I fell on my butt. Well, not quite, since falling on my butt isn’t particularly good ukemi. This happened while walking around early this afternoon in the freezing weather. It was … Continue reading »
My breakfall/free fall is all twisty. Here’s a video of it: (As a side note, this video was recorded off the Sony digital still camera. It was held … Continue reading »
Some issues with the most recent Tomcat and mod_jk: 1. The oldish app we’re using requires Tomcat to have the following set in the web.xml: enablePooling false. I’m told the … Continue reading »
Crap. TurboTax 2002 includes spyware. I’ve already pre-ordered it, having used it for the past four years. Next year, I’ll wait until January before buying tax software, … Continue reading »
Here’s an article from The New Republic by Gregg Easterbrook about the Axel of Evil, i.e., the perverse public policy that favors SUVs and “light trucks” at the expense of … Continue reading »
I made this last night, using a variation of the various hoppin’ john recipes the New York Times put out earlier this month. I could have used dried beans if I … Continue reading »
This was what was made last night (found at http://www.mycookbook.net/Recipe_Search_Detail.asp?SearchID=267. I was using Basa/White Roughy (hmm, here’s a “fish thesaurus“), which has an interesting commercial history. Yes, I had almonds … Continue reading »
A short history-of-business article that tries to use the past to predict the future of WiFi and VoIP: Shirky: Customer-owned Networks and ZapMail. This was found on Slashdot. The analysis … Continue reading »
Here’s a quick hack to limit the number of archive entries shown (e.g., 6 months of archives, with a link to expand out the rest): b2archives.diff Some minor layout changes, also, mainly … Continue reading »