Google Reader

I’ve been using Google Reader, and found this nifty JS:

Also, the feed for my shared items is here.

Life #in a cloud of elegant spaghetti

I am slowly but surely moving my life to the cloud. In recent months I’ve begun truly exploring Google, Facebook, and Wordpress. I see massive potential for this approach- after all I have 2 smartphones, 4 computers I use on a regular basis, and too much data to keep track of. As part of this [...]

Caprica, Enders Game, and transhumanism

I just watched the pilot for Caprica, and I must say I am impressed. Without getting too deep into spoiler-land, it tells the tale of the first Cylons, and continues to explore a subject dear to my heart: transhumanism.

The extended outage

Ah, the extended outage. The dreaded dear-god-when-will-something-go-my-way-damnit outage. Every seasoned admin has had one, whether by accident or (faulty) design. This is the outage that impacts your customers for a long time, bringing pressure on you to “Just fix it”. As if it were, you know, like slapping a spare tire on the car or [...]

Rise of the Digital Nomad

I’ve noticed something interesting. People my generation are leaning heavily towards virtualization and platform independence. Normally when I say words like that, you can expect a technical discussion. Not this time, though. This time I am talking about life in general.