Kahomono - Still Lucky After All These Years

Random musings on whatever catches my attention that day

David F

Breakfast At Tiffany's*

* well... within three miles of it, anyway. We started out this morning for H&H Bagels -- the original store, not that shiny fake on the East Side. Of course I had not bothered to check. And of course, H&H is no longer there at 80th and…

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David F

Amusing Encounter

My first Citibike I was renting my first Citibike this morning and a guy wandered by, curious about the process. So I showed him what I was doing, and then he remarked, Oh, but you have to turn the bike in within 30 minutes? I…

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David F

Burger Joint

That's it - that's the whole place. The burgers are excellent. The fries are, too. This hole-in-the-wall place is hidden in a corner of the lobby of a Very Sleek and Chic Hotel in a major city. And yet, we sleuthed it out, and we…

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David F

Sysinternals! Sigcheck!

If you run or support Windows systems, you are missing a bet if you do not use the suite of Sysinternals tools by Mark Russinovich. He just released a new version of a tool called Sigcheck. So simple! Sigcheck reports on the file version number, timestamp information,…

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David F

Hatred, Fear and Stupidity Win

You betcher ass HE voted. And not just the stupidity of the right-wing, this time. Because: what happens when liberals and progressives stay home from the polls? A TEA-Party idiot wins the Governor's race in Kentucky. His platform is to roll back health care for…

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