True Love
Sep 30, 2006 in Reviews
I'm into the whole minimalist wallet thing -- the slim look, the lack of pocket bulges (I get enough from my Treo), and the fact that I don't schlep half of my office with me every time I leave the house all keep me happy. My last wallet, reasonably well-liked if not particularly perfect (the money clip thing was a good experiment, but not a success for me) fell apart and was discarded without too much fanfare or too many tears. Its replacement, however... well, I'm in love. Read on... (plus 2 Comments)
Will Somebody Please Explain to Me What the SVN vs. CVS Thing Is?
Sep 27, 2006 in Will Somebody Please Explain To Me...
I discovered CVS at the very beginning of this century, when I was doing Web dev. Getting past revisions? Diff? Little notes on what changes I'd made? Life-saver. Even after leaving the industry, I kept much of my work in CVS, because revisions and branching are useful even for binary file formats, such as Word .docs or Photoshop .psds. Read on... (plus 1 Comments)
The Affair of the Bottle
Sep 25, 2006 in True Life Stories
I did not -- and this probably comes as very little of a surprise to most people who read this blog reguarly -- spend much time in the Principal's office in Elementary School. In all honesty, I simply wasn't popular enough to have the chance to act out in a way that would gain the attention of the higher-ups. Read on... (plus 2 Comments)
Those Who Fail To Learn From History Are Doomed To Repeat It. Oops.
Sep 24, 2006 in Ye Olde Politicks
One thing about me -- a detail which makes me substantially less useful as a person from whom you can borrow a book -- is that, like many geeky boys, I enjoy my military history books. My tastes in this genre tend strongly to more-technical works which completely describe the challenges individuals and states face and then give a complete history of how that challenge was surmounted (or not). Right now I'm reading a particularly interesting (to me), if perhaps somewhat detailed and dry, book, The Arming of Europe and the Making of the First World War. I've recently come to a chapter that describes the oft-forgotten Bosnian crisis of 1908, a historical event that, at the time, appeared to be a complete victory for Germany and Austria-Hungary but which turned out to be, unexpectedly, a complete disaster for those two Powers. Read on... (plus 3 Comments)
Meet the New Look, Same as the Old Look
Sep 19, 2006 in Meta
Well, ok, it's not the same, but, well, it sounded like a catchy headline. Anyway, welcome to my new look. It's big, and it's dark grey, and it's got my moblog right at the top, and I love it. Read on... (plus 6 Comments)