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Adventures in flying, computing, etc.
Oct 08, 2006
Yahoo/GMail/Hotmail etc. all suck and I renew my vow to never use Windows
or perhaps this entry should be called "Why is there such a lack of professionalism in some places?" or "Why give up all control of your email?" read more...
Sep 18, 2006
Software Freedom Day
How I spent my Saturday read more...
Sep 17, 2006
Slashdot, Free Software, and the Department of Defense...
Sep 03, 2006
San Diego Aviation History in my own back yard
The former Hourglass Field is a block away from my place and served an important role in aviation training in San Diego, hosted drag races, caused a riot involving 3000 people on El Cajon Blvd, and is now almost completely forgotten as strip malls and housing take over the landscape. read more...
Jul 18, 2006
Eastern Medicine
This is something I wrote around April 30th 2005. Just now getting around to posting it. read more...
Jul 01, 2006
BUGTRAQ is dead
The BUGTRAQ mailing list ain't what it used to be. read more...
If it wasn't backed up, it wasn't important!
I think a lot of people misunderstand ReiserFS and filesystems in general. read more...
Jun 16, 2006
More about Vietnam
Crab Mentality, cooperation, and pagodas on beautiful mountaintops read more...
May 29, 2006
My Time in Vietnam
Since I spent most of the last year in Vietnam I guess I should write about it on my blog and post the pics. The pics can now all be found in my photo gallery. Here are some comments and observations on my time there. read more...
May 22, 2006
Functional Programming
Lately, in addition to learning more about python I have been doing a lot of reading about functional programming (as opposed to imperative programming). read more...
Apr 28, 2006
FAA migrates to Linux, saves big money
Federal Aviation Administration Saves $15 Million by Migrating to Red Hat Enterprise Linux; FAA Achieves 30 Percent More Operational Efficiency for 50 Percent Less Cost read more...
Code Monkey
An anthem for Computer Nerds read more...
Mar 03, 2006
Silence On The Wire
Some months ago a fellow KPLUGger won the book "Silence On The Wire" at a raffle. The book publishers are very kind and send us books as long as we provide feedback in the form of a review. My friend wasn't so into security books so he gave it to me having noticed it was on my Amazon.com wishlist. read more...
Nov 02, 2005
Oct 15, 2005
Oct 02, 2005
New server, new weblog, new job..,
the word for today is: Change read more...
May 03, 2005
May 01, 2005
Seaplane!
Learning to fly the seaplane... read more...
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