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New domain, new ISP, moving my blog
I changed ISPs recently, from Cox cable to Verizon. I don't want to dwell on the issue, but let me just say I can think of a homonym for Cox that sums up my opinions of them very well.
With the ISP change comes some email address, website, and blog …
A call for .NET Webhackers
I'm looking for two webhackers keen on .NET, one with C++ knowledge and one with XSL knowledge. Hanley-Wood is migrating its business and Web applications to .NET. I think the team needs an infusion of OSS methods and tools. The team is smart, but lacks experience with common team tools …
Join the Free conspiracy
I'm having a lot of fun in my new job. I have an office too. It over-looks Thomas Circle. Though as the picture shows, it is an ex-circle; New Hampshire Avenue has bisected it (twice).
It is nice to work with smart people again, but I need more. I'm looking …
Traveshamockery
Friday was my last day working for Direct Holdings, the company that acquired Time-Life at the start of this year. My friend Jeff described the company's plans to continue without me as a traveshamockery. He uses that word often, though I wasn't sure if he means "travesty, sham, mockery". A …
SSH Port forwarding for mental health
Living behind a firewall can be a lonely and disparaging place to be. Using ssh's port forwarding capabilities has become an essential task to get through the day. Every few months something is closed off, and I add one more item to my morning startup routine. Opening ports to IRC …
new Vector();
I resigned yesterday. I accepted a job to move a company to .NET. Shortly afterwords Monster Government Services called me and asked me to delay my decision until Nov 2. Oh well. I haven't signed anything yet so I may have an awkward moment on Tuesday. Monster uses Linux and …
Moments of Indecision
I'm at the point where I must make a decision about a job. If it weren't for the fact I must work on Windows, I would say yes immediately. I have had a few job offers in the past month and I have turned them down because they offered me …
Antics
I cannot stop playing Interpol's new album Antics. I have donned
headphones to separate myself from friends and family. There previous
album Turn on the Bright Lights was merely an appetizer. I binged upon
The Decline and Fall of British Sea Power, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and
Placebo's Sleeping with …
Indy, age 5, rebel
Two weeks ago Indy^1^ announced she is off the meat-list. Anne and I haggled with her on the issue. She will eat fish, and poultry on occasion, in exchange she will eat a wider variety of foods. I thought she would go a few days, but clearly I am …
Medusa autofoo fixed
Xan was quick to catch that I
borked my modernization of Medusa's autotools. I have no idea what
inserted the m4 dir into my Makefile.am, but it was very naughty. I do
not have any macros to install, so i removed all references to m4. I
note that GNOME's …