“What do you do with a B.S. in Political Science?”

So I’m about 3 months from returning to Portland State University to get a degree in Political Science to go with my degree in Arts & Letters. The plan after I graduate is to either get my teaching licensure in social sciences and/or language arts, depending on the economy at that stage in the game, [...]

Pack weight

And so the odyssey of “How low can I go?” begins. According to REI.com, my Redwing 3100 pack weighs 3 pounds, 6 ounces. On my scale, it weighs 4.2 pounds. The difference is that my pack is probably the 2008 version whereas the one on REI’s site is the 2009 version. Looking at their site, [...]

Ultralight Backpacking

Er, is this thing on? *taptaptap* Yeah, I know, not much in the way of readership, but I keep meaning to post, then time goes by, and, anyway…
Attended a rather informative session on the topic last night…now very intrigued to see how light I can get my pack. I won’t be down to a <7 [...]

Aaron Douglas kidnaps small children, or: Emerald City ComiCon

Pictures: My Flickr photostream
This is not meant to be a “review” or an article about ECCC. It’s just what I experienced while I was there, as I can remember it after a four hour drive. I attended three panels out of the 20 or so panels, so I can’t speak for any of the other [...]

Upgraded to WordPress 2.7…

Everything appears to be functioning correctly, but if you notice anything amiss, please let me know so I can fix it!

MPA Programs

So I’m seriously considering getting my MPA. I think my future lies in working with a non-profit youth-serving organization in some form (currently the Boy Scouts of America), and I think that an MPA would be the ideal graduate degree towards this end. Of course, the query becomes: where do I want to get my [...]

Packet Racket v2

Okay, so the previous iteration was a little cumbersome, so here’s round two:

And the rest of the pictures:
The case is a dry storage box from Joe’s Sports that was like 28 bucks. Used a soldering iron to melt mounting holes in the sides and bolted the TNC and radio into place. The changes that [...]

Car repair for the rest of us…

As some of you know, I recently purchased a used 1989 Chevrolet S-10 pickup (regular cab, some options). It had a few flaws that I was aware of—being 19 years old, brakes down to “needs some pads”, seems to have a hesitation problem); and a few that I became aware of—brakes were actually “Uh, yeah, [...]

We recently upgraded to WordPress 2.6.3…

I haven’t seen any strange behavior, but I didn’t totally follow the upgrade rules, so anything is possible. The 2.6.1 to 2.6.3 changes should be minor, but if you notice anything dodgy, let me know!
P.S. We know permalinks are currently defective. GoDaddy appears to do something funky which causes them to become borked whenever you [...]

Hmm…upgrades…

I recently started playing FFXI again, which caused my old and busted laptop (Sony VGN-N320E) to get all cranky about it. So, I ended up throwing together a new computer. Behold!
CPU: AMD Althon™ 64 X2Dual Core 6000+ (3.00GHz)
Mobo: Biostar MCP6P-M2
RAM: 4GB Crucial DDR2 PC6400
Video: EVGA GeForce 9400GT (1GB) (2 DVI out, 1 TV out)
HDD: Western [...]