Going out on top

Jill Riley on the Current just informed us that Sleater-Kinney is "going on indefinite hiatus." Read, they have no plans to reconvene as a band at any point in the future. Not that this is completely out of the blue, but man, that was not something I really wanted to hear.

Thanks for the rock, ladies. 'Twas a motherfucker of a ride.

It sounds like they'll be playing one show in Portland in August. That might be a decent time to schedule a short trip back to the Northwest. Catch up with the fam. Hang out with my Portland friends. Party with Robert. See S-K's probably-last-show-ever. We'll see.

If you pass the Rabid Child, say "hammer down" for me

Hey, kids, guess where I am.

If you guessed "Chez Nick," you guessed pretty right. It turns out I've achieved victory in Project: Freeloader! Who'da thunk, right?

The day was carried by combination of a 3rd-generation WRT54G router, the hacktacular DD-WRT firmware, an open network that I've never seen around here before (overlooked? new? good radio air tonight?), and Operation: Rabbit Ears.





Operation Rabbit Ears is only half-finished, as you can see, but it's working surprisingly fine for now. We'll have to see whether it stays reliable over a day or two, or whether I need to do some more signal beefing.