Isotropic is …
... my personal blog.
Unless otherwise indicated, anything I write here is simply my personal, probably ill-formed, opinion and does not represent the views, beliefs, positions, or opinions of any other person or entity.
Category Archives: Daily-Grind
25 Jan 2012
GPG / PGP keys for 2012
My GPG/PGP public keys for 2012, valid for one year, also available from a keyserver near you. Replace the “:FOO:” with “@” for proper addresses. Personal correspondence: – Larry Olin Horn (lohnet 2012) <hornlo:FOO:lohnet.org> – Fingerprint: 7970 A8CE A806 AF13 22DE 6423 516C 2C8D C143 C726 Business: – Larry Olin Horn (ptk 2012) <hornlo:FOO:ptk.org> – [...]
05 Jan 2011
GPG / PGP keys for 2011
My GPG/PGP public keys for 2011, valid for one year, also available from a keyserver near you. Replace the “:FOO:” with “@” for proper addresses. Personal correspondence: – Larry Olin Horn (lohnet mail 2011) <hornlo:FOO:lohnet.org> – Fingerprint: D65E A7CA 3343 515E 5012 DF28 D501 B8A1 1673 3E32 Business: – Larry Olin Horn (ptk mail 2011) [...]
19 Feb 2010
Surprise, Surprise
Rands In Repose asks an interesting question: I want you to think of the last time you were surprised. Good, bad, I don’t care. When was the last time you were really surprised? Got it? Ok, now think about the very first thing that you thought about the surprise. I don’t want to know how [...]
12 Feb 2010
Snow in Jackson, February 2010
We seldom see snow that amounts to anything, but this was enough to close schools and businesses. I’ve posted a few pictures on Flickr.
06 Feb 2010
I’m a PC, and ruining your battery was my idea.
It is ironic that Microsoft’s claim that Windows 7 will improve battery life is being countered by some users threatening class action lawsuits due to W7 ruining laptop batteries. At least since June 2009 (Windows 7 and the battery error “consider replacing your battery” –Microsoft Technet) testers were reporting this problem. Yet it continues, with [...]
28 Jan 2010
Doldrums
Other than work related stuff, I’ve pretty much been offline for the last few weeks. That is to say, I’ve let a lot of messages scroll below the fold and have not kept up with my news feeds. Nor have I spent much time on my personal projects, such as Japanese, or configuring my new [...]
14 Jan 2010
Under Pressure
Finally I have water pressure again, seems like more than before the crisis. At last I can shower and wash clothes again. Wheee! Before we decry the timeliness of Jackson’s response to a few leaks, just image this 20 million gallon a day leak in NYC’s water supply that has been known about for 20 [...]
13 Jan 2010
Trickle trickle little star
That is, the stars on this map indicate where the 120+ 140+ water main breaks are. There’s no legend, but I’m assuming that the many red stars represent unrepaired breaks while the green ones represent completed repairs. At the moment (a little after 11pm), I still have only a trickle of water — enough, with [...]
12 Jan 2010
Water water … nowhere
With over a hundred breaks in the water mains, Jackson is running kinda dry right now. Federal, state, and local governments have closed offices, school have closed, a number of local businesses have locked their doors. Some neighborhoods (mine, for example) have no water, while others have barely a trickle. Boil-water alerts aren’t useful when [...]
10 Jan 2010
Water problems
Nothing like three days below freezing to mess up your pipes. Although city crews have been rushing around all over fixing broken mains, I thought I had avoided any problems. However, I just noticed that my water is turning brown, but pressure is fine. I checked under the house and out in the yard where [...]
