Category Archives: General
Continuous Improvement
Some people probably think I’m crazy. I’m always reading at least two books. I research new things on the web daily. I love to challenge myself both mentally and physically. I have an endless thirst for knowledge. I still remember … Continue reading
Crawling Back Out Of My Shell
On September 1, 2008 I took a trip to Austin to interview for a job. This was not an unusual occurence. I had applied for other jobs prior to this one, and even been out of town for a few … Continue reading
What I Learned About Networking From WoW
I’ve finally broken my addiction to World of Warcraft (again, but that’s a post for another day). Although it was mostly a giant $15/month waste of time, I do feel like I learned a few things from it. In the … Continue reading
Too Shy For Web 2.0?
This may be surprising for those of you that know me, but I can sometimes be a shy person. For some reason I’ve never been very good at interacting with people online. I have profiles on MySpace, FaceBook, and LinkedIn, … Continue reading
Welcome To My Temple
If you’re reading this, then things are working on my new host. This site has been moved from DreamHost to Media Temple. This move has been coming for a long time. As I said before, the quality of service from … Continue reading
Too Successful For Their Own Good?
I’ve been building websites since the mid-90s. I’m not sure exactly when I started but I do know it was before 1995. My first experience was using edit in DOS to create HTML files and then viewing them in Netscape … Continue reading
Fitness Goals
I try to work out at least three days a week. We’ve been going on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings so Matthew can stay at the “Kid’s Club” at RACE. Something really nice happened Tuesday evening. First, I beat my … Continue reading
I Can’t Do It All
That title is one of the hardest things I’ve ever typed. I don’t think I’ve ever said it out loud, but it’s true. I can’t do everything. No one can. It seems like I spend most of my days either … Continue reading
Happy New Year
I’m back at work after a wonderful two-week vacation. That’s got to be the best part about working for a school district. Believe it or not, I rarely even touched a computer during those two weeks. Now that 2008 is … Continue reading
Activation Hell
People used to ask me “Why do you use Linux on your desktop?” Now they ask me “Why do you like Apple?” Here’s why: Somewhere, deep in the bowels of Microsoft, there is a person who’s sole responsibility is to … Continue reading