Jason Ellis
RandomStringOfWords.com
a space for sharing ideas, reflections, and the occasional strong opinion. If you're here, you're probably curious about something I've built, said, or am working on. Either way, I'm glad you found your way here.
Most Recent Blog Posts
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Six figures for a domain?!
As some of you know, I was the creator of Palavista.com
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...
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..
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.
Homebrew Rapid Prototyping
In the words of a friend.. "Santa clause machines are cool.." and I can't agree more.