was.

That is a scary thing to wake up to, and Weasel moved him away from the bed frame so he had open room and wouldn't smack into anything while I went to check on what to do during a dog seizure. Turns out the same things you do for humans you do for dogs. Slide them to an open area where they cannot hurt themselves. DO NOT stick your hand in their mouth, and just it ride out. It only lasted for maybe 2 minutes. But I don't say it often but those two minutes seemed to last an eternity.

We called the vet and she said to watch him and if he had another one to bring him in. I went to work and Weasel went to go help wrangle our friends munchkins. When we got home Byron greeted us at the door and we thought everything had been fine but we found a large wet spot and a smaller wet spot about 18 inches away. Positioned where he would drool and urinate like he did with the other seizure. He had been acting a bit sluggish and clumsy and whining a lot more than usual. So we took him to the vet hospital.

We went to http://www.lvses.com/ the Louisville Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Services and they are wonderful. The staff was super friendly, very knowledgeable and upfront and honest about everything. The vet explained everything very well and let us know the possible diagnoses, tests and treatments.

They ran some tests and his bloodwork came back great, he has no heart worms or anything like that so those are some good news. The bad news is it could simply be he is developing seizures with age. There are other worse possibilites like cancer or brain tumor as well.

They are going to keep him overnight, start him on some anti-seizure medication and see how he reacts. If he takes the treatment well he will be back home tomorrow. If not then we will have to talk about what to do next.

I am going to hope that he will be ok. Tonight though I say a little prayer for him and ask that whomever is the god or goddess of whiny, dorky dogs please look out for him.

Since I haven't posted enough pictures of my dogs on the web here is one more.

Captain Tightpants Pron

2008-10-10T13:25:38Z

For those who love Captain Tightpants!

Nailing Your Wife

**This video shamelessly stolen from WolfWitch. Thanks for finding it hehe.

Totally stolen from a friend...

2008-10-09T14:20:18Z

Gogol Bordello

Gypsy Punk for the win!

Darkness oh the darkness

2008-09-16T03:38:10Z

So half of Louisville is without power. We seem to be part of that crowd. I am currently posting from a late-nighter at work.

We are doing fine. Going to half to cook a lot of stuff from the freezer if the power doesn't come back on in the last couple days but otherwise Ok. Funny thing is Weasel and I trimmed the trees a few weeks back since there was a lot of stuff we figured would come down in Winter. So almost no limbs down in our yard just some leaves. The neighborhood is a bit rough looking.

Well take care all. I need to finish up then head home and get some sleep.

Cheers!

Randomness from friend

2008-07-31T17:29:04Z

Hmm very interesting Doctor Jones.

75 words

Speed test

Please someone help.

2008-07-26T11:31:45Z

Reposted from Brian's LJ, please help us find Kaia a home. She's a great girl. Contact me if you need to.

*****

Please pass this around to anybody you know who might want a dog. I want to make sure she gets a good home.

http://www.franklincountydogs.com/dog_view.asp?id=11507

*****

Cthulhu the movie... or something like that..

2008-07-18T16:12:06Z

Umm so ok...

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809870670/video/8824048

with Tori Spelling?

Cthulhu 90210?

Clumsy is as clumsy does...

2008-04-27T12:36:58Z

So while letting the dogs back inside I managed to take a bad step. Tore a large chunk of skin/callous on my heel. By large think about the size of a half dollar on the underside of the heel. Peeled that sucker right back and they had to stitch it back down at the hospital. Makes for an exciting morning. Or something...

It was only a matter of time....

2008-04-01T13:35:11Z

http://movies.ign.com/dor/articles/863515/legend-of-zelda-movie-trailer/videos/legendofzelda_filmtrailer_040108.html

So is it wrong that it makes me a bit excited?

Cheers

Kitty care needed

2008-03-31T00:45:19Z

To any of my friends within a couple states of Ohio, my Sister has had a sudden change of living conditions. Aka: Our cousin tossed my Sis out for no good reason and is basically treating her like crap because our cousin can't deal with her own emotional baggage. This is after my sister moved into the house at my cousin's invitation and has been nothing but help to them.

Her dog we can help take care of. But Weasel is horribly allergic to kitties for long term. It could simply be a few weeks till she finds a place to a few months but she could use someone to foster her very loving, house trained, well behaved kitty named Squee.

If you can, email me or call me.

*hugs*

Chris

This is why Tom Jones is the man!

2008-03-13T22:28:15Z

The law is every song on the planet will eventually be redone by Tom Jones.

For CJ!

2008-03-13T21:15:17Z

Steampunk Rockers for the win!

2008-03-04T04:34:07Z

He's back in action! GLEE

2008-02-14T19:42:28Z

Geek At Large

WIP: Pegboard for my office

Musings 9-17

Tweet tweet

2 down, 1 to go…

Crossposting test 2

Testing Crossposting

This blog is officially closed.

Make yourself a hero!

Totally amazing costumes!

Byron is home

Byron morning update

Lord Byron... the basset not the author

Captain Tightpants Pron

Totally stolen from a friend...

Darkness oh the darkness

Randomness from friend

Please someone help.

Cthulhu the movie... or something like that..

Clumsy is as clumsy does...

It was only a matter of time....

Kitty care needed

This is why Tom Jones is the man!

For CJ!

Steampunk Rockers for the win!

He's back in action! *GLEE*

He's back in action! GLEE