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So much meta
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Oh, the days when writing a web page meant sitting down, opening Notepad, and typing . No systems, no frameworks, no revision control. None of those things which separate the experienced developer (dare I say “professional”) from the guy who sits down at his keyboard and ( Read more... ) -
Is this thing on?
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Apparently the last time I posted on this blog was two months ago yesterday. I hadn’t quite realized it had been that long.
But, well, in the spirit of posting something here, the past two months have at least been fun. Work has been a bit on the crazy side lately as I’ve ( Read more... ) -
Angelic Water
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Tonight was certainly an interesting evening. A couple of weeks ago, I got an invitation from one of my karate students inviting me to attend her baptism. I did that tonight, and it was really something.
To set out a bit of context, this was all happening at a mega-church a ( Read more... ) -
New year, new job description
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I got my official promotion today as part of TSP’s transition into the new year. In my new role I’m doing, well, pretty much exactly what I’ve been doing, but at a pay grade rather more appropriate for the job and my education. As an added bonus, the work I’m doing is ( Read more... ) -
Blogging in 2009
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Every year people make resolutions to do various things throughout the year. On average, it seems like pretty close to none of those things happen. This helps keep the resolution market wide open, since most of the time you can just repeat the pledge (and failure) next year ( Read more... ) -
My Political Post for the Season
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So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.
Thinking about the election tomorrow, this quote jumped into my head and won’t go away. From where things stand right now, it seems almost a foregone conclusion that Barack Obama will be the next President of the United ( Read more... ) -
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The Looming Tower, al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 is probably the best book I've read in a fairly long time. Within its pages comes the history of radical Islamic jihad and the formation of al-Qaeda. As one would expect from the title, the book culminates with the destruction of the World Trade Center towers and concludes in a brief aftermath as ( Read more... ) -
The Looming Tower
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The Looming Tower, al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 is probably the best book I’ve read in a fairly long time. Within its pages comes the history of radical Islamic jihad and the formation of al-Qaeda. As one would expect from the title, the book culminates with the destruction ( Read more... ) -
Palin Hacker Exposes Security Flaw in Security Questions
A number of sources over the past day or so have been filled with the story of Sarah Palin's email account being broken into by Anonymous. While there is certainly a lot to be said about this in the political arena, I find that I can't help but notice another really big story here that isn't getting a lot of press. It's a story which goes well ( Read more... ) -
Defending the Schoolhouse
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Here’s one for all the gun rights people who I know read some of the stuff I post here (although you’ve probably heard of this already). For years now I’ve heard it mentioned that one great way to prevent “another Columbine” would be to allow teachers to carry guns. ( Read more... )