A Yuletime Classic
This is a hilarious clip from PRI’s show, This American Life. Jump forward to minute 25 when they compare American and Dutch Christmas customs. You can also purchase the episode on CD. Wait a minute. Santa would kick you?
Two months with my apple powerbook
It’s been two months with my 12 inch powerbook and I’m still quite pleased with it. Unlike my AMD based machines which, by their nature, are confined to a room upstairs, the Powerbook stays plugged in in our living room. It’s been greatbeing able to have it on while we watch tv to quickly check
Last round of World Cup Qualification
Ever since I started following International soccer, after the 1994 World Cup, I’ve found myself diving years into curious groups. The year following a world cup is usually a rebuilding and coach-hiriing year for squads. Two years after is "half-way to the next cup" and a chance to read like tea lieaves the other quadrennial
Rotating Log Files
If you’re not careful with how you handle log files on your server, you may be surprised one day if it crashes because the file grows to the file size limit on your operating system. To prevent that, you’ll want to implement some sort of log rotation system. On most linux distributions, this is most
MLS Changes Blog Roundup
On the heels of the MLS Cup, both Off Wing Opinon and The Sports Economist have pieces on changes in the works for Major League Soccer discovered in this AP article: MLS Should look to Rest of World. The article is pretty short and lacking in actual details about what changes might be in store
Dale Campeon, Dale Campeon!!
What a tense match today in LA that saw DC United walk away as MLS champions for the fourth time in nine seasons. Please don’t expect a coherent narrative right now, I wanted to get some thoughts down before my sun-fried brain shuts down: The Home Depot Center is a great little stadium and I
Blog neglected
I haven’t been able to post much in the last week. On top of trying to get enough work done so that we can go to LA for the MLS Cup, one of the hard drives on our server had to be replaced last Friday. Since then, I’ve been recovering/learning about how to install the
GovTrack: Watch the Government
GovTrack is a website that makes it easy for interested parties to keep tabs on legislators and bills under consideration. The range of tools they offer looks complete and I’m so far impressed by it.www.govtr Welcome to GovTrack.us, a nexus of information about the United States Congress. This site is a crossroads for data on
Thunderbird 0.9 features
Thunderbird 0.9, the mail client from the Mozilla project, is now available. If you’re wondering what’s new in this release, Asa details two of the most useful new features available: saved searches and message grouping. Evolution, the outlook clone from Ximian, has saved searches/virtual folders too. It’s a feature I didn’t quite use as much
Post Election Post
Well, the thought that the Daily Show will still have plenty of material for the next two years has been the one bright spot that’s helped me accept the results of the election. Hopefully, both parties will pay more than lip service to the idea of working to bridge the gap between them. If not,