I am a coffee enthusiast. Preparing it. Drinking it. Talking about it. It’s…
A Possible Text Editor Change for 2012?
I’m considering making an attempt to move from TextMate to MacVim/Janus…
Percentages of Hitting a Given Number Using x Number of d6’s
My buddies and I are doing a Harn campaign right now and one of the mechanics…
Hacker News is the New Reddit
Anyone who likes Reddit needs to check out another similar site called Hacker…
My Idea For A True Content Aggregation Service
I’ve been struggling with a problem for a while now. The problem is how…
A Response to “Mac Elitism and Snobbery”
A fellow security blogger, Michael Farnum, has posted a piece that I felt compelled…
The Dunning-Kruger Effect
This explains a lot. The Dunning-Kruger effect describes the phenomenon whereby…
What Does OS X Say When You Ask it to Pronounce Itself?
In the tech world it’s easy to find debates about how to pronounce things.…
This is How You Pronounce Ubuntu
It irks me when names are mispronounced—especially when it’s easy…
Shibboleths and Logical Fallacies
My friend Steven has some interesting things to say about, “begging the…
It’s Time to Drop the “www”
[ NOTE: My position on this is now different, but I kept the post for historical…
The Type Of Gas You Use Really Does Matter
I’ve always believed that gas was gas. I thought it was all the same stuff…
What School Never Taught You About The Waterfall Method
If you studied computer science in any form in college you’ve no doubt heard…
Rolex: It’s Not What You Think
Since getting my watch I’ve received some pretty interesting reactions from…
New Server > Full Reddit Wrath
So I made it to the front page of reddit today and my new server didn’t…
How to (Definitively) Pronounce Linux
There is a lot of debate about how to properly pronounce Linux. This will conclusively…
Getting Worried About Linux
So I’m getting a little freaked out lately. I keep hearing that both the…
My Gaming Idea
A long time ago (a couple of years) I considered going to market with a gaming…
What Mail Server Do The Big Universities Use?
Ever wonder what mail servers people run? I found myself wondering what the top…
3 Steps to Highly Efficient News Reading
Few things are as important to geeks as how they stay informed. Knowledge is so…
