davidgagne.net — The personal weblog of David Vincent Gagne

Battlestar Galactica

Does anyone remember Battlestar Galactica? I used to love that show. Whenever they would launch their fighters out of the main ship into space they would shoot through this long, lighted tube and it was really cool. I think about that just about every time I am on a highway on-ramp. I take the highway

Die Hard

I just finished watching “Die Hard“ with Bruce Willis. Well, he wasn’t here actually <rimshot>. I have seen that movie a thousand times and tonight was the first time I saw the first fifteen minutes of the film. I still haven’t seen the *very* beginning. (Chris and Andy didn’t believe me.) And, once again, I’m

Rainy.net

I found this place while I was slinking around today. I didn’t even start to read it before deciding to blog it. I love the design of the page. (Plus there’s a groovy little ball that will find your mousepointer when you highlight a link. Not that I get excited about that kind of stuff.)

toy

This is from the Things That I Can’t Describe But Are Really Nifty Department …

Jokes

Everyone loves bad jokes.

Not Me

Holy! I cannot even begin to tell you how much this is not me! I also did not win the 1998 Maine State Truck Driving Championships … I didn’t help this guy with his tribute to the band Slayer … I didn’t write A Review of Analysis of Tonal Music: A Schenkerian Approach for the

Firda

Firda finally told me what her shiny things are! I figure between me and the whole rest of the world we should be able to get them for her. C’mon, everyone else on the planet! I’m handling 50% of the list! Somebody else has to do their part …

cartoon

Because everyone should read a funny cartoon every now and then … And is there anything better than thinking you’re out of beer and then spying a lone Amstel Light hiding behind the broccoli florets on the middle shelf? October 16, 2006 Update: Original link (http://www.andovernews.com/cartoon/index.html) now dead.

geek pocket syndrome

TODAY’S TECH TERM: geek pocket syndromegeek pocket syndrome (noun) [Slang] When your body is festooned with unsightly bulges because you’re ladened down with pager, PDA, cellphone, etc. in all your pockets.I had to post this one because it made me laugh. <grin>

webring

heynowhere’snews: I finally joined the webloggers webring @ jish.nu. Now all I have to do is sit back, take it easy, and watch as the world continues to glide through space. Is this planet great or what? igottatellya: It’s like one of my top two favorite planets in the solar system.

What Is This?

davidgagne.net is the personal weblog of me, David Vincent Gagne. I've been publishing here since 1999, which makes this one of the oldest continuously-updated websites on the Internet.

bartender.live

A few years ago I was trying to determine what cocktails I could make with the alcohol I had at home. I searched the App Store but couldn't find an app that would let me do that, so I built one.

Hemingway

You can read dozens of essays and articles and find hundreds of links to other sites with stories and information about Ernest Hemingway in The Hemingway Collection.