I read an article this morning on the theft of customer data (including credit card data) from geeks.com, a site from which I had purchased a cheap graphics tablet on a lark about eight months ago. Of course, I immediately got concerned, and checked my credit cards for any suspicious charges, but found none. (The …
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Main Site Up
So I finally got off of my duff and did an install of Drupal for the main portion of this site, replacing the old placeholder page that was there. Right now there isn’t much (any?) content on there, but I’ll be putting up some projects and other stuff soon, hopefully. I figure it’s better to …
SMU Hires June Jones
As an SMU alumnus, I feel compelled to comment on the hiring of June Jones as the new football coach. The football program has been in shambles ever since the NCAA death penalty was brought down on the Mustangs, and, personally, I feel that it will be very difficult, if not impossible, to rebuild the …
QB Killa
Sapp tells Raiders he’s retiring, ending stellar 13-year career Sapp posted a two word message on his Web site, www.qbkilla.com, announcing his intention: “I’M DONE!” I’m sorry, but “QB Killa” sounds like one of the fake names I would use when filling a team up with max-ability-score players in an NFL video game…
Happy New Year!
I’ve been under the weather lately, but once I’m feeling better, I’ll be back to writing more regularly. Hope everyone out there has a happy new year!
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas, everyone! I got Sandy a Tassimo Hot Beverage System, along with a little fondue maker and some new glasses for our kitchen. The Tassimo is pretty neat — we’ve only used it for hot chocolate so far (since I wasn’t sure of exactly the kind of coffee or tea Sandy would prefer), but …
True Names and the Fracturing of Identity
I saw a post on the always-amusing Coding Horror regarding the fracturing of online identities. A couple of early blogging pioneers are mentioned, along with the number of separate profiles or identities that they seem to have — in the range of 20-30. The question is, which one of these is “truly” them? The somewhat …
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High Fidelity (Part 3)
Yesterday I finally managed to redeem the Best Buy rain check for my free copy of Heroes Season 1 on HD-DVD. I originally got this rain check almost two months ago when I bought the HD-DVD add-on for the 360, and the boxed set hasn’t been in stock since then. Over the last couple of …
Gladiators, ARE YOU READY?!?!?!?!
One of the biggest guilty pleasures of my youth, American Gladiators, is being revived for 2008. This past Saturday, me and Sandy went to see a taping of the new show at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City. The hosts of the new show are Hulk Hogan and Laila Ali — pretty decent choices in …
29
It’s my 29th birthday today. A quick Google reveals that not only do I share a birthday with Chris Difford of Squeeze (one of my favorite bands), but also Laura Bush. Hmm. Laura Bush is also an alumnus of SMU. Frightening coincidences!