You don’t have to like it, you just have to do it…

6.50 miles
1:12:00 (11:04/mile)
This was the slowest I’ve run in a year or so. I’m coming off of a couple of bad nights of sleep and a sinus infection, and I felt like I was running in slow motion. A couple of times I wanted to quit, but I kept going, which seems like a minor [...]

Not too much to say…

Finished off a quickie project for a friend of mine, which hopefully will lead to more ongoing work.
My primary server system is running Red Hat 9.0, which is due to be discontinued in April, hence all of the other OSes at Casa Poindexter. I’m dual-booting my laptop with Windows 2000 and Debian Woody, and [...]

System envy

I got called in to do some work for a client wanting to build a development environment for his java web application, and do some cleanup work on their network.
I spent yesterday inspecting two Sun Ultra 10 clones, a SunFire 280R, and a Netra Ti. One U10 is running Oracle, the other is going to [...]

Warning: Sappy parent post ahead!

My wife and I went to the mall yesterday with my son. He had a great time looking at everything, but was particularly taken with the BRIGHT RED helium balloons the mall was giving out to kids.
We got him a balloon, put the string in his hands, and he was mesmerised. I was pushing his [...]

Ok, I joined orkut. Who else is in? There’s a Lomography community on there with lots of members, I’m going to go check it out.

Yesterday’s run…

5.50 miles, 53:58 (9:48/mile).
I don’t know if it’s the endorphins, or getting a break in the later part of the week, but my thursday mid-day runs make a huge difference in how I feel. After juggling my son, consulting, taking care of my home and job searches, by the end of the week I’m pretty [...]

Things NOT to do as an Evil Overlord

* My Legions of Terror will have helmets with clear Plexiglas visors, not face-concealing ones that can hide the enemy.
* My ventilation ducts will be too small to crawl through.
* My noble half-brother whose throne I usurped will be killed, not kept imprisoned in a forgotten cell [...]