September 2007 - Posts

If Google were evil...

Published Tue, Sep 25 2007 13:03 | William

This isn't the first time I've read someone hypothesizing about the ramifications of Google going evil (or being owned by the government) but it's a lot of food for thought

Filed under: News, Misc Technology

Encouragement for B.I. geeks

Published Tue, Sep 18 2007 7:34 | William

For the past month, I've been bouncing back and forth between the east and west coast. The side-effects of spending excessive amounts of time in an airplane are that I really am starting to hate 'modern parents' and I'm reading even more...

One more thing Chris doesn't need

Published Tue, Sep 18 2007 1:03 | William

Outsync is a tool to help you sync your Facebook friend's images with their matching contact in Outlook. This might give Chris Williams something to do other than play Virtual LARP on Facebook ;-).

Interesting ways to spend some time on the weekend

Published Sun, Sep 16 2007 0:04 | William

Kim, Sarah and I spent some time looking for a new house. When we got back though, Nikki, our oldest Puppy was talking some smack and had to be put in his place. But he was no match for me: My mean face got to him though and I eventually prevailed. Out...

Normally I'm not into titles but...

Published Sat, Sep 15 2007 19:45 | William

I just got a new one, Technology Evangelist. Being the good Catholic boy that I am, I still can't hear the word evangelist without chuckling. The image of a dude with way too much hairspray cruising around in a tent hitting people up for csh comes...

Silverlight Tour

Published Sat, Sep 15 2007 19:36 | William

I've been too busy flying back and forth between the coasts to doing anything cool and non-work related. The bigger bummer is I'm going to miss Shawn Wildermuth's Silverlight Tour . If you are going to be in Atlanta next week, Registration...

Filed under: News, Misc Technology, Silverlight

If Brian Madsen is really a friend, then he'll...............................

Published Sat, Sep 8 2007 18:12 | William

Sahil and I have been friends for a long time since then, but to this day, he's yet to give me the Cobra, Turbin and Flute that I've been hitting him up for. Yes, I'm still salty about it. Well, I just saw this piece on how bad a55 Dingos...

Filed under: Humor, Me, Mindless Babbling

Fighting the Bull

Published Fri, Sep 7 2007 10:15 | William

A few years ago, I read a truly excellent book called Why Business People Speak Like Idiots: A Bullfighter's Guide . I really liked it b/c I was working at a place with a whole lot of people who were really into talking in business speak and thought...

Filed under: Humor, Life in General, Me, Mindless Babbling, Cool Stuff

Impostors and phonies getting as bad as spammers

Published Tue, Sep 4 2007 3:44 | William

The community server panel , like all mainstream blog engines, has a feature that allows you to approve comments. You can create word lists to automatically filter comments in an effort to eliminate spam. You can search your comments marked spam and delete...

Filed under: Life in General, Me, Mindless Babbling

JesOS (TM) The First True Christian (TM) Operating System

Published Tue, Sep 4 2007 3:09 | William

I'm probably going to hell for even reading this, let alone posting a link to it. Atheists/Agnostics and Christians that can laugh at some of the less desirable aspects of their faith will get a good chuckle out of it. If you are of the persuasion...

Filed under: Humor, Life in General, Mindless Babbling

Man bites dog

Published Mon, Sep 3 2007 18:16 | William

A few of these clips are definitely NSFW b/c of the language. In fact, more than a few are. But if you look at some of Jimmy Justice's video , you'll probably laugh your butt off. Basically, he's a citizen vigilante who goes around and photographs...

Filed under: Humor, Life in General, Mindless Babbling, Not Safe for Work

Rootkits anyone?

Published Mon, Sep 3 2007 18:13 | William

Since I was a youngster, I've always been a fan of Sony stuff. I'm old enough to have spent a few years alive before CD's came out. I was still a little guy when I got my first Sony Portable CD player. Even though there were only a few CDs...

Filed under: News, Mindless Babbling, Misc Technology