Straight Talk Debacle
tl;dr - Avoid Straight Talk like the plague if you want mobile data or customer service.
Life
CR-48 and Linux Connectivity
Was one of the luck ones that got a not-so-shiny (matte black actually) ChromeOS netbook from Google this past Friday. The only thing I’ll say here about Ch...
Android Backups
After finally retiring my Symbian phones, I’ve moved into the world of Android (coughSamsung Captivatecough) and digging the flexibility. On thing that alwa...
Four weeks
That’s how long it’s been since I began this experiment with electronic cigarettes. Haven’t touched a regular cig since then, haven’t missed em and won’t go...
Two weeks
That’s how long it’s been since I had an ‘analog’ cigarette. And I’ve started running again. Life is good. Posted by Wordmobi
From the ‘Duh!’ files
Had my first workout post-cigarettes and wow… Being able to breathe again makes a huge difference in the quality of the exercise (duh!). Was able to really ...
One week…
… and not a single ‘analog’ cigarette. Rock!
eCigs FTW!
So my new tasty ‘juice’ came in today and I’m 100% hooked. The flavor is worlds above the pre-filled carts I got with my 901 and it’s much, much smoother.
Another smoke-free day
Haven’t smoked a regular cig since Friday evening and I feel great. Yesterday I did experience some restlessness but I’m chalking that up to the lack of the...
Faux Cigs
So, been aware of the so-called ‘eCig’ for a little while now but finally was able to try one a friend has at work. My starter kit and a few extras came in ...
This post is full of WIN
My oldest daughter just found out she made gymnastics team! She’s worked really hard and fully deserves the spot. Way to go Britton!
On Vacation
On the East Coast for the week enjoying some quiet family time at the beach. Managed to find a really nice house (with hot tub) within walking distance from...
Down in Mississippi…
Traveling for the holidays has us staying with Tiff’s folks in Picayune this week. Kris and Candice scheduled Addisyn’s first bday party for Sunday (pics) s...
Published!
I wrote up a little review of the Nokia Internet Tablets for Red Hat Magazine. Go check it out!
New car
Finally went out and bought a proper family vehicle. Did some research and the Subaru Forester looked like the best fit. It’s got more than twice the cargo...
These Days
Been a while since I last posted. Tho not from a lack of desire or subject matter, simply a lack of time.
Welcome Addisyn!
My sis-in-law and her hubby had a beautiful baby girl this morning around 11:15. Addisyn Reese weighed 7lbs, 4ozs and was 19 1/2”. Congrats Candice and Kris!
Future Computer Scientist?
I think so! :)
On Vacation
For the first time in, well, ever actually we are on a proper vacation. We flew out from RDU Thursday morning and arrived in Phoenix around 15:00 local time...
All Alone
So I put Tiff and the girls on a flight this morning to Mississippi. Britton’s gonna be heading down to Disneyland for a week while Tiff and Blythe go a vis...
First US Tool Tour Dates!
Toolshed has an updated listing of the tour dates. According to liveDaily, they’ll be playing a show at New Orleans’ Voodoo Music Experience alongside Red H...
Tool tour announcement?
According to Fourth Eye, Tool is gonna be making a “huge announcement” on Monday. Here’s hoping it’s the much anticipated US tour dates!
Playoffs, good and bad
Bad is that the Phoenix Suns got bumped outta the NBA playoffs. Soooo the finals will have two teams I simply don’t care about - Dallas and Miami.
Hiatus
hmmm… Last post was back in February, lot’s changed since then.
Life, Gnome and OpenVPN
It’s been quite a while since I posted last, and a lot has been going on. On the life front, I’ve been going through a month-long interview process for a re...
Odd Christmas Card
My In-laws got this Christmas card from a friend of theirs that is obviously having a difficult time coping with life after Katrina. You decide whether it’s...
Bruce Schneier: Unchecked presidential power
Bruce Schneier: Unchecked presidential power Laws are what give us security against the actions of the majority and the powerful. If we discard our constitut...
Fuck Christmas
Not my words, however a damn good article…
Resume, yay
Finally got my resume updated and posted here… So anyone that wants to pay me lots of money to do really cool FOSS stuff, please check it out. ;)
Techies, Geeks ‘n Coders
Techies, Geeks ‘n Coders 1 I do know everything, just not all at once. It’s a virtual memory problem.
New Domain!
After all the Katrina fun (I’ll write my experiences soon, promise!), I decided to get off my a** and get a proper domain name and hosting company. I’ve got...
Aeon Flux Trailer
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/aeon_flux/large.html
CNN.com – James Doohan, ‘Star Trek’s’ Scotty, dead – Jul 20, 2005
CNN.com - James Doohan, ‘Star Trek’s’ Scotty, dead - Jul 20, 2005
A message for Bin Laden
~binnull
RealID
If you don’t like the idea of a mandated national ID card, please click here and let your senators know immediately. We don’t have much time.
Kevin Smith: My Boring-Ass Life
Kevin Smith uses WP for his blog… Nice to know he’s got more than just film making talent…
Bout damn time!
Meethune finally got a blog all setup… Finally!
Lovin the Hustle
Kung Fu Hustle My rating: 4 out of 5 Watched this last night and enjoyed every minute of it. The trailers I've seen portray it as just a comedy, b...
I’m in Hattiesburg, Bitch!
A friend sent me this link. Imagine getting press for something like this…
Weekend Fun
Learned a few things this weekend about computers and religion: xfsdump/xfsrestore is a beautiful combo. Had the root partition decide to develop bad secto...
BOFH and the hydrogen-based explosive device
BOFH and the hydrogen-based explosive device | The Register
Personal productivity in Linux
Edd Dumbill has some really great suggestions here… Well worth the read. Personal productivity in LInux
Final Destination 2
Final Destination 2 My rating: 3 out of 5 Caught most of this one on one of the movie channels over the past week and was rather impressed with th...
New Beck CD
Guero My rating: 5 out of 5 Got my hands on an advance copy of the new Beck CD intitled Guero last night and have been quite impressed so far. Heâ...
EW!
Sooo disturbing
New Beck CD
Real review here
Shuffle my GStreamer
I bought Tiff an Ipod Shuffle for her birthday (which she absolutely loves) and have had to figure out what to do about my ogg collection. I found info on a...
I’m alive!
Would you survive a horror movie? Find out @ She's Crafty
Blythe Gallery
I got the pictures we’ve taken so far up on our gallery so all can gaze upon the perfection that is Blythe… ;)
No place like home
Had to fight with the hospital people all day, but we finally made it home. I’m well past tired at the moment so more will have to wait till another day…
New Schick!
Blythe Elizabeth was born at 20:26 (-6 GMT), Feb 21st 2005. She weighed 7lbs, 7ozs and was 20 inches in length. Blythe and Proud Pappa
Baby soon!
Tiff just called me at work and she’s having contractions ~10-15 mins apart, so it’s looking like we will have the new addition within the next 24 hrs or so…
Weekend
Got to just mope around the house this weekend with Tiff since Britton decided to spend the weekend with the grandparents. Been rather nice with the excepti...
New Yorkers’ Problem with the Iraqi Elections
Came across this really interesting article on the war in Iraq, the elections and the conflicting reactions within the more knee-jerk liberals.
Bad taste strikes again…
First there was the JFK Assassination game and now this… And people wonder why large portions of the world see Americans as boorish nitwits.
Censorship strikes Super Bowl
Hot Points A blog by Go Daddy founder and president Bob Parsons
Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network
Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network
The Phobia List
The Phobia List
This is wrong on just so many levels…
Slaves for sale!
Family on the net
Well, it’s finally happened… One of my extended family got a pic posted on the ‘net. It’s the hot chick on the left.
Target : Entertainment : Marijuana
Man… Target really is a hell of a store… Can’t wait to get one here… ;)
Rant
Paint First of all, I’d just like to state for the record that painting sucks. In preparation for our new addition (due Feb 21st), I’ve had to convert my of...
Oddity of the Week
Woke up yesterday to the neighborhood buzzing about this hawk on top of a power pole… Poor bastard apparently got a nice squirrel and decided to land to mun...
Moving Sucks
Been moving stuff around to free up what was my office here at the house to be used as a nursery for the past week and a half, which has involved switching r...
Really??
This really can’t be serious…
Double Standards
If the parties were reversed in this, it would be all over the news as an example of free speach oppression…
Ashcroft to resign???
This would be wonderful beyond words… Now for Rummy ;) DrudgeReportArchives.com � 2004
Bush
Yup, he won… I was expecting a win, but not the way this has worked out. He’s managed to collect the popular and electoral vote along with gaining seats in ...
Emotive
Just got my hands on a pre-release of A Perfect Circle’s new CD Emotive. It’s “a collection of songs about war, peace, love and greed”, all re-interpretatio...
Super Size Me
Watched Super Size Me tonight while discussing ebuild conversion for PMF/Bob/epac with Meethune. It was actually quite good, tho quite disturbing to see the...
Saved
After a full day of office cleaning and keeping up with my fantasy football team, I sat down and watched Saved. For those that aren’t familiar with the plot...
Swearing
I came across an entry in Rich Burridge’s blog about dealing with kids and swearing and it reminded me of the first time we had to deal with that issue…
Fact
Jen sent me this one…
Fizzle
Ivan has moved far enough to the east of us to spare us the brunt of the bad weather. So far the hardest gust we’ve seen is 38 mph, a far cry from the 90 mp...
And Night Falls…
The weather has certainly gotten worse, but it’s not anything serious… Yet.
Shit
According to the latest warnings, we are looking “WIND SPEEDS OF 75 TO 85 WITH PEAK GUSTS TO NEAR 100 MPH” and flash flooding…
Slightly Windy
Title bout says it all… Getting 10-20 mph gusts right now which is pretty weak, but we are looking at 40-50 overnight and 50-70 tomorrow with possible 90 mph...
Here it comes…
Ivan is close, and it’s really obvious… The sky is all cloudy and things are eerily quiet. They are now calling for 50-70 mph winds here tomorrow, but it re...
Ivan
I know it’s been a while since I last posted, but there’s been a whole lot going on… Right now it looks like we are 24hrs or so from Ivan’s landfall. They ...
team america
New movie from those geniuses of satire, Matt Stone and Trey Parker of South Park fame… This one’s gonna be great!
Updates
I’ve been pretty damn tardy with my updates as of late, but things have been very hectic.
NCBuy Weird News: World Destruction Begins Sept. 29 – 2004-07-19
Yea… this is it folks…
A new Schick to be unleashed, current Schick is brilliant!
We got confirmation Yesterday from the doctors that a new little brilliant, cute, primo child will be coming into our home… The due date is supposed to be F...
Shrek 2
We took Britton to go see Shrek 2 this past weekend… Not a bad flick all in all, tho the addition of the cat assassin saved the flick.
‘It’s inside me!’
Wow…
Back at work….
Had an absolutely wonderful vacation time at home this past week. Tiff and I got to spend some very much needed time alone together and I got some really go...
Not Dead… Really
Man… It’s been quite a while since my last post here and a lot has changed.
Ettore Gone…
It seems the Gnome (and OSS) community has lost yet another champion. Gnome developer, Evolution leader and all around good guy Ettore Perazzoli passed away...
Obligitory Matrix Revolutions Review
IT SUCKS
Score One for the Rich Guys
Good ole’ Hollywood is screwing everyone again. The FCC approved a “broadcast flag” too effectively take away the option of recording anything on TV. Accord...
Ahhh… Freedom…
Looks like you have to watch what you say on your own blog… This poor bastard got fired for posting the fact that Microsoft uses G5’s…
Bebop and giFT
Took a little break from the fun of leopard development to check a few things out I’ve been meaning to for a while.
Matrix Revolutions Trailer!
Checked my favorite torrent site this morning and found the new theatrical trailer for Revolutions. Wow! I just hope they don’t try too damn hard like they...
Favorit Blog Quote
From Meethune: "a geek without a blog is like a pimp without hoes"