Monthly Archives: February 2010

the thought process

Some of my friends, notably the close ones who are brazen enough to try and figure out what is going on inside my head (heaven help them), often ask me what in the world my thought process is.  I can … Continue reading

2 Comments

Filed under General

general skill set

My big thing of late has been analytics.  I’m finding that when I’m a bit confused as to how to proceed, that gathering and categorizing my available data helps give me a good roadmap.  I am, by nature, a really … Continue reading

1 Comment

Filed under General

learning javascript

At work, I’m starting on a new Intranet site for the company, and one thing I am really wanting to do is ramp up my JavaScript skills in the process so I can make a large part of it AJAX … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Programming

using gentoo

There was an interesting thread I read in the forums this morning that was talking about the general process of stabling software, and while I found the original poster’s statement very interesting, I posted my own thoughts in response in … Continue reading

7 Comments

Filed under Gentoo

ripping blu-ray discs on linux … and windows, and ps3

I’ve finally found a way to rip some of my Blu-Ray discs, kinda.  I’ve had to manage a few workarounds because I’m missing a pretty common piece of hardware in the setup: a BD-ROM drive.  I do have a PS3, … Continue reading

7 Comments

Filed under Entertainment, Gentoo, Hardware, Multimedia

narnia 2: whatever the title is

So, I watched the second Narnia movie tonight (whatever the name is .. I thought the book went by the name the Silver Chair, but maybe that was the third one.  I don’t remember.  Anyway .. ), and it was … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Entertainment

promises and deliverables

I was thinking about my earlier blog post about my ideas for the new packages site I’m still working on, and I realized that to a lot of people it must seem like I sure promise a lot of stuff, … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Computers, Gentoo

some thoughts on php and oop

So, I was working on Znurt this morning (I woke up unusually early, and didn’t wanna go back to sleep).  I’m getting close to opening the codebase, but before doing that, there’s some really obvious glaring deficiencies that I want … Continue reading

6 Comments

Filed under Gentoo

skateboarding in winter … um, again

I must be out of my mind.  I went skating again tonight (the second time in a week), even though its like 30 degrees outside.  It’s freaking cold, man!  I dunno what came over me, though.  I just really wanted … Continue reading

6 Comments

Filed under Skateboarding

znurt hosting, bugs, code

I migrated the packages website to a new server this weekend, and so far I’m really glad with the setup. I originally planned on having the whole thing setup in a short time, but I went with a different web … Continue reading

4 Comments

Filed under Gentoo