Dreamhost True to The Name

I have been meaning to blog about this for a while now (~2 weeks) but I haven’t had the time to get around to it. Someone recently told me about a Dreamhost deal for a hosted Linux server for 2 years for $47. Now that’s a heck of a deal I thought, but I wasn’t [...]

Rights to Privacy Chipped Away By Supreme Court

Okay, so I have mixed feelings about one of the Supreme Courts latest decisions. The NYTimes has an article on the particular case I’m talking about. In a nutshell, a man was arrested due to faulty police records and his vehicle was subsequently searched. The police found drug residue and an illegal gun in his [...]

Exercise Routine

I recently decided that going from 191 to 200 lbs between Thanksgiving and New Year was not good and I needed to get back into shape. I had started exercising a little before that but I didn’t really have a clear goal in mind or a workout routine to fit it. The past three weeks [...]

Bring Out Your Extrovert

The guys at LifeHacker just put up a post about starting conversations with strangers. Now, I’m a pretty introverted guy – which actually helps me as a programmer look inside to find solutions to problems. But recently since I started consulting again I’ve had to find my extroverted side and start up those difficult conversations. [...]

The Ultimate Computer Chair

Someone on IRC linked this chair and now I must start a fund to raise the money for me to get one of these. The NovelQuest Emperor looks like that chair all computer nerds dream about – triple monitor, cooling system, leather seat stolen from a BMW m-5, etc etc. There’s a good chance I [...]