Category Archives: life


Storms’ a-comin’.


Wine in a box is green

Most Wine Should Be Sold in Boxes: “Most Wine Should Be Sold in Boxes”
(Via Daring Fireball.)
As noted, too bad most wine in a box is lousy.

Rock Band 2: Now with AC/DC

It’s only one song - but here’s hoping for more DLC. That said, it’s still AC/DC! The full press release after the break.

LFM Techies, then GTG

We’re looking to hire a slew of people for the following roles. Drop me a line if you or someone you know is interested and wants more details.

Unix SysAdmins
Oracle DBAs
Perl/PHP/Web developers
Windows/Exchange admins
Unix/DNS admins
Unix/Weblogic admins

On résumé theft and stupidity

A few years ago I had a co-worker take my résumé, slap his name on it, and shop it around. Unethical and brazen, but sometimes you have to just let things go. Well, I have been getting calls for a “Brian” on my cell phone recently about my résumé. Is this a case of a [...]

File Systems for Law and Order

From the Wikipedia entry on file systems:

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

In lieu of green beer and all the other silliness, might I recommend a good Irish whiskey? I am going to pick up a bottle of Bushmills Single Malt 10 or Black after work. I’d pick up some Tyrconnell or Connemara, but the local ABC does not carry it.
As with many spirits, individual preference [...]

The DM has left the table: Gary Gygax has died.

Dungeons & Dragons Co-Creator Dies at 69
By EMILY FREDRIX
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) — A sad day for fans of role-playing games: The man who co-created Dungeons & Dragons is dead.
Gary Gygax died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva, Wis. His wife Gail says the 69-year-old had been suffering from health problems for several years.
Gygax [...]

Financial software for Mac OS X: iBank 3 Beta

IGG Software has released a beta for iBank v3. Beyond direct OFX download, some insane eye candy options (Coverflow for transactions?), tax program support, much better reporting, and just general stomping all over Quicken, the app includes “sync with your iPhone”. Mobile entry of information? That’s a definite plus, albeit one with lots of questions. [...]

Internet connection at last

After some gnashing of teeth I decided to go out and buy a new cable modem and have it provisioned as new service. Lo and behold! I have Internet access at home again. While I had the technician, I had him look through the systems. As I suspected, Comcast never provisioned my old cable modem [...]