He ain’t heavy, he’s my mower

June 27th, 2009

If you check out Neuton Mowers, they’re these battery-powered lawn mowers. I get the whole non-polluting, lower noise thing. But their comparison chart leaves something to be desired on the honesty scale. Read more…

Rants, Web Stuff

50 Ways to Inject Your SQL

June 14th, 2009

I did a Parody of Paul Simon’s “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover.” It’s very geeky, though. It’s “50 Ways to Inject Your SQL.” Yes, that’s me singing. Read more…

Fun Stuff, Software Testing, Web Stuff

The suckage that is Dell Tech Support

May 28th, 2009

As you may know, I bought a Dell Mini 9 to hackint0sh it. I got it running Mac OS X with only a little difficulty (mainly around trying to shoehorn OS X onto a tiny SSD). Then the Wi-Fi card went out. Now, I’m stuck in Tech Support Hell. Read more…

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Star Trek boldly went where no one had gone before: good

May 13th, 2009

There are a gazillion reviews for the latest Star Trek movie out there. Here’s mine.

The place they went that no one had gone before? They made a good prequel. Virtually all revisits of classic things (c.f., the Transformers, George Lucas’ revisits to Star Wars and E.T., Batman) are terrible. This one is the best in a long, long line of movies and TV shows. Read more…

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Entourage Rule to Filter Russian Spam

May 8th, 2009

I’m starting to get a lot of Russian spam now. The good news is that I don’t understand it, so I can’t possibly fall for it. The bad news is that my junk email filters and even Postini are not catching it. I created a rule in Entourage that handles them.

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