Society
At What Point Do We Expect People to Be Better?
We spend an enormous amount of time talking about the haves and the have-nots, and the conversation usually assumes that the people who have more...
2026
Political
How the Hell Did America Survive Before the Income Tax?
I suspect most Americans have never seriously considered this question: how the hell did the United States become one of the most powerful economies on...
Political
France Is Burning, but Apparently It's Just a Student Protest
France is having a student protest, and we all know how those go. Students march, wave signs, demand better schools, gripe about tuition, and every...
Political
No, Women Aren't Losing the Vote
Apparently Republicans are trying to take away women's right to vote again. At least that's what's being shoveled around about the SAVE America Act: married...
Political
When You Can't Change Reality, Change the Dictionary
I think "Lake America" is silly, and I'd rather get that out of the way up front. Watching parts of the left absolutely lose their...
Political
"No One Is Illegal on Stolen Land" Is Not an Argument
You've probably seen the bumper sticker: NO ONE IS ILLEGAL ON STOLEN LAND. It usually comes with a smug little sense that somebody just delivered...
Health
Apparently, My Gallbladder Was Doing Something After All
I had my gallbladder removed. The damn thing was full of rocks, and after dealing with the pain and digestive problems, getting rid of it...
Political
America Is the Closest Thing to Heaven Most Humans Have Ever Built
One of the strangest things about living in America is that we've become so accustomed to extraordinary prosperity that we've mistaken it for normal. It...
Conspiracy Theory
The Dead Internet Theory Was Wrong. Then We Built It.
At first glance, the Dead Internet Theory sounds like the sort of thing you'd hear at 3:00 in the morning from a guy in a...
Money
Corporate Greed, Now With Government Approval
Apparently, in Louisiana, utility companies have looked at the concept of energy efficiency and discovered a horrifying problem: if people use less electricity, the utility...
Political
Stop Making Me Defend Donald Trump
I voted for Trump, and I'm not the biggest fan of Trump. Apparently that puts me in some bizarre political no-man's-land, because the internet requires...
Political
The Electoral College Isn't Broken. You Just Don't Understand What It's For.
The pizza meme assumes America is one giant democracy where 340 million people pile their votes into a single national bucket. That's not the country...
Money
Property Tax Is Just "Rent" to the Government
We're told our whole lives to work hard, buy a house and spend thirty years paying it off so we'll have someplace secure to live...
Health
Plants Are Trying to Kill You
For my entire life, I've been told to eat my vegetables. Except there's one small problem nobody mentions: the plant doesn't want you to eat...
About Me
Apparently I'm a Wolverine?!
Some people take personality quizzes. I asked an AI to name my spirit animal, based on everything I've ever ranted about, and it said wolverine:...
Political
I'm a Patriot
Somewhere along the way, being a patriot came to mean picking a political team, buying the right bumper sticker and defending whatever ridiculous thing your...
Science
Oil Isn't Dinosaur Juice
Somewhere along the way, one of the most important substances in modern civilization got reduced to a children's-book explanation: oil is dead dinosaurs. It isn't....
Money
Taxing People for Earning Money?!
Every so often the flat-tax argument comes around again: pick a number and everybody pays the same percentage. Compared with the Rube Goldberg machine we...
Photography
Your 50-Megapixel Camera Doesn't Make You a Photographer
Every time a new phone comes out, somebody starts waving the megapixel count around like a ruler in a locker room. I'm eyeing the 48-megapixel...
Health
Maybe Salt Wasn't the Villain After All
I have primary hyperaldosteronism, which means my body hangs onto sodium whether I want it to or not. Trying to understand my own endocrine plumbing...
Conspiracy Theory
Building 7: Totally Normal, Nothing Weird to See Here
Everybody remembers the Twin Towers. Far fewer people remember that several hours later a third skyscraper came down, one no airplane ever touched. Building 7...
About Me
I Don't Idle Well
Some people can sit on a couch for six hours and feel like they had a perfectly acceptable day. I get about twenty minutes before...
Conspiracy Theory
What If Oswald Wasn't the Whole Story?
Most JFK theories eventually wander into red string on a corkboard, which makes the whole subject easy to dismiss. This one doesn't need any of...
About Me
The VA Is a Fucking Joke
Apparently the standard for whether something happened in the Army isn't your military medical records, the dates of treatment, or the fact that the Army...
Political
Gun Control Is the Fantasy of People Who Think Criminals Obey Signs
'Common sense gun control' is the polite name for making the law harder on the people who already obey it, while the criminal keeps getting...
Political
The Camera Isn't the Problem. The Database Is.
One cop watching you drive down Main Street isn't the same thing as every cop in the country being able to ask a database everywhere...
Society
The Meltdown Was the Point
He learned that crying louder gives you power over the room — that the second the tears start, everyone else is supposed to soften up...
Political
The Communist Manifesto Is Not About Community
People sell the Communist Manifesto like it's a children's book about putting all the toys in one box. It isn't. It's a blueprint for power...
Political
"Far Right" Does Not Mean What You Think It Means
People love to post 'Hitler was right wing' and then turn the comments off — because nothing says intellectual confidence like barricading the door so...
Political
Merit Isn't Racist
DEI is racism with a marketing department — that's the part nobody is supposed to say out loud. We're told judging people by skin color...
Science
Flat Earthers: I keep hoping they're just trolls
I really do hope they're trolls, because trolling has a motive I can hold in my hand. The problem is I don't think all of...
Political
No. We Don't Live on Stolen Land
'We live on stolen land' pretends history began five minutes before Europeans showed up. Stolen from whom, exactly? And who did they get it from?...
Software
If You Can't Beat the Robots, Build a Nail Gun
A lot of people are terrified of AI right now, and honestly, I get it. But the fear is pointed in the wrong direction. The...
Political
No, My Air Conditioner Is Not a Death Ray Pointed at France
Some people are now floating the idea that American air conditioning is somehow responsible for Europeans roasting during a heat wave. What a beautiful little...
Technology
AI Slop Is Killing YouTube
YouTube is getting harder and harder to watch, and it's not because people suddenly forgot how to make videos. It's because the platform is being...
Software
Windows Is Dead to Me
Microsoft didn't lose me in one giant disaster. It lost me the way companies usually lose customers: one small insult at a time. A nag...
Society
I Built a Shock Collar for the Internet
I reached the point where I needed the internet equivalent of a shock collar. Reddit annoyed me enough that I built a tiny digital cattle...
Software
Wix Won't Let Me Leave
I tried to cancel Wix. First they said I couldn't because I had domains pointed at it. Then I couldn't because I had a subscription....
Political
Woman: The Word Doing Double Duty
For basically all of recorded history, "woman" meant an adult human female. It wasn't ideological. It wasn't a stance. It was descriptive. What's happening now...
Political
No Kings Is All Noise and No Signal
I'm for peaceful protest, full stop. But the "No Kings" rallies aren't a message, they're a bumper sticker pretending to be a thought. No specific...
Political
The Party Switch Fugazi
Fugazi. Fake. A fraud. The so-called party switch exists to launder historical guilt, and it collapses under basic scrutiny.
Media
"Clinically Proven" Is the Most Successful Lie in Marketing
Two words that sound like science but operate like a magic spell. Designed to make you stop thinking and start buying. Unlike "FDA-approved," which requires...
Society
A Gen-X Work Ethic Obituary
Gen X never asked for recognition. We just showed up, did the work, and kept everything running while nobody was paying attention. Now we’re aging...
Society
Somebody Has to Keep the Lights On
We'd happily hand over the keys tomorrow. But running things is not the same as criticizing things, and nobody's grabbed the clipboard yet.
Political
Drafting People Doesn't Make Them Fighters
Forcing people to fight doesn't make them good at it. It makes them present. The U.S. military is what it is because every person in...
2025
Political
They Shot the Messenger. Now We Are the Message.
They killed a man who debated with civility and changed minds without violence. Then they cheered. That tells you everything about who the real extremists...
Society
It's Okay to Say the Sky Is Green
No company worth a damn would fire you for having an opinion. If your entire HR strategy is 'don't get yelled at on Twitter,' you're...
Society
Don't Rewrite Reality Because You're Having an Identity Crisis
You don't get to roll into the conversation with your own definitions like it's a Build-a-Word workshop and then act shocked when nobody plays along....
About Me
I'm an ISTP and Frankly That's Everyone Else's Problem
I didn't set out to be the quiet analytical badass who watches the room fall apart and then fixes it while everyone's still talking. But...
Political
Support the Country You Live In or Live in the Country You Support
A country without borders is no country. This isn't a far-right rant — it's historical pattern recognition from Rome to Sweden.
Health
Therapy Stigma Starts on the Playground
I grew up in the age of 'shut the hell up and deal with it.' Gen X didn't get therapy — we got sarcasm and...
Health
The Food Is a Lie: I'm Fat, Fed Up, and Fighting Back
I'm fat. Not in the body-positive way — in the 'my knees hurt going up stairs and I'm mad about it' way. I've tried everything....
Political
The Ugly Truth About Racism
I'm tired of being called racist for the crime of being a white male in modern America by people who have no clue what they're...
Science
Your Car Doesn't Run on Dinosaurs
Somewhere along the way someone told you a car runs on liquified T. rex. That nonsense stuck. It stuck hard. Oil comes from pond scum...
Political
You're Not the Resistance. You're the Problem.
There are actual citizens openly hoping the president is assassinated. Not in code. Out loud. That's not edgy. That's not righteous anger. That's evil.
Money
Tipping Culture Has Jumped the Shark
Tipping is a gratuity. As in a thank you. As in optional. We've moved past tipping for service — now we're tipping for existence.
Society
The Cosmetic Con: How Big Beauty Is Wrecking Women Inside and Out
My beautiful wife thinks she's got the face of an alley troll without a dozen creams and potions. She's been convinced by a billion-dollar machine....
Media
Real Disney Princess: Max Klinger Wears the Crown
M*A*S*H was owned by Fox. Fox got bought by Disney. You know what that means? Max Klinger is now, technically, a Disney Princess. Let that...
Society
The Bear or the Man: Feminism Is Destroying Women
Feminism is destroying women. Not women as in females — women as in the idea of womanhood. The role. The purpose. Smashed by a movement...
Political
The Thief You Voted For...
Your average thief doesn't give a shit about what they're stealing. No pride. No respect. No sense of what it cost you to earn it....
About Me
Bailing Water With a Teaspoon: Why I Left Law Enforcement
I'm not a cop anymore. I get asked why I left, why I didn't stick it out for the pension. Here's the truth: being a...
Technology
Voyager 1 Still Works When Last Season's "Smart Phone" Doesn't
Voyager 1 was built in 1977. Forty-eight years later it's still doing its job. Meanwhile a $1,200 smartphone can't survive three years. Funny how that...
Hobbies
Why the Hell Do I Go to Bicolline?
Once a year, I disappear. No laptop, no meetings, no glowing rectangle. I drive north and step into a medieval village in the woods of...
Technology
We Could've Had Amigas, but Commodore Was Run by Morons
I'll die on this hill: if Commodore had half a clue, we'd all be using Amigas today. Not Windows. Not Mac. Amigas. And they threw...
Technology
AI Is Coming for Developers... Like Calculators Came for Math Teachers
The robots are coming, ChatGPT and Claude are going to replace software developers. Except... no. Saying AI will replace developers is like saying calculators replaced...
Society
Political Correctness: Tyranny With Manners
Politeness isn't the problem. Forced conformity is. Somewhere along the line, political correctness stopped being about decency and became a straightjacket.
Political
That's Not What It Says... Stop Lying.
I call it out when the left spins a narrative from thin air. This time I caught the right doing it — same shenanigans, different...
2023
Software
Will ChatGPT Steal Our Programming Jobs?
For fun, I gave ChatGPT text from my site and told it to write a post in my voice on why it won't steal our...
2021
Aviation
Not Going With Garmin
People are always shocked when I tell them I'm not going with Garmin for my RV-10. One thing wins me over or makes me leave...
Software
Good Programmer, Garbage Idea Man
I'm a good programmer but I'm really crap at coming up with ideas. I can implement — I just don't want to implement someone else's...
2019
Money
PayPal Put Me in a Limited State for Suspicious Activity
I have been using PayPal since 2001. That all ended today. They locked my account for 'suspicious activity' they refused to explain — and they'll...
Media
Fake News and Alternative Facts
Both sides take the facts and massage the narrative to fit their politics. It's entirely possible to tell two completely true, completely opposite stories. Let...
2018
Money
I Want to Be Rich! So I Am Willing to Take Risks...
I got into a debate about 'wage slavery.' My answer — do what the rich did: stop working for the man and take some risks....
2016
About Me
Out of time, Site Future Plans, Life Goals, Etc..
Well, it's that time again. Time for me to talk about how I never post any more and how I have no time. Life is...
Political
Democratic Socialism
I feel that this socialism road people are trying to take us down will have a very bad ending...
2015
Software
Livable Wages and Unreasonable Client Expectations
I work in an industry that demands highly skilled laborers but are constantly bombarded by accusations of greed or people that scoff as the costs....
Software
Modifying Jekyll to track my RV-10 Build Log! Sorta...
I started writing a special custom plugin that would allow me to have a new post type but the more I got into it the...
Software
Sometimes you just have to fire a client
Most people don't really think of clients as "fireable", including clients themselves... Think again. Sometimes the best thing a company can do is get rid...
2014
Aviation
Learning to fly!
I have always wanted to fly and have taken several steps towards doing just that in the past, but each time I would run out...
Money
Coins: Pyramid or Poniz - Both? Neither?
I have been pondering this at length -- Is bitcoin (or any of the alt-coins) a ponzi or pyramid scheme? Ponzi maybe, pyramid no. How...
Aviation
I want to go soaring
I can suffer flying commercial to go back and forth to Texas when I need to go because it's only $300 round trip, but to...
2013
Technology
Hardware Review: Oculus Rift
After my first 48 hours with the Oculus Rift; Holy crap. It's awesome. Not perfect by any stretch of the meaning, but as developer kits...
Software
State of the Industry Concerns
When your software goes from 'magic' to just another tool in your toolbox that you fully understand, then you can call yourself an expert. Until...
Software
Software Development Costs
You get what you pay for and people some how refuse to learn that lesson with software.
Photography
Brasstown Bald, the highest natural point in Georgia.
Brasstown bald is the highest natural point in the state of Georgia with a summit elevation of 4,784 feet above mean sea level .. and...
Software
Semantic UI
It's time to remove the often obtuse vocabulary overhead required by certain UI frameworks
Hobbies
Grasshopper Escapement
I started creating my main escape gear measured it to have 30 teeth and made a jig to help. Sure enough, 29 teeth.. Damn it!...
Hobbies
Banjo Clock: It's Alive!
I have been lugging around this broken banjo clock for something like 15 years. Well it's finally on the wall!
Hobbies
Flip-top Workbench
Both of my grandfathers were darn good carpenters, and my father is too though he wont much admit it. Well apparently I do alright myself!...
Photography
Vogel State Park
We decided to take a break from the unboxing/unpacking routine and ride the motorcycle to a local state park.
Photography
Sunday Stills Challenge: Yellow Flowers
Now that I have my Canon 6D I need to start participating in some of the photography challenges that my brother puts on. The "I...
Photography
My new Camera & Flat design
I have long wanted a really nice camera -- this week I got one! My dog helped me by being a faithful subject.
Software
Google chrome reload options
Today I found that if you have the developer tools open and click / hold the refresh button you are given different refresh options.
Aviation
So, I think I want to fly..
Something I have always wanted to do was learn to fly. When I was in the military in 1991 I had an opportunity through the...
Software
Blogging like its 1999!
I have officially adopted Jekyll as my blogging solution, holy crap.. I love it.
2012
Political
Electoral college versus popular vote
So, with the 2012 presidential election finally over, I'd like to discuss some of the things that I saw during the whole shebang...
About Me
wow it's really been a while
Hey guys, I'm went dark for quite some time apparently and I didn't really mean to let this much time passed since my last post.....
Software
RubyPress Wordpress Replacement
So a while back I had thought my WordPress install was getting exploited through some bug and decided I wanted to write my own replacement......
Hobbies
Tellico Turnings Sign
So while in Tennessee with my father, I told him I'd make him some signs for his shop...
Hobbies
My latest trip to TN and Dads new store
This last week I got to spend some quality time with the folks in Tennessee and more specifically time alone with my father (which I...
Hobbies
Scroll Saw and MLT-13 Wooden Clock
I have always been a very artsy-craftsy person as I thoroughly enjoy making things. I like working with my hands and creating something from nothing....
About Me
2011, SWTOR, and iPad2
I realize that it's been a while since I posted to my blog and it's something that I want to be better about in new...
2011
Software
My own custom blogging software
As many of you know, I am very much my own special kind of nerd. I enjoy doing many a'geeky thing that others wouldn't even...
Games
Don't buy anything from Ubisoft...
If you buy just about any product and have an issue with that product, you have a reasonable expectation of being able to take that...
Software
Adobe software subscriptions -- Missed it by "that much"!
Recently Adobe announced that they would be offering their software at rental subscription prices and I was excited! What a great idea!! But did...
Hobbies
Mandolin Luthiery -- Making and playing the Mandolin
I decided to try my hand at becoming a hobby luthier (a maker of stringed instruments) and make myself something to play.. I went...
Games
Game Review: Frozen Synapse
I have always been a huge fan of the turn based tactical isometric games such as Jagged Alliance, JA2, Xcom..etc.. So this new one excited...
Games
Game Review: Red Faction - Armageddon
I played Red Faction back in 2001 when it first came out and enjoyed the heck out of it. It was the very first...
Technology
Hostgator Really Sucks...
I have moved my hosting off Hostgator because frankly, they suck. My site was suffering repeated down times, crashes, database disconnects, SSH daemon crashes/hangups,...
Hobbies
SU-152 Tank Destroyer
I have been playing a lot of World of Tanks lately and I liked the look of the SU-152 so much, I thought I'd model...
Technology
Replacing my cars computer with my own...
I have a Mercedes CLK 350 and it's a pretty good car. I'm fairly happy with it, but frankly I feel that the Mercedes...
Games
Game Review: Dragon Age II
So in my original Dragon Age review I began by asking "Can Bioware do no wrong?" Apparently the answer is "Yes."
Technology
Grid Computing and BOINC
I really like the idea of community computing, or grid computing.. I've always thought it was a damn good idea and I always try to...
Games
Game Review: Night Sky
So in a fit of boredom last night I downloaded an indy game off Steam called "NightSky" for the low price of $9. What a...
Games
Game Review: World of Tanks (Beta)
When I heard a buddy of mine tell me that he was playing a game called "World of Tanks" I thought he was kidding.. I...
Technology
15" Mac Book Pro!
I have been in the market for a new laptop for a while. The primary machine I had was a Lenovo w500 and before that...
Games
Game Review: Greed Corp
I have always liked turn based strategy games.. They used to be "the" game genre, but over the years as time and technology has marched...
2010
Media
Movie Review: Tron Legacy
Easily one of my favorite movies as a kid, Tron was a movie that not only defined a generation but also began the monumental shift...
Games
Game Review: Perpetuum Online
A while back I was trolling the intertoobs for a new game when I stumbled across Perpetuum Online; A Hungarian borne MMO based in the...
Hobbies
40k Grot Tanks
So for giggles I have been doing some Modo work this weekend. Warhammer 40k Grot Tanks amuse me so I thought it would be...
Games
Game Review: Call of Duty Black Ops
I really do enjoy the Call of Duty franchise.. It started out as a PC shooter back in 2003 and was pretty much heralded as...
Games
Game Review: Star Wars The Force Unleashed 2
I never played the first Force Unleashed game and I sorta regretted it as I knew several folks who said it was a pretty good...
Political
I don't vote...
So as a general rule, I don't vote. I don't vote, and it's my right to do so. Leave me alone. Stop harassing me with...
Games
Portal 2 looks so awesome... *gleeeee*
So I am a HUGE fan of Portal.. It was quite possibly one of the best 3 hour games I have ever played.. I mean,...
Media
Book Review: A Game of Thrones
I don't normally do book reviews but this book was so good I had to make an exception.. This book is easily some of the...
Society
I hate people...
Acting obnoxiously on the internet is not only rude, but it's a cowardly act and you're pathetic if you behave that way.. How about you...
Games
Rockband 3.. *Gleeeee*
I can't even begin to describe how awesome this is going to be.. I'm so stoked.. And I have to say, I totally called it!!...
Technology
I kill a lot of harddrives
I swear every 5 or 6 months, I have another dead harddrive. It's not like I hate them or anything. I just can't keep them...
About Me
Earth to jason...
Someone asked me the other day why I hadn't posted a new ramble in a while.. I don't really have a good excuse other than...
Software
Lost in the woods of C#
I'm really kind of frustrated at the general lack of helpful input from other people on the internet when it comes to trying to learn...
Money
15yr Citibank member says; Fuck you Citibank
Well the other day I went to pay off my card and I noticed that they bumped my APR to 29.998%... Are you fucking kidding...
Games
Game Review: Napoleon Total War
I have always been a fan of the Total War franchise, but in my opinion none of them have been all that great. Good and...
Games
Game Review: Splintercell Conviction
I really like a good first person shooter.. But most FPS games these days aren't about thinking or planning your way out, they are just...
Media
Tron 2 Lightcycle
I want one.. So I have gone above and beyond out of my way to avoid learning any details about Tron 2.. (Tron Legacy is...
Games
Games Workshop -- Warhammer: Daemons of Chaos
So I prefer Warhammer Fantasy to 40k.. I just think the rules are better, and the game as a whole has a lot of tactics...
Technology
Hardware Review: Nook e-reader
So I have been in the market for an e-reader for a while. I do a lot of reading and thought it would be darn...
Games
From Rock Band to Real Band
I have been playing the hell out of Rock Band 2. I very much enjoy it as it's quite fun and challenging.
Hobbies
The Sonic Infusion
My music tastes range far and wide, but when it comes to some tunes to play in the background while working I find that good...
Technology
Get ready to pay more for bandwidth...
Most gamers typically play games online, download expansions or other forms of DLC, watch hulu, stream music..etc.. generally speaking, use more bandwidth than your average...
Games
Can't talk... playing Rock Band!
So I haven't updated my blog in a while because all my spare time has been spent playing Rockband 2.. It's like crack..
Hobbies
8mm Mauser Reloading
I really enjoy shooting.. I always have.. In the military I would go to the range every weekend and throw some rounds down range just...
Games
Ubisoft and their DRM
When will companies learn that their draconian efforts to prevent piracy only serves to hurt their paying customers which directly affects their bottom line!!
Games
I'm about to say fuck Starcraft 2
So I have been playing in the Starcraft 2 beta and to be honest, I'm not overly impressed. It's basically the same game brought forward...
Technology
I hate Apple fanboys
I understand brand loyalty, but Apple fanatics take it to extremes.. Buying something just because it has an Apple logo on the side is ludicrous.....
Hobbies
German Type VII Submarine
So I have always liked submarines, I think they are pretty neat. I have wanted to create a 3D sub for a while and finally...
Games
Game Review: Star Trek Online
Here's my righteous opinion on the the first 15 levels of fed play and the first 12 or so of Klingon.. I only really have...
Games
PVP and Star Trek Online
Firstly, I was really worried when I found out the end game for STO would be PVP-centric. That just doesn't really work normally for any...
Technology
Hardware Review: Nexus One
I was tired of my original iPhone and that would be getting the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 when it came out some time later this...
Money
Buy gold!!! (Just not right now.. )
So there are a lot of people, some famous, trying to get you to buy gold.. While I was in the car dealership the other...
Games
Star Trek Online please don't be another Champions Online
I have to admit that one of the games I am looking forward to in 2010 is Cryptic's, Star Trek Online.
2009
Hobbies
Play the radio 2
So I had said previously that my musical talent ended pretty much at the ability to play the radio, and that I hated that.. I...
Technology
Hardware Review: Lightscribe CD/DVD Burners
Back in 2004 Hewlett-Packard engineer Daryl Anderson had the notion that if you can burn data on to a disc, why couldn't use use that...
Games
Games Workshop -- Warhammer Fantasy: The new Skaven
I have been a Skaven player since the early 1990's. They were the second fantasy army I got into after Orcs & Goblins. Once I...
Games
Game Review: Dragon Age - Origins
I ask you -- can Bioware do no wrong? Every game of theirs that I have played, I have loved. Neverwinter Nights was kinda "Feh"...
Technology
Xperia X10: My next phone?
On June 27th, 2007 (shortly after I got married) the iPhone came out.. I sort of waffled back and forth as to whether or not...
Technology
Hardware Review: Sony DR-BT21G Wireless Bluetooth Stereo Headset
In 1994 Jaap Haartsen and Sven Mattisson has a stroke of genius when they invented the personal area networking (PAN) protocol known today as Bluetooth...
About Me
Happy Halloween 2009
The annual Halloween bash that my friend and his wife put on was a success! Every year my friend Calvin and his wife go NUTS...
Technology
Hardware Review: Razer Mamba -- What a piece of shit!
Let me be clear here -- this mouse is the biggest piece of shit, I have ever.. and I mean.. EVER used..
Games
Game Review: Aion Online
I have played a lot of MMO's in my time.. I feel I have a pretty good handle on the genre and have a very...
Software
Delphi like IDE/VCL for Javascript, written in javascript
So something that I have been pondering is the creation of a rapid application framework/IDE similar to Delphi for javascript, in javascript.. Bear with me.. ...
Technology
Hardware Review: Logitech Illuminated Keyboard
I have to admit I like Logitech. Their hardware is always good. I find their software is a little bloated and doesn't always deliver but...
Science
Carl Sagan - A Glorious Dawn
The following is a wonderful and fitting tribute to Carl Sagan created by John Boswell over at ColorPulse Music.
About Me
1055 Miles, on two wheels
So my father turned 68 this year. I thought it would be a nice gift to give him my tractor lawn mower and a few...
Games
Back from Blizzcon 2009
Well the wife and I are back from Blizzcon.. I have to admit she had a pretty good idea of going and now that we...
Aviation
God I hate planes
Dear god but I hate flying on major airlines. It's just not happy fun time for me.
Media
Movie Review: District 9
My initial reaction to District 9, upon the movie ending was to say -- and I quote; "What the fuck was that?!" I sort of...
Technology
28" HDMI Monitor
So Tigerdirect was having a hell of a deal on something I have sorta wanted for a while... I have been playing games, programming, and...
Games
Game Review: Champions Online
Okay I know I'm not supposed to talk about this yet, but it's near enough to open beta that I feel I can safely talk...
Society
Offensive footwear!
So a co-worker of mine showed up wearing what, at the time, I could only describe as "glove shoes". They are sort of like water...
Games
WoWvsWar
I love the Warhammer universe. I have been an avid player of the various table top miniature games as well as the couple RPG games...
Hobbies
Ork Dip! The 10 minute paint job...
So I am going to be entering in a 40k tournament in August. I'll be entering as an Ork player and have been tuning and...
Hobbies
40k Leman Russ
While my Tau Hammerhead is coming along nicely, I needed a bit of a break from it. I decided to model something from either the...
Hobbies
Wacom Bamboo Graphics Tablet
I have been getting back into 3D modeling lately and ran into my old nemesis -- texturing! For whatever reason, I had never really been...
Games
Thorim is hard! Don't nurf him blizzard!
Yep.. This is a World of Warcraft post.. And one in which I plan to complain to Blizzard about the recent rounds of nurfing.. But...
Society
World of Warcraft and PETA
So, on Saturday the 11th of April, PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) held an awareness gathering in World of Warcraft where they...
Money
2009 Penny Redesign
So I wasn't terribly shocked to find a brand new penny in my hand upon receiving change for the breakfast I purchased this morning.. I...
About Me
Cruise Photos
So I have been asked repeatedly when am I going to get these photos posted.. I have to apologize that its taken this long.. My...
Hobbies
Mercedes-Benz CLK350
So I have been in a the market for a new car for a while now. I haven't really pushed for it with my wife...
Software
jQuery and Browser based games
I have been playing with the jQuery animate functionality a bit today and it occurred to me that jQuery would likely be the perfect library...
Software
jQuery Lightbox
I have been playing with the javascript library jQuery for a couple days now.. My intent is to learn the ins and out's of it...
Games
Game Review: Empire: Total War
So I have long been a fan of the Total War franchise created by Creative Assembly.. Their games have always been pretty fun -- but...
Software
Software Review: Windows 7 Beta
I'm generally slow to change operating systems.. When it comes to making one of those sweeping changes, traditionally I was the equivalent of an old...
Games
Game Review: Dawn of War 2
I love Warhammer. I have played Warhammer table top war game both fantasy and 40k pretty much since they came out. I also have the...
Games
World of Warcraft, #134 Error -- Fixed
It's fixed! The dreaded 134 Error is no more! And for the most part the Blizzard tech support people are completely worthless.. But I...
Games
25man Malygos
So we have been playing a LOT of World of Warcraft of late. I must admit I'm very much enjoying it for the most part. ...
Games
Game Review: Mirrors Edge
Mirrors Edge for the PC is a first person action-adventure puzzle game with an extremely compelling story line and quite possibly the most frustrating game...
Games
Game Review: Left 4 Dead
I have to admit that I'm not a huge fan of zombie thrillers, so I was hesitant about picking up the latest game from Valve;...
Games
Game Review: Railroads!
I'm a bit of a Sid Meier's fan -- He will likely go down in history as the king of turn based strategy games with...
2008
Games
World of Warcraft and Error #134
The Blue Mods at the Blizzard World of Warcraft forums asked me to post about my problems so I did... again..
Games
Jack Tompson has been disbarred
So, the infamous anti-gaming crusader Jack Thompson has finally met his match in the form of the Florida Supreme Court who this week permanently disbarred...
Games
Game Review: Farcry 2
Open world game play is all the rage. The industry has decided that linear is out and that open ended randomness is in!
Software
Windows XP Sp.3 ... "Access Denied!"
"Updates are ready for your computer. Click here to download these updates. " But don't expect Windows XP to actually know how to install them.
Games
Game Review: GRID
So, I have always liked racing games. Grand Turismo was always my favorite franchise on the PS2 because the game was absolutely beautiful and fun...
Society
Knowledge: When to use semicolon.
The semicolon is a simple piece of punctuation, much easier to work with than the comma because it follows fairly clear rules. If you learn...
Aviation
I hate commercial airplanes
I used to think I hated traveling in general, but the more I ponder it the more I realize that I like to travel. ......
Games
Cryptic Studios
Shooting themselves in the foot? Mmm maybe.. I'm an avid MMO player and ever since Cryptic first announced City of Heroes back in 2002 I...
Games
Warhammer and Warhammer Online
I play Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy table top games. I also used to play the Warhammer fantasy role playing game when I was in...
Media
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is LEGEN-DARY! (er.. sorry.. wrong show).. Joss Whedon put together this little internet mini-series during the writers strike and its really...
Games
City of Heroes and Ubuntu
I have been playing the hell out of City of Heroes over the last month or two. I have enjoyed it but will be happy...
Software
IBM and Agile Programming
So I have been pretty busy of late. Work has been on endless "crunch" period which promises to continue in this vein for the time...
Hobbies
I can play the radio...
... and that's about it. When I was in middle and high school I was in band and played everything from the trombone to the...
Games
Web based games
So I find I have been playing quite a few web based games of late. And just about all of them has brought to the...
Software
Javascript Obfuscation
Code obfuscators will strip out the unnecessary characters like white space, tabs, newlines and comments.. but that's not all.
Software
Which format to use; Gif, Jpeg, Png
I was asked today what my professional opinion was with regards to which graphical format to use in web design. I pondered it a bit...
Society
OH dear god.. EW!
I go on a lot of walks here in my neighborhood in order to unwind for the day. I also like to delude myself and...
Games
Spore Porn *sigh*
Spore is a multi-genre massively single-player online game designed by Will Wright and has drawn quite a lot of attention due to its massive scope...
Games
Super Heroes is st00pid
City of Heroes (and thus City of Villains) is one of those sleeper games that has a lot of hidden depth. I played CoH for...
Games
Age of Conan is beginning to annoy me
I'm starting to get upset / annoyed with Age of Conan. Probably it's more fair to say, disappointed -- but you can only scream at...
Games
Assassins Creed
Another console to PC port that's been out since April, Assassins Creed is a third person sneaker created by Ubisoft in which the player repeatedly...
Games
Mass Effect
This game looked awesome! Everyone that played it said it was awesome and that I should rush out and get a console to play it...
Technology
3G iPhone
There is no two ways about it, Steve Jobs is a pretty smart fellow, and the latest iPhone hotness just proves it.
About Me
It's been a year already?!
So I can't believe I have been married for a year already! A whole year has gone by in the blink of an eye! It...
Games
By Crom, it's Age of Conan!
It's interesting.. I pride myself on beta testing just about every MMO that has ever been.. So I was a little sad when for whatever...
Games
Front Towards Enemy!
So, nothing bothers me more about Call of Duty 4 than how it and every other game, movie and .. media of choice .. misrepresent...
Hobbies
Anyone seen my hobby?!
I was asked the other day why I don't update my website more often.. A fine question, and I can only offer one answer.. I...
Technology
I'm a software guy...
I have discovered as I have gotten older, and more experienced in the ways of computing that I just don't care what operating system I...
Games
Video games make me do bad things!
So yet another campus shooting is in the headlines. And yet again people are yelling that video games are the problem! What a complete crock...
Games
PC Gaming is Dead!
As many of you know I play a lot of games. Specifically PC games. You name it and there is a good chance I have...
Health
Subluxation: A Chiropractic crock of shit!
Subluxation is a real medical term, it is an incomplete or partial dislocation of a joint or an organ. As such if you have a...
Technology
A bots route to localhost
Recently my server came under what I can only describe as an attack. Clearly some poorly written bot was trying to slurp emails or some...
Technology
iPhone, it's not all hype
As some of my close friends know, I have been shopping for a new cellphone for a while now. And those same folks will tell...
Software
Ubuntu, Wine and World of Warcraft
I am far from a linux "fanboi", in fact until recently I didn't really use linux all that much at all.. All of my games...
About Me
My kitty Babie
Yesterday was a hard day. Even now I get a lump in my throat thinking about it. Yesterday my long time pet, companion and friend...
Games
Wow, I hate you!
Warcraft, I hate you! Okay I don't actually.. In fact, I think the game play is pretty good. The social aspect is pretty good, the...
Games
Eve being bad and tools
So as some of you know I have been playing the hell out of Eve.. I am really enjoying the game and things are going...
2007
Games
Games should be fun
I fear that so many new games that are being created by small developers, like Infinity Earth, are so against creating what they call a...
Games
Space Submarine!
I have been playing the hell out of Silent Hunter 3 recently. I have always enjoyed good submarine games, which can be tough to do...
Software
Gutsy > Windows and Portal
At work I use just about nothing but Linux. Even my IBM issued laptop is dual-bootable.. The Linux of choice I have gone with is...
Software
Upgrading Woes
Recently I decided it was time to upgrade both my blogging software, and my forum software. Both are quite far behind the times, and lacking...
Political
How dare you judge!
So near where I work there is a Planned Parenthood facility. It’s in a quiet little area in a very tasteful building not hurting anyone....
About Me
Mental Note: Boiling oil = HOT!
So I got it into my head today that I'd like to make some falafel.. my finger didn't thank me.
About Me
Whats new...
It’s been a while since I have posted.. and not a lot has changed.. Pretty much nothing of any importance that I can think of.....
Media
More RIAA Thuggery
I maintain that the RIAA are a bunch of thugs and bullies with nothing better to do than harass not only you the consumer, but...
Software
Big5 to UTF-8 on Chinese Windows
Microsoft has yet again been a source of pain for me.. And let me say that I find it amusing that English windows does unicode...
Society
Tipping is a gratuity!
I really hate how in America today, and most likely the world wide, tipping is required. Tipping is no longer a gratuity...
Games
Webbased 4X game in the MoO vein
I have long wanted to make a game -- pretty much since I was a kid. Typically I try to make something bigger than is...
About Me
Pulling weeds in my big ass yard
1 Acre = 4047 Square Meters 1 Acre = 4640 Square Yards 1 Acre = 41260 Square Feet 1 Acre = 8*80 gallon bags of...
Society
Elevator Etiquette
For anyone who has ever in their life previously, or may at some point in the future, use a vertical assention device - a.k.a. an...
About Me
Vegas Baby!
Well we just got back from a three day in Vegas.. It was really only about 48 hours all together and I must admit, I'm...
Media
The RIAA .. Pissing on the masses
So.. yet again the RIAA has decided to sue someone.. I know, shocking.. The RIAA, is suing XM for offering a device that allows people...
Software
IE7's JSFoo sucks so badly it's painful!
Since I work for IBM, I can't officially say that IE sucks in my code comments -- someone complained..
Society
Goddamn I hate people..
Some redneck jackass gets in behind me and is flashing his lights while tailgating.. Clearly I'm not going fast enough for him.
Technology
Homebrew Rapid Prototyping
In the words of a friend.. "Santa clause machines are cool.." and I can't agree more.
Hobbies
Home Depot kicks ass!
Home Depot kicks ass - they make things simple and good, even when they could have easily turned me away.
Money
Fry's strikes again!
I'd rather have higher prices on products that actually work, rather than deal with your shit Fry's..
2006
Hobbies
Polyester Resin Pens
Something I used to do years ago, and have started to do again was making pens. Wood turning is a lot of fun and you...
Software
Programming, and Me
I first started programming on the Commodore Vic-20.. That was back in the days of hand assembling 6502 opcodes and calculating branch offsets in my...
Comedy
My Cats Diary
In an attempt to confuse any would-be reader; I have cleverly written my diary from bottom up. Ha ha!
Society
Faith is a contradiction
Faith is a device of self delusion, a slight of hands done with words and emotions founded on any irrational notion that can be dreamed...
Health
I hate my legs
I absolutely hate my legs. Not in the typical woman, "my legs are fat" or "I have tube legs" sort of way, but rather in...
Games
Past MMO's I have played
Below is a list of every MMO that I can remember playing -- Either in beta, or once the game when live.
2005
Games
Creativity in modern games
One of the main issues with games today is that they are all striving very hard to simulate reality.
About Me
Ambivalent about people
Sometimes I wish I were alone, out in space.. A lone trader.. Just trying to make a living.. Not bothering anyone.. More to the point,...
2004
Aviation
Sky Diving
I got to do something that was literally above and beyond the range of the word cool. I got to jump out of an airplane...
Technology
T-Mobile's Stellar Service
T-Mobile used to be a damn good mobile carrier, but their service is starting to suck. Their customer service people lie, are generally rude, and...
Money
Ebay Bidding...
I am not financial wiz-kid here. Infact, ever since my girl friend moved in, I have pushed all financial responsibility off on to her. Hey...
2003
Media
I hate advertising...
Everywhere I turn.. Advertising! It's everywhere! Right now, thanks to that damn "sober" virus out of Germany, I'm getting a crapload of German spam!
2001
Society
Being called a racist...
I refused to judge a person based on their race.. but in turn was judged and called a racist.
Political
Our generations Pearl Harbor?
What has been solved today? Oh yeah.. You sure showed us.. What was the point? Why did thousands of people have to die? what were...
Software
Software Piracy
I got into another Software Piracy debate today.. People just don't get it. As a programmer that makes his living off the software that he...
2000
Society
Fan Films Forum
Amateur / Fan Films Forum was created in back in early 2000 and was made up of a small community of amateur and fan film enthusiasts..
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