Author Archives: AdaptiveCurmudgeon

It was time for a nuclear reset. I had my doubts but I also had nothing to lose. I was feeling might sheepish about abandoning my usual Curmudgeonly preference for old school paper books. I’d trapped myself in the soft … Continue reading →

I posted a while back about my ailing Kindle. I got a lot of advice. None of it worked. As a man who talks to murderous trees and considers baking bread a contact sport, I did not go quietly into … Continue reading →

A few weeks before Christmas I had a bad week with computers. I was a walking EMP pulse. Everything electronic that I use daily was in orbital decay. I was not a happy camper. I decided the best solution was … Continue reading →

Mrs. Curmudgeon and I were having lunch at a coffee shop in a nearby small town. “Hey”, says I, “let’s go check out that new hydroponics shop that just opened up.” Indeed there just happens to be a small hydroponics … Continue reading →

I finished painting the ceiling without spilling one damn drop on the Mrs.’s precious bathroom fixtures and tile floor! I dodged a bullet while slipping a noose and whistling past a graveyard. (It’s a triple metaphor accomplishment!) I’ve never before … Continue reading →

I’d like to come up with a post appropriate for today but Dave Barry, as always, has it well in hand. No need for me to worry about it when America’s low rent modern Mark Twain is on the case. … Continue reading →

“Home improvement” for me, right now, is largely not about making it better. It’s mostly about keeping the damn place standing. A holding action against entropy. That’s just how it is. (I assume this is a temporary situation. Sooner or … Continue reading →

My “old” computer’s CPU when it was new: Windows 7: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and 14.04 LTS An unfortunate experience with Ubuntu 14.10*: My old computer’s power as it aged**: My new computer’s power: Windows 8.1: The new computer once you … Continue reading →

Yours truly has acquired a new “Christmas” laptop. This isn’t the perfect choice. The ideal solution would be to run my old laptop for fifty years, until such time as its repeatedly repaired and rebuilt chassis dissolves into rust just … Continue reading →

A couple weeks I wrote about hoar frost. It’s been a pretty persistent condition the last few weeks. I wound up bringing in an ice covered tree into Curmudgeon Compound. I think it’s super pretty! Then again I’m going to … Continue reading →