Far East Cynic

Eureka!

After some aggressive troubleshooting I got my laptop working again. (Also known as following the directions and not trying to be smarter than the machine……) A couple of funny reads for you. Joe Biden sends along his greetings for Black History Month and E @ L has a few choice

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Its official

My wireless card in my laptop seems to have died. This is not good at all. Posting will be light for a couple of days while I figure it out. For a computer junkie like me this is a bummer! Subscribe in a reader

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Hangul Hamstrung

My days with blogger are numbered I think. I’m going to get my own domain. Besides freezing my face and a** off last night while stumbling back from the bars, I awoke to find that when I log into blogger it all comes up in Hangul. Talented I may be,

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Seoul man

Ah, the time has come the Walrus said, to pay the piper. Limited posting for a day or so unitl I can work my way through the inevitable IT issues that come up dealing with the US Army and US Air Force. A firewall here, a blocked IP there (this

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Out of comms and out of sync……….

The modem still just sits there and blinks. I’ve tried new cables, reloads of software, nothing works. Reminds me of launching with yesterdays codes and then trying to get the link to work. (A bit of an inside joke……..as SJS can tell you E-2 NFO’s never check out the wrong

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Electronic attack!

On my internet service provider that is. Seems the Chinese may have destroyed more than a satellite-I cannot get my cable modem to work at all. All troubleshooting has been exhausted so I now I have to wait till next week to get a repairman out to see why I

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Well, what do you know?

A Frenchman thinks that the Phibian and I are worth the reading…………..Good company for me to be sure. Click here to see for yourself! Good babes, too, on his site! What can I say, Vive le France!! Subscribe in a reader

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Minimal posting for a while

In Hawaii now, off to work tomorrow. Got in the early am here in Honolulu. Fortunately the hotel had a room available so I was able to get some sleep and then off to Kaneohe for some golf. Played with a young Marine who had gotten back from Iraq about

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A promise is a promise…..

First-a news update. Sitting here at my computer desk, quietly drinking beer when all of sudden the TV emits a loud shreik, over and over again. Then the news comes on announcing in Japanese that this was a Tsunami warning and it would follow in English. And it did. over

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Minimal blogging ahead

Packing up this morning heading for a place where connectivity is limited. So I doubt I will be able to comment on the election for good or ill for abbout 4 days. If you are in the US go vote! I, of course, would prefer you vote against the President

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