Category Archives: General

Hey if you need a good Play-Do recipe, here is a good one on my other site. My wife has used it for the kids on many occasions and it is just like the stuff from the toy stores.

Fairly recently, the concept of ‘weak links’ have become mainstream in programming languages. Even python has them with the weakref system. Recently, after thinking about a problem, this got me thinking about filesystems. On the Mac (OS X), software is … Continue reading →

So, for my last snowboarding trip, I bought some Flow Bindings. I tried them out for two days. Overall, I’m a little mixed on them. They were definitely easy to use, but the response wasn’t what I expected. At the … Continue reading →

Ok. The internet has been around a long long time now. Back in the day, we used to use names to differentiate hosts, usually around protocols (ftp, smtp, telnet, etc.). Back then, ‘www’, was just another protocol. Today, it is … Continue reading →

The other day, just as I was going to lunch, I heard a tap-tap-tap sound as I was driving. I’ve heard that sound enough times to know that it could be a fricking nail in the tire. Sure enough, I … Continue reading →

I used to watch his show at my neighbor’s house when I was 12 or so. I never understood the show, but it was an exciting time. I was learning from my neighbor about the stock market. (It was also … Continue reading →

Today is a special day for several reasons. The first reason it is important is that it is my oldest daughters birthday today. Today she is 10! The second reason today is important is that it marks the decade that … Continue reading →

I ran accross this guys web page the other day. I didn’t read most of it, but as my eyes were scanning, I ran across this entertaining blurb: I once took a trip to California. They taught me an important … Continue reading →