http://www.aioxipa.com/mrg Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 25 May 2009 05:34:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en kinda wish i was a unix guy. getting there. vim ftw. also, I get <20MB a month in hits, and yet still get spam comments. really, you guys should have more constructive things to do. http://www.aioxipa.com/mrg/uncategorized/2009/89 I set up my own certificate authority a few days ago. This is not something most people have a need to do, but it's pretty handy if you end up setting up lots of development sites on new IPs and whatnot, or if you're deploying services that aren't going to ... http://www.aioxipa.com/mrg/computing/2009/85 I actually remembered to take the VT home this weekend. I opened it up and spent some time trying to figure out what to do with the innards; one of the things about CRTs is that the picture tube itself actually holds quite a bit of charge in it - ... http://www.aioxipa.com/mrg/computing/2009/82 So I figured, new year, nice introspective blog post about the past year. But then, I thought, let's cut up a bunch of computers instead! So much more fun. I managed to get ahold of an old Digital VT320 terminal. They're pretty neat gadgets but not horribly useful nowadays - they ... http://www.aioxipa.com/mrg/computing/2009/79 Good enough time to update this thing, I suppose. Tuesday marks the end of my employment at [Apple, Inc.](http://www.apple.com/retail) I'm leaving ostensibly to do some more contract work - I can make a lot more money developing web applications for people sitting on my couch than I can selling iMacs ... http://www.aioxipa.com/mrg/uncategorized/2008/75 please learn how to write using proper English grammar and punctuation. The Elements of Style is not an expensive book, nor is the Hacker Handbook. please, buy one, read it, and then post your blog entry. (yes, I'm quite aware about my lack of capitalization at the beginning of sentences. ... http://www.aioxipa.com/mrg/uncategorized/2008/74 So I'm pretty horrible about updating this. So in the past month or so I've been sick, got mostly better, started doing more interesting stuff at job #2, and caused a whole buncha damage to my car (well, more than I was expecting) by hitting a curb. I can now ... http://www.aioxipa.com/mrg/uncategorized/2007/73 So I scored some new wheels and tires for the 7 off eBay.. actual BMW parts, even, which is nice. 15"ers with Michelin tires on them, so when they wear out it'll be fairly cheap to replace 'em. So, I should be able to get the thing home soon, and ... http://www.aioxipa.com/mrg/uncategorized/2007/72 It lives! Now, to learn to drive a stick... http://www.aioxipa.com/mrg/uncategorized/2007/71 yano, there's something I really like about lights. man's struggle to be one with the gods by creating itty bitty little incandescent bulbs to resemble the sun. who knows how we ended up exisitng on a planet that orbits the Sun -- if anyone can explain that to me, they ... http://www.aioxipa.com/mrg/uncategorized/2007/70