Thursday, June 27, 2013

Cheap Gas

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A confluence of things happened today that resulted in my filling up my tank for $2.12 per gallon: An area with cheap gas to begin with...
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Solid State Hard Drives, and 15 year old memories

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About two weeks ago, I installed a solid state hard drive in my computer -- a SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB that I got on super sale for $85 -- p...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Feeling Old in the Digital Age

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When I went to college, email was still a relatively new and novel phenomenon.  People's primary method of getting onto the internet con...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

North Korean Nuclear Test, in plain English

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The fact that the North Koreans have tested their third nuclear device has been widely reported , but I haven't seen much scientific ...
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Redundant Safety

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Whenever I see overt double redundancy, I'm immediately tempted to test the system. In this case, a ground fault plug, plugged into...
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Monday, October 15, 2012

Power At The Pump

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After a solid 6 hour brain-drain effort this morning worrying about non-technical details associated with configuration management, I decide...
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Saturday, September 15, 2012

Petulant Politicians and their Piss-Poor Performance

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I've been pretty sick the past few days with a 103 degree fever, but the silver lining is that the time at home has given me the chance ...
Monday, June 11, 2012

Inspirational Quote #4

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Nike had a stroke of brilliance with their "Just Do It" slogan and campaign.  I mean, what a simple, motivational, and utterly ins...