This book came recommended by a friend whose literary opinion I can usually trust. Thanks, 3 Desk Mike. You didn’t let me down. Voodoo Lounge refers to some part of an Army Waterborne ferry-like LSV-1. It may have been the pilot house or the foredeck, I was never actually sure. The novel actually revolves around […]
Read MoreWhen Windows Vista launched, I did something that most self respecting geeks wouldn’t dream of doing. I upgraded from XP instead of flushing my system for a fresh install. I thought, “What the heck? What’s the worst that could happen?” Upgrading to Vista turned out be no be too bad, actually. At the time that I […]
Read MoreWe are all about consolidation here at Elegant Code. Having spent years subscribed to the right tool for the job theory of software tools, I am getting tired. I am looking for the Shopsmith of blogging tools. I spent a lot of useless energy about 18 months ago searching for the perfect blogging tool, and […]
Read MoreHere is a a screen shot from my Gmail account today. About 4 days ago I stopped deleting spam, although it is excruciating to my finicky nature. I have to admire Google’s ability to trap all of these things. Gmail is truly a killer application. If anything, I am worried that the volume of spam […]
Read MoreI honestly cannot believe that the world still has a market for desktop PCs. We have had computers in our homes for 25 years and they are still basically delivered in the same form factor. It isn’t all bad, though. We have laptops and even reasonable computing power in our handhelds. My Treo is pretty darn […]
Read MoreWhat do you do with your kids for spring break? Me? Take half the week off to play with the kids. Join the Y so we can use the indoor pool and the rock climbing wall. Rent all 6 Star Wars movies to watch them back-to-back. That’s right, all 6. Teach my 10 year old to […]
Read MoreDue to the increased amount of comment spam recently, I have turned on comment approval. I will not censor anything, and after one of your comments is approved, subsequent comments will go through without need for approval. Thank you for your understanding.
Read MoreIn the continuing discussion around Microsoft’s relationship with open source projects, Scott McMaster posted a great discussion about the .Net OSS Community. While the subject of his article is worthy of discussion, I cannot help but note what happened when I tried to comment on his post. Click the Add a Comment link. I must sign in with […]
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