Category Archives: Happenings

One of my favorite authors, Cory Doctorow, has a new book out titled With A Little Help. As always, Cory FREELY gives away his eBook versions (although you must pay for physical paper versions or audiobook versions). Cory encourages people … Continue reading →

I'm a big fan of "In Ear", sound-isolating headphones. I've previously owned the Etymotics ER-6, and Shure SE210, SE310, and SE530. All of these headphones have amazing sound reproduction, but the fragile part of any pair of headphone is the … Continue reading →

On the morning of November 2, 2010, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments regarding Schwarzenegger v. EMA. You can read details about this on Wikipedia, but in short, it regards a California law that tries to make deviant / violent … Continue reading →

The latest Cygwin update seems to have broken how I launch mrxvt... my shortcut no longer worked. I tried countless permutations and nothing helped. After a lot of searching, I found that back on February 21, 2007 Angelo Graziosi posted … Continue reading →

Lately I've been playing a lot with jqGrid, a very nice Grid / Table plugin for jQuery / jQuery UI. It does some really amazing things including allowing you to have a scrollbar that replaces the standard "next page" / … Continue reading →

My DOS and Unix roots often show - I like using the command line. On all of my Windows-based systems I have Cygwin installed to provide many of the luxuries of Unix / Linux right from my windows system but … Continue reading →

I saw the previews for Zombieland a few weeks ago. It showed some promise, but too many movies show promise and fail to deliver. I am happy to say that Zombieland delivers and in spades. I went to see it … Continue reading →

My dad, the best man I know, died this last week. He battled cancer for a couple years and finally it got the best of him, although he put up a good fight. I am thankful for good doctors. Even though … Continue reading →

I love the foaming hand soap. I don't recall where I used it first but over the last couple years it has become very popular - we use it exclusively at home (we evening use foaming dish soap when we … Continue reading →

I am an audiobook lover. I've come up with some steps and software that will aid you on your quest if you're like me and want to enjoy your audiobooks on your iPhone or iPod (most steps apply to listening … Continue reading →