http://www.spacerodent.org Move along...Nothing to see here... Fri, 30 May 2008 10:30:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi Autumn - don't forget to take notes on Day of the Dead. http://www.spacerodent.org/index.php/2008/05/30/my-friend-in-chicago/ Are you prepared for when Zombis come? My friends at work and I were discussing this. What do you need? Where would you go? Would you try to save anyone or go it alone? Three Days, Three Ways should have options for this eventual problem. There ... http://www.spacerodent.org/index.php/2008/05/03/the-coming-zombicalypse/ Funny how I didn't have Speakeasy when I worked there but I have it now. Speakeasy came through for me and now I have fast internet again. I got daily updates and the installation was seamless and on time. I got the Onelink DSL (6Mbs/768kbs) so its ... http://www.spacerodent.org/index.php/2008/04/28/yay-speakeasy-i-have-fast-internet-again/ Clearwire - let me count the ways I hate you. So I was a Qwest user for many, many years. I loved them. Then around November '07 the speed came crashing down. I went from 7Mbs to like 70kb! Everytime I would call I would get ... http://www.spacerodent.org/index.php/2008/04/28/clearwire-epic-fail-worst-isp-ever/ My favorite RPG games of all time are Final Fantasy X and Shadow Hearts Covenant. Both were 50+ hour games and the stories were great. I preferred the combat in Shadow Hearts though. They had a ring with a clock hand that spun around and you had ... http://www.spacerodent.org/index.php/2008/04/21/lost-odyssey/ So it turns out I couldn't live without my XBOX 360 and so I bought another one. This doesn't mean and I have given up on programming but that I am looking for some balance. http://www.spacerodent.org/index.php/2008/04/12/off-the-wagon/ I just found this via reddit.com and I think it is brilliant! Computer Programming Unplugged http://www.spacerodent.org/index.php/2008/04/09/computer-programming-unplugged/ I am not a Ruby fan. I really like Python. I have never really been able to accurately explain why I don't like Ruby. Well I just found a lengthy post that breaks down the differences in Ruby and Python via reddit: http://glyphobet.net/blog/essay/228. The author does ... http://www.spacerodent.org/index.php/2008/04/07/rubys-not-ready/ I just picked up Secrets of The Rock Star Programmers: Riding the IT Crest. Wow what a horrible title. Good thing the book is really good. Ed Burns interviews well known folks in the field of programming. He asks them a range of questions from "How ... http://www.spacerodent.org/index.php/2008/04/02/stupid-title-great-book/ Lately I have been having, what I consider, strange dreams. A couple of nights ago I dreamed that I left my current job, Pelago, and went back to my previous job at Speakeasy. In my dream I regretted it and even met a co-worker out somewhere and we were talking ... http://www.spacerodent.org/index.php/2008/04/01/strange-dreams/