Archive for the ‘Rambling’ Category

Drive Testing Has Begun

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

I've started the drive tests I wrote about earlier ( read here ). I'll be posting the results here in two batches as they're completed: 1st batch will have results for all 4 models in the single disk and 3@RAID0 tests. 2nd batch will have results for the top two performers in additional ...

Bees are on the what now?

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

I just finished participating in This Week in Media #95 hosted by Daisy Whitney. The panel was Daisy, Liana Lahua, iJustine, Dr. Kiki (a favourite around our science-y household) and me. Let me tell you... I felt like the proverbial bull in a china shop. (I was going to say ...

Welcome to the Mediacracy*

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

6/10/08 - I'd like to point out that I didn't write the following in hopes of being on TWiM. I'm not the person who fits what I describe. My being on TWiM was based on several factors, not the least of which were 1) my being in town this week, ...

Speedy McWrite-a-lot

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

UPDATE: Yes. I am a well-compensated technology geek by day and get up to this sort of thing frequently. This is related to work and also useful for play, since my work and play are similar. This isn't something I'm just up to in my kitchen, I assure you. I am ...

Hair you bring to Vegas, stays in Vegas

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Cabbed over to Brookline and had dinner with Ihnatko's dinner club, or as we were known tonight The Jane Austen Book Club, and then caught the train home _just_ in time for the Red Sox game to let out. Fun as ever, even if there was a little black cloud ...

Tactical

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

This is funny as hell. Merlin is a comedic savant. (video below the cut)

Things you really need to know about e-mail

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Preface: This message was originally addressed to users at the university where I work. As such, some of the content may be a little specific in areas, but not overly so. It turns out that this got passed around by a lot of people and I ended up hearing from ...

Oh FFS not again!?

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

So, yeah. Another day, another blog. Times change. Gimme a break. I get antsy and things just... happen. I have a couple of rants stored up that will probably spew forth soon enough, but for this first post I think it's best to keep it light and fluffy. Like a pekingese ...