Blog Archive 2015 Outdriving our Headlights Jun 20 2015 Productive Easter Sunday Apr 06 2015 Quick tip: iPerf on VMWare ESXi Jan 29 2015 New Year’s Blog Post - Resolutions Suck Jan 04 2015 2014 New 4G/LTE iPads come with free data? Oct 20 2014 The Mechanic’s Car Oct 07 2014 3, 2, 1… Launch? Oct 04 2014 I fail at New Year’s Resolutions Aug 31 2014 Proposal: English-Lint Mar 07 2014 Life hack: eat your cereal from a red solo cup Jan 09 2014 Earworms and Gutterballs… Jan 05 2014 Resolutions for 2014 Jan 01 2014 2013 Not Dead! Nov 10 2013 On things Android-y and Googl-y Aug 19 2013 I’d rather be… Jul 18 2013 Textastic Templates Jul 07 2013 Social Media and Reporting Jul 06 2013 Crash at SFO - AAR214 flight audio Jul 06 2013 Journalling with Day One - Personal and Social Jun 14 2013 ADNHackathon Jun 09 2013 Program to try: git-annex Jun 08 2013 New Linux Journal Article! Jun 02 2013 Everything is Amazing, and Nobody’s Happy. Jun 02 2013 WebOS, please don’t die entirely May 24 2013 Re-reading favorite books – over and over May 21 2013 Things I am digging May 16 2013 vim cheat sheet May 14 2013 Blog Revamp, now with more #devops May 12 2013 Watching Syria Get Knocked Off the Internet May 07 2013 Aim high - shoot for second place! Mar 09 2013 Quick tip when writing on an iPad Jan 13 2013 2012 Review: Smart Cover for iPad mini Nov 28 2012 Review: iPad mini 4G (Verizon) Nov 23 2012 Hey, Apple. You just made an iPad mini, and killed my inner child. Oct 25 2012 Review: TwelveSouth BookBook cases for iPhone and iPad Oct 05 2012 Minor Car Rant on A-Pillar design Sep 14 2012 Apple Predictions, where I was right (and wrong). Sep 14 2012 Regarding iPhone 5 - and iPad “Mini” Sep 09 2012 Mac OS X Memory Management: You kinda suck, yo. Sep 07 2012 Introducing #FlashbackFriday! Might as well go for a soda… Sep 07 2012 Making memories… Sep 03 2012 Just going to drop a couple of airplane pics here… Sep 03 2012 Writing on Your iPad: Tools of the Trade Sep 01 2012 Review: Amazon Kindle Keyboard with Amazon Prime Aug 27 2012 iOS Jailbreak Packages I use Aug 24 2012 Watched Star Wars this past weekend… but in a new way… Aug 21 2012 Megaforce soon to be released on DVD, Sept 4! America, EFF YEAH!! Aug 21 2012 Blog Re-revamp! Aug 19 2012 Cool facts about today (5/25/12) May 25 2012 AT&T: You don’t make sense. At all. May 23 2012 AT&T: End of one month of tracking my data usage. Mar 14 2012 Oh, irony. How I love thee? Let me count the ways… (More AT&T fail) Mar 01 2012 AT&T Defines Throttling Policy - is “Unlimited” really unlimited? Mar 01 2012 AT&T Bandwidth Utilization, part 2 Feb 23 2012 AT&T and Throttling - is their bandwidth accounting correct? Feb 16 2012 Hey now, guess what? I’m hiring at MobileIron! Feb 07 2012 How I did my #FollowFriday flood on Twitter Jan 28 2012 2011 Change is in the air… Nov 12 2011 Hey, does Tumblr still work? Oct 11 2011 links for 2011-09-12 Sep 12 2011 links for 2011-09-08 Sep 08 2011 links for 2011-08-19 Aug 19 2011 On Writer’s Block… Jul 31 2011 links for 2011-07-28 Jul 28 2011 Summer Trip 2011, Day 5 Jun 22 2011 Summer Trip 2011, Day 4 Jun 21 2011 Summer Trip 2011, Day 3 Jun 20 2011 Summer Trip 2011, Day 2 Jun 19 2011 Summer Trip 2011, Day 1 Jun 18 2011 One last test… Jun 18 2011 Test post… Jun 17 2011 Really hating on Facebook Integration right now. Jun 17 2011 Planning, planning, packing… Jun 17 2011 If tests counted for anything, I’d be rich. Jun 17 2011 And ONE MORE TEST Jun 17 2011 links for 2011-06-05 Jun 05 2011 links for 2011-06-03 Jun 03 2011 links for 2011-05-29 May 29 2011 links for 2011-05-14 May 14 2011 links for 2011-05-04 May 04 2011 So I Got An iPad2… Apr 19 2011 links for 2011-03-21 Mar 21 2011 links for 2011-02-28 Feb 28 2011 links for 2011-02-25 Feb 25 2011 Gah, Windows. You suck, you horrible piece of shit excuse for an OS. Feb 06 2011 links for 2011-02-02 Feb 02 2011 Rocking the Cowbell… my “More Cowbell” playlist Jan 24 2011 When dealing with limits.conf stuff… Jan 20 2011 links for 2011-01-14 Jan 14 2011 Hero for a bit… Jan 11 2011 links for 2011-01-06 Jan 06 2011 iOS Apps and how I used them in 2010 Jan 06 2011 Resolutions… Jan 05 2011 2010 links for 2010-12-25 Dec 25 2010 Mufasa Dec 20 2010 Hey, google… yeah, I’m talking to you. Dec 20 2010 links for 2010-12-06 Dec 06 2010 links for 2010-12-04 Dec 04 2010 Howto: Create a memory tester USB thumbdrive under Windows Dec 01 2010 links for 2010-11-21 Nov 21 2010 links for 2010-11-09 Nov 09 2010 links for 2010-11-08 Nov 08 2010 links for 2010-11-01 Nov 01 2010 links for 2010-10-30 Oct 30 2010 links for 2010-10-25 Oct 25 2010 links for 2010-10-18 Oct 18 2010 links for 2010-10-16 Oct 16 2010 links for 2010-10-11 Oct 11 2010 Airshow Photography: My thoughts Oct 03 2010 links for 2010-09-24 Sep 24 2010 links for 2010-09-22 Sep 22 2010 links for 2010-09-20 Sep 20 2010 links for 2010-09-18 Sep 18 2010 links for 2010-09-02 Sep 02 2010 links for 2010-08-31 Aug 31 2010 links for 2010-08-27 Aug 27 2010 links for 2010-08-26 Aug 26 2010 links for 2010-08-19 Aug 19 2010 links for 2010-08-17 Aug 17 2010 links for 2010-08-12 Aug 12 2010 links for 2010-08-09 Aug 09 2010 links for 2010-08-08 Aug 08 2010 links for 2010-08-06 Aug 06 2010 links for 2010-08-04 Aug 04 2010 links for 2010-08-02 Aug 02 2010 links for 2010-07-28 Jul 28 2010 Note to self: Easier Rack Installation Jul 21 2010 links for 2010-07-19 Jul 19 2010 links for 2010-07-16 Jul 16 2010 links for 2010-07-14 Jul 14 2010 links for 2010-07-09 Jul 09 2010 What. The. Hell. Jul 08 2010 Video of Shatner and Nimoy telling a story about Shatner… Jul 08 2010 Big iPhone news: Fring app update Jul 08 2010 Wonder if the driver of this minivan realized the message… Jul 07 2010 Quick Tip: Compression is useful. Jul 07 2010 Try not to make an ass of yourself Jul 06 2010 links for 2010-07-06 Jul 06 2010 Vroom iPhone 4 case is here. Jul 03 2010 What it s like to own an Apple product Jul 02 2010 What it s like to own an Apple product Jul 02 2010 O Wha Ta Geek Iam: Hacking iPod Jul 02 2010 links for 2010-07-02 Jul 02 2010 CONSUME. Jul 02 2010 The 100 Greatest Movie Insults of All Time. This goes beyond a… Jul 01 2010 links for 2010-07-01 Jul 01 2010 Another great Old Spice commercial in the I m on a… Jul 01 2010 links for 2010-06-29 Jun 29 2010 links for 2010-06-28 Jun 28 2010 iPhone 4: Silly tip Jun 25 2010 iPhone 4: First Gripe. Jun 25 2010 iPhone 4: Early Thoughts Jun 25 2010 links for 2010-06-24 Jun 24 2010 Updated to Wordpress 3.0… Jun 22 2010 Cisco, WTF. Seriously. I expect more than a year out of you. Jun 22 2010 links for 2010-06-21 Jun 21 2010 links for 2010-06-18 Jun 18 2010 links for 2010-06-17 Jun 17 2010 links for 2010-06-15 Jun 15 2010 I have blogged over at linuxjournal.com… Jun 15 2010 links for 2010-06-14 Jun 14 2010 links for 2010-06-12 Jun 12 2010 links for 2010-06-10 Jun 10 2010 links for 2010-06-09 Jun 09 2010 links for 2010-06-08 Jun 08 2010 links for 2010-06-07 Jun 07 2010 links for 2010-06-06 Jun 06 2010 links for 2010-06-05 Jun 05 2010 links for 2010-06-04 Jun 04 2010 links for 2010-06-03 Jun 03 2010 links for 2010-06-02 Jun 02 2010 links for 2010-06-01 Jun 01 2010 links for 2010-05-31 May 31 2010 links for 2010-05-30 May 30 2010 Quick shot: On the iPad… May 28 2010 links for 2010-05-28 May 28 2010 links for 2010-05-27 May 27 2010 I had a dream… May 27 2010 links for 2010-05-26 May 26 2010 Testing this posterous thing. May 25 2010 Testing this posterous thing. May 25 2010 LJ Blog: Announcing Billix 0.27 and SuperBillix 0.27! May 25 2010 links for 2010-05-25 May 25 2010 a99kitten: At Midnight I Will Kill George Lucas With A… May 25 2010 links for 2010-05-24 May 24 2010 links for 2010-05-23 May 23 2010 On outboard brains and the like… May 22 2010 links for 2010-05-22 May 22 2010 links for 2010-05-21 May 21 2010 links for 2010-05-20 May 20 2010 links for 2010-05-19 May 19 2010 Just remember… May 19 2010 links for 2010-05-18 May 18 2010 Finding my voice. May 18 2010 Billix 0.27 released… May 04 2010 Billix 0.26 released… Jan 28 2010 2009 Trying out wordpress 2.0 for iphone. Nov 05 2009 Bliggle Darnock Marchiqua Norlanthou Oct 28 2009 Billix 0.25 released! Apr 23 2009 Review: Incase Power Slider for iPhone 3G Apr 01 2009 iBlogger… Mar 29 2009 Billlix 0.24 released! Mar 26 2009 Of things ecto-ish… Mar 25 2009 Laptop / Netbook Comparo Mar 25 2009 My Twitter Ramblings for the week… Mar 22 2009 My Twitter Ramblings for the week… Mar 15 2009 Earn yourself a free Linux Journal subscription! Mar 09 2009 My Twitter Ramblings for the week… Mar 08 2009 Shameless self promotion… again! Mar 04 2009 Aspire one in action Jan 29 2009 My toys. Jan 28 2009 Shameless Plug… Jan 18 2009 MacBook…uhh, WTF? Jan 18 2009 Blog revamp… and New Years Resolution Jan 18 2009 2008 Just what every cube needs… Sep 24 2008 Ok, identify this Dell WTF. Sep 23 2008 Pocket camoflauge Sep 22 2008 It puts the blog on its skin Sep 04 2008 Wow, ugliest paint scheme ever. Jul 15 2008 Jacob’s revenge Jul 11 2008 Billix 0.20 released… May 09 2008 WTF?!? Apr 16 2008 Small guy, small laptop Apr 12 2008 He likes it… Apr 12 2008 Can’t get him off the OLPC Apr 12 2008 Spring break camping trip, day 9 Mar 29 2008 Spring break camping trip, day 8 Mar 28 2008 Spring break camping trip, day 7 Mar 27 2008 Not something you see everyday… Mar 27 2008 Who let this guy on the train? Mar 26 2008 The Grand Canyon train depot Mar 26 2008 The Grand Canyon Mar 26 2008 Talking to the cowboys… Mar 26 2008 Spring break camping trip, day 6 Mar 26 2008 Posing with the cowboy… Mar 26 2008 Our train… Mar 26 2008 On our way to the grand canyon Mar 26 2008 On our way to the grand canyon Mar 26 2008 Nother gc Mar 26 2008 Nappin’ on the train Mar 26 2008 Nappin’ on the train Mar 26 2008 Nappin’ on the train Mar 26 2008 Family in front of the canyon Mar 26 2008 Drive by shooting, Arizona style Mar 26 2008 Another gc pic Mar 26 2008 Wow, more dam Mar 25 2008 Unexpected stop… Mar 25 2008 Spring break camping trip, day 5 Mar 25 2008 Spot the car/trailer?? Mar 25 2008 Gillie and Conner… Mar 25 2008 Damn, its a dam! Mar 25 2008 Spring break camping trip, day 4 Mar 24 2008 Paris hotel Mar 24 2008 Intermediate stop: somewhere in the high desert Mar 24 2008 Gillie says… Mar 24 2008 Conner waiting patiently… Mar 24 2008 Conner being silly Mar 24 2008 Spring break camping trip, day 3 Mar 23 2008 Kids at rest Mar 23 2008 Yosemite Falls Mar 22 2008 Wow. Halfdome!! Mar 22 2008 Spring break camping trip, day 2 Mar 22 2008 Bridalveil falls Mar 22 2008 Another shot of bridalveil Mar 22 2008 Spring break camping trip, day 1. Mar 21 2008 Gillie posing. Mar 21 2008 Conner Climbing Mar 21 2008 Wow. Chicken, without pork. Feb 29 2008 Updated Billix again… Feb 25 2008 W.T.F. ?!? Feb 21 2008 Yay for comments. But honesty ftw. Feb 16 2008 Nothing like being dugg… Feb 14 2008 Billix 0.17 released, with more Gutsy Feb 14 2008 2007 Since everyone else is doing it… Oct 28 2007 Nice rear ends! Oct 27 2007 Whoohoo! Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy) Release Party! Oct 18 2007 Wow, it’s meme time again Sep 02 2007 It’ll never fly… Aug 28 2007 Beware the UNIX admins when they are foraging Aug 21 2007 Results of the corporate offsite Aug 03 2007 Per and Jacob Aug 03 2007 Radios, radios… Jul 30 2007 At the garlic festival again Jul 29 2007 Life imitating art Jul 23 2007 What’s wrong with this picture? Jul 20 2007 Teh loud Jul 02 2007 Hey, its great to have no worries! Jul 02 2007 Wow, a solid state disk Jun 30 2007 The desk of doom Jun 30 2007 I want our gear to look like this. Jun 21 2007 Check this out… Jun 21 2007 Billix 0.15 released Apr 19 2007 Camping, camping, camping Apr 11 2007 Billix 0.13b is out! Mar 26 2007 Look at the Majesty, Part 2 Jan 18 2007 Look at the Majesty…. Jan 15 2007 2006 Blogging about Ubuntu Dec 22 2006 Holy cow Nov 29 2006 BackupPC failing on Edgy clients? There’s a fix! Nov 23 2006 This is classic. Nov 13 2006 Hades LOL Nov 09 2006 UDS/Mountain View Day 3 - OLPC viewing Nov 08 2006 Announcing Billix 0.11 Nov 07 2006 Ubuntu + VMWare + Zimbra = AWESOME Nov 05 2006 Dropping this in here… Nov 05 2006 HDAPS under Edgy Nov 04 2006 Upgraded to Edgy Eft, and got EVDO working… Nov 03 2006 Is it “Eft” or “Efff’ed”? Nov 02 2006 Holding off on Edgy for now. Nov 02 2006 WTF?!?! If I wanted to run something like Safari, I’d buy a Mac! Oct 30 2006 Did you know that… Oct 26 2006 Howto: Build your own console and remote power server for fun and profit Oct 03 2006 Aw… Oct 03 2006 Hey, this X60 is kinda nice… BOOM! Sep 29 2006 Fedora Directory Server is the future. Sep 17 2006 Linuxworld owns me. Aug 21 2006 Best error message ever. Aug 08 2006 Hey, what’s that on the side of the road? Aug 02 2006 At this time next week, I’m gonna stink… Jul 21 2006 Oh, Jorge… it’s working…. :) Jul 04 2006 Hm, wonder why this server is slow? Jul 03 2006 I am an evil genius. Jun 08 2006 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS is RELEASED! Jun 01 2006 NetworkManager woes May 30 2006 OK, I’m officially pissed off now. May 28 2006 Since I have nothing else to do right now… May 27 2006 More Ubuntu update-manager shinyness May 27 2006 More picasa info May 26 2006 Google releases picasa, f-spot users cringe. May 26 2006 Funny Picture of the Day… May 25 2006 Ubuntu’s new shiny update-manager May 23 2006 Results of GUI upgrade May 23 2006 OMG Glasspacks! May 22 2006 For those who tried my EVDO howto from a couple of months ago May 22 2006 Updated Blog Engine May 21 2006 Presentation I gave at Penguicon, Apr. 2006 on SSL Apr 25 2006 Presentation I gave at Penguicon, Apr. 2006 on BackupPC Apr 25 2006 Shameless plug… Mar 17 2006 Just another tidbit… Mar 08 2006 It has arrived. Mar 08 2006 Sun Niagara Inbound… Mar 06 2006 Sun’s T2000 server - will it save the company? Feb 24 2006 Ubuntu, EVDO, and you… Feb 23 2006 Creating your own multi-boot Linux pendrive, courtesy of DSL Feb 06 2006 New Laptop! Wheeee! Jan 16 2006 Are there no new ideas in Hollywood anymore? Jan 07 2006 One more stupid meme… Jan 05 2006 2005 Merry Christmas! Dec 24 2005 Yes, it’s that time again…. Dec 21 2005 More Interesting Laptop Tips: Nov 26 2005 Alsa Woes, and how to fix them. Nov 26 2005 OMG WTF LOL BBQ FUJIP!!!!11111 Nov 24 2005 Pay up, suckas… Nov 22 2005 The OTHER DSL – Damn Small Linux, and what it can do for you. Nov 14 2005 gg perl Nov 03 2005 Ben Gooley, this one is for you: Nov 03 2005 Rolled a new NetworkManager package… Oct 28 2005 P-4M “Speedstep” under Breezy Oct 25 2005 I’m up to it again, another Ubuntu Breezy package. Oct 15 2005 Of NetworkManager, Ubuntu Breezy, BIND, and you. Oct 14 2005 Woot, new breezy install. Oct 13 2005 Breezy, you funky beyotches! Oct 13 2005 Testing U-Blog Sep 14 2005 Another stupid meme “test” Aug 25 2005 Fuck Maxtor…. again. Jul 22 2005 Crazy wild drifting video… Dukes of Hazzard? Jul 22 2005 Wesley. Fucking. Crusher. Jul 19 2005 Yet another iPod spoof… Jul 18 2005 Fuck Maxtor. Fuck them in their fucking goatass. Jul 18 2005 Dqua, the Star Wars wallpapers are up… Jul 11 2005 Awww, my first Ubuntu package…. Jul 10 2005 Crusoe CMS and X Windows fix May 21 2005 In honor of the new Star Wars movie: May 18 2005 Wow, iPod integration is May 13 2005 I now have much h8 for ADP (the payroll service) May 11 2005 OMG FORZA XOBX HUGE! May 07 2005 Changes…. May 06 2005 Just a quick post… Mar 10 2005 Jorge, this is for you. Mar 06 2005 Life, or what passes for it. Mar 04 2005 Captain’s Blog :: Stardate :: Today Feb 22 2005 X Problems return. Jan 31 2005 My X troubles *seem* to be behind me… Jan 31 2005 Stabity stab stab. Jan 28 2005 Oh wow. Jan 01 2005 2004 Happy GNU Year. Dec 31 2004 Merry Christmas… TO ME! Dec 23 2004 OMG, I have *got* to learn this. Dec 15 2004 Yet Another Sun Blog Post (YASBP) Dec 06 2004 WTF OMG LOL Pricing… Dec 06 2004 I am Peter Gibbons. Phear. Dec 02 2004 OMG Boring Dec 01 2004 Getting GPRS and Bluetooth running under Ubuntu/Debian (AT&T Wireless Service Provider) Nov 27 2004 OMG Full. Nov 25 2004 OMG, Two blog posts in one day. Nov 22 2004 Cough cough, hack, wheeze. Nov 22 2004 Test of Gnome-Blog Poster…. Oct 31 2004 Spamassassin 3.0 is the shiznat. Oct 12 2004 Excellent video of an oldskool Mini. Oct 12 2004 Who says big companies can’t have a sense of humor? Sep 26 2004 Way to go, Jorge… Sep 23 2004 Linuxworld SF 2004 Aug 03 2004 BlondStar - Always on, always there. Jul 24 2004 Garlic Festival!!! Jul 22 2004 Hysterical “reviews” on Amazon… Jul 17 2004 “Overlapped Allocation Extent” - WTF? May 10 2004 The end of TechTV? May 06 2004 How to break Movable Type without even trying. Apr 22 2004 Khaaan!!!! Mar 30 2004 Of free wifi and work… Mar 05 2004 A close look at Sun Microsystems: Jan 27 2004 Oh, too funny… Jan 21 2004 Bored… bored.. bored. Jan 20 2004 Wow, GarageBand is WAY cool. Jan 19 2004 Woot, new toy! Jan 15 2004 Holy shit, pneumonia sucks. Jan 15 2004 Another new toy… Jan 15 2004 2003 WOOT. A personal best today… Dec 16 2003 Arrgh. SPAM. Dec 10 2003 Thought for the day… Nov 24 2003 Smoking Kills. Nov 20 2003 Of fora gone bad, and other nonsense… Nov 16 2003 Excellent rock video of the day… Nov 13 2003 Which Sci-Fi Character are you? Nov 09 2003 Sun Microsystems on the Psychiatrist’s Couch… Nov 03 2003 Hostname of the day… Oct 28 2003 When modern kids meet old-school videogames… Oct 17 2003 These go to 11…. Oct 08 2003 Ahnold is the Governator, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Politics Oct 07 2003 Roy (of Siegfried and Roy) gets OWNED by one of his tigers… Oct 04 2003 Since Arnold’s running for governor…. Oct 01 2003 Don’t want to lose track of this…. Sep 23 2003 Big Infoworld Mac-Basher “switches” Sep 09 2003 Freaky image of the day… Sep 08 2003 Coke -> Through Nose -> On monitor Aug 29 2003 alt.sco.die.die.die, Part Deux Aug 27 2003 Some ‘tard with a helicopter… Aug 25 2003 “Provided by the management for your convenience…” Aug 25 2003 Yet another shot in the foot of SCO… Aug 21 2003 Will Sun rise again? Aug 21 2003 More fuckwittery from SCO… Aug 20 2003 alt.sco.die.die.die Aug 19 2003 Spammers suck ass. Aug 16 2003 Auction Fraud and my letter to the editor. Aug 16 2003 Jeez, I’m a tard sometimes Aug 12 2003 Return from Linuxworld Aug 06 2003 On the way to Linuxworld Aug 05 2003 Work, work, work… nah. Aug 01 2003 Happy Birthday to me. Jul 22 2003 Kickstarting a Cube… Jul 20 2003 John Gilmore is my fucking hero. Jul 20 2003 A new “switcher” wallpaper… Jul 17 2003 You know you’re a geek when… Jul 10 2003 Jabber is teh win. Clients on MacOS have been teh suck, till now… Jul 10 2003 Double gay… Just got a Cube. Jun 30 2003 Switching to Mac… Gay, or not gay? Jun 23 2003