The economy must be improving

Wow, the credit market must be improving. I just got the first personal loan offer I’ve seen in months. And we used to get 2 of those a when things were better. I suppose that’s a good sign.

As if I wasn’t embarrassed enough to live in Illinois

Apparently the Illinois State Senate has been hard at work for the people of Illinois.  Throwing caution, science, and common sense to the wind, they have passed a resolution stating that Pluto is now again a planet.  (If you recall, in 2006, the scientific community declared that Pluto was not actually a planet.)  It just [...]

Some good news?

I’ve tried to follow Jessie’s example and not talk about work so much in my blog.  I thought I’d make an exception for some potentially good news about work given all the problems with the economic outlook right now.
If this article (http://www.windowsfordevices.com/news/NS3370500835.html) is right, it could mean good news for me. According to the [...]

Mythweb blank after an upgrade

I recently did a standard upgrade of my mythbuntu system with a simple “sudo apt-get upgrade” to pick up the latest packages. Unfortunately, after that upgrade, my Mythweb plug-in stopped working. After a bit of searching, I came across this Ubuntu forum post about it. In case you’re also searching around for [...]