http://www.gloaming.us/gloaming/modules/weblog/ GLOAMING.us en Steven Shelton http://www.gloaming.us/gloaming/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=50 2007-08-25T17:06:04-05:00 Steven Shelton Okay, first things first, because I'm getting lots of email, voicemail, and IMs about this: Yes, a tornado hit Fenton. Yes, it hit our house. And, yes, we're all alive and unhurt. And, no, our house was not damaged and Sher did NOT go into labor. Our house was on the very edge of the tornado. I was actually outside when it hit: I'd run outside as quickly as I could to move our barbecue grill next to the side of the house so it didn't become a missile... http://www.gloaming.us/gloaming/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=49 2006-09-20T06:55:37-05:00 Steven Shelton So this morning, I wake up. Not unusual, since I do that most mornings. But this morning was different. First of all, the radio station to which our alarm is normally tuned (WFUM, the local NPR affiliate, thank you very much) is apparently off the air because all we get is static. Second, I'm choking to death. Okay, not really choking to death, but it feels like it. See, I have really bad sinuses, and as anyone with really bad sinuses can tell you, this condition o... http://www.gloaming.us/gloaming/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=48 2006-08-16T14:00:56-05:00 Steven Shelton I promised I'd be better about the blog, so here I am. Like anyone cares. Well, obviously, you do because you're reading this. But it's not like I'm breaking earth-shattering news here or writing great works that leave everyone hanging on the edge of their seat, wanting more. Or . . . am I? No, no. Decidedly not. Nevertheless, one of the things I did promise to those two or three people who regularly read this thing because it's about the only w... http://www.gloaming.us/gloaming/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=47 2006-08-12T18:23:38-05:00 Steven Shelton Wow! How long has it been since I posted something on my blog? June-something? Well, it's been crazy. Crazy for me and crazy for the rest of the planet, I guess you could say. So, for those who give a rodent's posterior about anything that might be going on with me, here's the latest: Okay, back in April some time I think I hinted that the law practice was starting to take off. At this point, I think it's taxied to the runway, taken off, and is now cru... http://www.gloaming.us/gloaming/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=46 2006-06-14T07:46:41-05:00 Steven Shelton Long time, no blog. That whole pesky "life" thing, you know? Annoying. Okay, so here's what's going on, with added bits of randomness thrown in just to spice it up: SAMBA Proves It: I Have No Rhythm Remember a while back I talked about having problems with my linux box? As a refresher, I have an old P3 machine onto which I threw Slackware to use as a file server. Had trouble installing the packages, but eventually got it working, and then I threw on t... http://www.gloaming.us/gloaming/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=45 2006-05-12T08:57:47-05:00 Steven Shelton So here's the deal: I'm fed up "to here" with the tactics that right-wingers seem to think are acceptable in getting their way. Cases in point: The NSA creating a database of the phone records of all Americans. As reported yesterday by USA Today, the NSA has amassed a vast database of the phone calls made by tens of millions of Americans--virtually everyone who is a customer of AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth--to "create a database of every call e... http://www.gloaming.us/gloaming/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=44 2006-04-15T06:44:40-05:00 Steven Shelton It's been a long time since I wrote anything in this blog. The craziness of life has pretty much sapped all of my free time: between the website design work, the law practice, what seems to be a perpetual need to do housework, and the infatiguable four-year-old it seems I have no time to sit down and breathe, let alone write anything anyone would be remotely interested in reading. But this morning I've got a break, so here are some semi-random, semi-coherent thou... http://www.gloaming.us/gloaming/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=42 2006-01-30T08:29:29-05:00 Steven Shelton I know, I know . . . I've been neglecting the blog. Well, to be honest, that's largely because I've been helping in the effort to get rid of all of the trackback and comment spam that's been blasting this site (and almost every other site that carries blogs), and I thought it would be counterproductive to just add more threads to keep track of until we had it under control. I think that point has been reached, however (for a while, at least), so I'... http://www.gloaming.us/gloaming/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=41 2006-01-09T12:37:23-05:00 Steven Shelton Well, the Alito hearings have opened today. The first day will bring nothing worth talking about; the Senators will all stake out their predictable positions--the Republicans claiming that anything negative said about the guy is someow an affront to the "dignity" of the process, and the Democrats warning Alito that if he doesn't answer his questions with candor that they'll vote against him (which most will probably do anyway)--and Alito will try to pre... http://www.gloaming.us/gloaming/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=40 2006-01-03T19:06:34-05:00 Steven Shelton Well, the holidays are over. Oops; I mean "the exclusively Christian celebration" for those who are convinced there's a "War on Christmas" going on. So, here's a recap. We ended up reading the Christmas story. Nobody liked it. I didn't care. My wife got me a sweet Christmas present: an Audiovox STS1199 5-disc DVD changer home theatre surround sound system. At least, we thought it was a sweet present. Until I plugged it in. The thing gen...