I just placed an order on TigerDirect.com, whence I have ordered before with great satisfaction. Each product I ordered was listed as available and ready to ship within 24 hours. However, on the receipt page, for the first time, I found a notice informing me that my order could be delayed by 5 or more [...]

I apologize for the infrequent posting, of late. I have plenty to talk about, but little time for it, since I am packing frantically for a move to Chicago in only a week’s time. Stay tuned! I assure you, I will pick it back up.

There was just a magnitude 3.8 earthquake, about 20-25 miles from my parents’ home. Map for US10/32.42.-90.-80.html. I didn’t feel it, but my parents both freaked out. I think it was while I was walking around and fidgeting with a spare key, so I somehow missed it. Huh.

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A classic, but true: If you want something done right, you gotta do it yourself – even if you’re the one that botched things up in the first place! I can’t comment on the reason that’s the thought of the day, but it fits.

I spent the weekend (Friday through this morning) visiting my sister and brother-in-law. The weekend was lots of fun. I caught up with my good friends Brooke and Sarah (whom I’ve known probably longer than anyone else my age) and finally met some of my sister’s friends I knew only in name. The most interesting [...]

I bought a new alarm clock, a couple days ago – my old one had taken to using unpredictable “snooze” intervals, often as long as an hour, making it very hard to keep a normal schedule (whatever that is). Anyway, if anybody wants a full-featured and very, very loud alarm clock, I highly recommend the [...]

ColdFusion has to be the most inefficient web scripting language in the world. Sure, applications can be developed quickly in CFML, but installing and maintaining ColdFusion MX is a nightmare. I have installed it on at least 5 computers, now, including several versions of Windows and Linux, and have never yet seen it install smoothly. [...]

If any ColdFusion MX wonks read this, I need help. I have a CFMX 7.0 install on Fedora Core 2 and keep getting errors. I think they’re related to some packet filtering problems, but don’t know how to fix it in FC2. Here’s the summary: I finally got CFMX and Apache connected, properly, but any [...]

“For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.” – H. L. Mencken Worth remembering – for all of us.