I never would have guessed thirteen years ago when I started working on my high school newspaper that I’d actually end up doing something vaguely similar. Being an actual press person just seemed silly. Don’t get me wrong, I loved the experience, the people I got to work with, and it was a heck of [...]
There’s always some good reason why I’m not posting. Well, there are always reasons, anyway. I’m not sure they’re always good. Not that anybody cares, but the following is a non-exhaustive list of things I’ve been working on besides writing here: finishing my presentation for Rational, playing Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates, being [...]
Sunshine beats against the house on the lake,
but the shade inside ignores it.
In the comforting darkness a boy speaks
and then listens to his aged grandmother
whose lined face bears more years than her age.
Looking out over the still lake,
the child wonders at the lull in speech
and is startled as the conversation
is reborn as his grandmother
tells him [...]
There’s a bunch of reasons why the capital F in “Free Software” matters (hint — it’s not about the $). Here’s an example that came by way of Slashdot. Apparently, Windows Media Center will now block you from 100% legal time-shifting. It’s not enough that we had to go to the Supreme Court in the [...]
Being that I officially have to go picture crazy now, it’s time to replace our aging Canon Powershot SD230. It’s been a great camera over the years, but some time ago the mode selector switch busted on it, so it was impossible to record movies or review and delete photos after they were taken. [...]