I love days off!

I'm not working today. Since the school didn't use any of our bad weather days during the winter, we get a free day off today. The school never closes, even when power went out for a WHOLE day thanks to an early spring thunder storm. Dark hallways, classrooms with no windows, scared two year olds. No problem, but I'm over it, no really.
But seriously, I got some much needed grocery shopping out of the way, and I got to see a quick shower run over the area. I started sprinkling on me when I left the store. Drove with the front edge, 'til I turned homeward. Followed along just behind the storm until I reached a local playground. There I parked, jumped out of my car and snapped lots of pics. Once I got home I stitched them all together. The end result is pic # 37.

Cable Orginazation Redux

I don't know why I had to put Redux into the title, it just sounded good. So the other day I straightened up the ALL the wires behind, beside, underneath, and between our computers. By the way we've got two of them on our living room. I forgot to get a before picture, but trust me, it was bad.
By attaching some peg board to the back of the computer's shelf, I could run cable ties around the cables and hold them in place. I also used cable clamps. The clamps have an adhesive tape that allows them to stick anywhere. The plastic loop that holds everything can open on one side, it's generally best to have that side aimed upwards. Behind this computer are printer cables, speaker cables, monitor cables, router cables, and wireless mouse and keyboard sensors.I set up the pegboard on the side of my computer desk. Here I have the router itself, modem, ethernet wires, internet cables, wireless mouse and keyboard sensor, plus power cables for modem and router.
This is the finished result. Only two cables viewable. Both of them are power cords which attach to the wall, it's a pretty sweet setup, which allows for the dual viewing I posted about last time. Picture #14.

Dual Surfing

I've had this setup for a while now, but thought I should share. Its quite nice. Surf the net, surf the tube. Rarely have to get up. You can barely see my army of nutcrackers guarding the big screen. The holidays are wrapping up here, hope every one had a good Christmas and New Year. Third day into '08 and here's picture #13.