27
Jul

This weekend, I watched (again) one of my childhood favorite movies, WarGames. This is a classic, and a must see for anyone involved in technology. Some of the concepts used, are accurate (war-dialing) while others, a little far-fetched (war-dialing into NORAD). Anyways, in one scene the WOPR  is running a simulation of a USA/Russia attack. […]

My boss used an analogy today, which struck me as quite accurate for the position we’re currently in.  We’re moving at a fairly rapid pace, quick releases, and plenty of improvements / changes.  Along with this, there is new business, new ideas, and new potential sources of revenue that we’re working on. Assuming that the […]

07
Jul
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In health news – I’m getting my gallbladder removed tomorrow.  It should be interesting, as it will be my first official surgery.  I had my wisdom teeth out (3 of which were impacted) and was put under for it, but I didn’t really consider it a sugery-surgery. I’m getting it done laparoscopically so the recovery […]

06
Jul
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I use VirtualBox fairly regularly for virtual machines of various types (XP under Debian, FreeBSD, etc) on my main desktop. Compared to VMWare I have no complaints. It works flawlessly, and with the latest release things are just polished. Also, it now supports OpenGL for guest VMs. This is huge for graphics work / gaming, […]

04
Jul
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Today is the day we remember our freedom and the rights we enjoy as citizens of this great nation.  I’d like to take this opportunity to thank any and all members of the military – as well as anyone who has contributed to the continued fight for freedom.  The rights we enjoy as citizens should […]

03
Jul

Today’s ‘Friday Fun Post’ maybe be an old one for some of you, but it is something I have continually found amusing.  It is somewhat of a sad truth, but a truth nonetheless for the majority. Happy Friday!

02
Jul

I have an older laptop, which I brought back out of storage for fun and to keep it updated. It runs Debian Lenny, so it’s a pretty stable machine, and very handy. A recent purchase of a new battery gives me ~2.5 hours of time with it, which isn’t bad for a laptop from Fall […]

I’ve been thinking about obligations to software customers lately.  I don’t have any of my own (yet) but it is something typically on the front of my mind.  At my day job, we maintain various versions of our software, while not directly on the client – in our backend systems.  This means that our backoffice […]

01
Jul
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With the recent license change at Nokia/Trolltech for Qt – I’ve grown more interested in learning proper GUI development, specifically with C++. I know there are bindings to other languages, but for simplicity of deployment, I think C++ will be easiest to test / depend on, as well as protect in the event that I […]