Thankful

I'm thankful to have everyone back home tonight. My son was hospitalized 9 days ago for a severe case of RSV. It's been tough but thankfully our family pulled together and received a lot of help from extended family and friends.

I'm still reflecting on our health …

Too Sexy for the Superbowl

What do PETA, GoDaddy and a fly by night adultery site have in common? Their commercials are all too sexy for NBC Sport's coverage of the Super Bowl. Thanks to the Janet Jackson debacle which exposed millions of pre-pubescent boys to their first glimpse of boobie, the …

Daytona 24 Hours 2009

Keep up with the action via Live Timing and on Speed (http://laptrax.racersites-cluster.com/OrbitsServer/jsp/ViewRace.jsp?sid=475). This year's event started at 3 and runs well into Sunday. Keep tabs on all of my commentary via Tumblr (http://rax262.tumblr.com/) and …

Joomla 1.5

I'm kind of late to the party but I've finally started playing around with Joomla 1.5. I tried to do a site conversion a few weeks ago and managed to break nearly everything on this site. Thankfully the new, completely rewritten Joomla is cleaner and so packed full of …

Will Code for BBQ

Truth be told I'd write code for a nice cup of fresh ground coffee and some Lexington style BBQ. Personal favorite? Richard's in Salisbury. Check out this interactive map (http://www.ncbbqsociety.com/bbqmap/trail_map.html) of great BBQ places across North …

Dealing with Kido, the Conficker worm

Friends, let me tell you what.. it's been a helluva week. It all started at the end of last week with the infection of several servers at work. By Monday our entire system was under attack and things were breaking down. I've lived through several attacks but this …

Dakar Rally 2009

The rally is back but what is Dakar without well Dakar?

Though the 2008 Dakar Rally was canceled due to security concerns the event is back in 2009 but this time on a different continent. This year's rally takes place in South America and leads me question whether a …

The Plan

"Russians don't take a dump, son, without a plan."

Now that the holidays are behind us I think that it's high time we discussed the plan for 2009. For starters my primary goal, besides wealth and fame, is to expand agricultural operations in the respect of "What can I …

Santa Claus Bailout Hearings

An early Christmas present

..for the people of Tempe Arizona/

Rebloged from Dvorak.org (http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/12/23/ho-ho-ho-santa-filmed-disabling-speed-cameras-in-arizona/)

Traveling with Kids

As our children grow older I find myself looking for tips about how to keep them calm on long car rides. While we don't fly very much we occasionally make the 4 1/2 hour trip to the beach which can be stressful. I found the following article on Kiplinger.Com which …

Screw You Yahoo

Reblog from TechCrunch

The Story:
Michelle Chappel, who created the video above, writes in to give us her view of the fall of Yahoo from an insiders perspective:

I have a news tip about a topic you

Kick Ass and chew gum

Today marked the official deep-six of social blogging site Pownce and as such I downloaded my entries and comments for storage. In the recent weeks I've begun to acclimate myself with Tumblr, a suitable replacement, and to continue my brief Twitter updates My only …

Soady Pop

What's more disturbing that a recent trend in secular violence or the terrors of an economy in recession? The utter decline in journalism. Take for example this puff piece from CBS about the rise of "teen bombers". …

Pownce is going away

All hail the our new overlords: Tumblr

Very much the same feature set as Pownce, Tumblr allows you to post images, quotes and attach files. I also test drove Jaiku but the service was too much like Twitter and didn't offer anything compelling beyond. So I've …

I hate Yahoo

Despite the fact that many users still use the free email service, I have accepted the fact that the company has been on the downward spiral for some time and that even Karl Icahn can not save them from themselves. If Microsoft buys Yahoo mail I hope they fix the myriad …

A Black Wednesday

The trouble with firefighting is you have to know what to douse the flames with. Wednesday there was a major emergency with our system at work. To make a long story short there was a hardware failure, which brought down part of the application and emphasized the …

A grassy hill in the sun

Life can be stressful at times and though we think that we have a handle on it we can never truly return to the carefree days of our youth. That is except when a little one asks us, with great innocence and expectation in their eyes, to "roll down the hill with me …

Cornucopia of Crab

Way hey and away we go.. crab fishing returns next weekend to the sunny and now cold island. Sadly I still haven't eaten the crab I caught last time. I strongly suspect a seafood themed meal either around Christmas or New Years Day.

In other seafaring news I …

Meet the latest tech gadget: The Pomegranate

Hottest new cellphone in the world!

Pomegranate is feature packed (http://www.pomegranatephone.com/). Surf the web, answer email, enjoy a cup of coffee or even practice one of those old hobo tunes as you sit by your barrel of burning stationary after a high profile …