Category Archives: misc
SOPA is scary
SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and its senate cousin PIPA have their roots in a real problem: protection of copyright-holders intellectual property. but until recently i wasn’t sure how i felt about the bills. the debate seemed like the typical … Continue reading
godaddy rant
i complain a lot about godaddy’s user interface for buying/managing/renewing SSL certificates. just so you don’t think i’m JUST whining, here’s what it looks like from this user’s perspective: i get a nice looking email from godaddy. “time to renew … Continue reading
the Blog lives
haven’t blogged in a while. but twitter isn’t quite the same, and facebook sucks, and my personal site needed a makeover anyway, so… about the blog software: been messing with wordpress a bit for work, and it’s grown up a … Continue reading
CSI: Squirrel Unit
i returned home from a week out of town to find stuff scattered all over my kitchen. oh great, someone broke in while i was gone. look in the living room. hmm, some more havoc, but TV and stereo still … Continue reading
i’m off to twitter
i haven’t been blogging much lately. i always have good intentions, but writing a real blog post takes time and energy — two commodities that are at odds with my natural inclinations towards sloth and procrastination. i haven’t had anything … Continue reading
strange experience
i need to phrase this post in such a way as to not be found on google by a certain gambling megacorporation’s security attack dogs… years ago, i learned to count cards at bl*ckj*ck. it was just a hobby and … Continue reading
quote of the day
the following quote is equally applicable to two of my main interests — engineering and poker It is a profoundly erroneous truism, repeated by all copy-books and by eminent people when they are making speeches, that we should cultivate the … Continue reading
changing gears
my blog has always been about poker. lately, though, i haven’t had much energy for posting poker articles. there are a couple reasons for that: after a couple years, my posts are starting to all sound the same. yeah, i … Continue reading
tunica trip
i wasn’t planning to go to tunica this year. the last few years, i went to tunica, MS (near memphis, TN) for the World Poker Open at the goldstrike, a WPT event. for the last couple years there’s also been … Continue reading