Archive for December, 2010

Road Mix

Before I hit the road this holiday season, I put together a decidedly non-holiday double album for the trip. Designed to allow for casual listening, nothing is challenging. Okay, none of what follows is remotely challenging. But that’s kind of the point.Hopefully these keep me entertained for the hours on the road. Anything But Christmas [...]

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The Cold Makes a Man Do Crazy Things

I witnessed a rather awkward and interesting drug deal when I got off the bus this evening. One party was in his late twenties or early thirties, roughly a peer of mine. The other was older, hobbled, a broken old man from the nursing home across the street. I was on top of them quickly, [...]

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My Own Private Wikileaks

Here’s a quick crash course in “How to be just a bit nerdier” or “Why the government can’t put Wikileaks back in the box.” I used to frequently use the phrase “DNS is magic” when working tech support. It’s not. It’s really like visiting a library. What is DNS? DNS stands for Domain Name System [...]

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