January 10, 2025 – 6:59 AM Diary of a Snowbound Visionary, Day 1 Good morning. As I sit sipping my Super Orange Emergen-C, a beverage of champions and germ-fighters alike, I contemplate the beginning of Snow-pocalypse 2025 – January Edition. The powdery fury that was foretold has yet to descend, but hope—or dread—lingers. Milk and bread supplies are already reaching crisis levels. There are rumors that a neighbor may have hoarded oat milk. I don’t even know what oat milk is, but desperate times … [Read more...]
Instagram Photos
Never seem to have my good camera handy enough so, I created an instagram account for all these glorious phone pictures. Having some issues getting the feeds to work properly now to changes in the Instagram API - for now, here's my profile View this profile on Instagram Robert A. Owen (@robert.a.owen) • Instagram photos and videos … [Read more...]
Time for more Pictures
I found this image today of little Gracie. She's the tiny cat in the house. … [Read more...]
Windows 10 – Forget Wireless Network
Long time, no type. :-) Like most things on this site, the information is here because I keep forgetting how to do something. I upgraded everything to Windows 10 and think its really pretty good. But, that's a conversation for another post. The reason for this post is the AT&T line coming into my house was struck by lightning a couple of weeks ago. As a result my router and a few switches were fried. So, I to make the dreaded support call and get a technician to come out and … [Read more...]
Powershell to check and start a service
Ok, this one is not funny. My posts are few and far between these days and they are mostly limited to pictures or something I find funny. But, I was going through one of my Onenote files tonight and ran across this powershell script I wrote a while back and thought I would share. When I put this script together, I was having issues with Collabnet Subversion on one of my servers. For some reason, the Collabnet Service was stopping each night and nothing was being logged anywhere to give me … [Read more...]
Its Amazing – Shia LaBeouf
I have no idea why I find this so hypnotic but, I can not quit watching it. So, I thought I would try to infect others. Enjoy ~ … [Read more...]
Bones for Homes by Elijah
This is a Great cause! Take a moment and go buy a T-Shirt to help support the rescuing of Dogs in our area! Here's a little info on Bones for Homes: Bones for Homes by Elijah is the dream of seven year old Elijah. He was devastated after learning that some animals in shelters must be euthanized when they do not find homes, and he was determined to do something about that. Elijah decided to help buy selling dog treats, specifically the … [Read more...]