Kestrachern

The best thing that happened was the arrival of my EEE PC 901 on Monday.  I spent most of the day working on updating it and getting it to where I wanted and accidentally deleted the Windows XP installation right before going to bed.. D’oh. On Tuesday my fixed gear GT-Gutterball bike was christened Angharad. [...]

It was a weekend of fast things and fake bushes.  Friday was a drive to Titusville, Florida for the launch of the Endeavor on STS-127 (Fast thing #1) to the International Space Station.  Although it was a grand adventure the Space Shuttle did not launch due to a leak in the hydrogen fueling system. Saturday [...]

I am consistently amazed at the little treasures that have started turning up.  This week I found a Porsche 356 in Gulfport.  Sadly I never caught the owner’s name.. She is the second owner of the vehicle, buying it for $3000 about forty years ago, when she was 18.  At twenty one she had driven [...]

The bike has a name. Angharad, (from wikipedia) pronounced [a-ngha-rad, an-gharad], is a popular name in Celtic countries, particularly Wales, having a long association with Celtic royalty, history and myth. Angharad is also spelt as Anghared. From Welsh it translates to English: much loved one. Seems fitting – sounds good to the ear. brb gotta go [...]

Hot hot hot in St. Petersburg.  The humidity has returned and will stay through nearly the end of hurricane season….  I feel much better about the location of Chez Kitteh vs the previous apartment.  2004 was the last year any big storm came nearby… As I was out for my morning ride I met some [...]