Monthly Archives: April 2007

Quality Entertainment

This is a damn funny read.

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My weekend at Mookie’s experience

Yes, I was part of last weekend’s festivities. Mookie put on a heck of event and I was happy to be part of it. It started Friday night at Iron Cactus where I got to watch the Red Sox beat … Continue reading

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The wonderful world of XEN

I am looking at using XEN to virtualize all of our test and development boxes at work. The newest versions of XEN along with the newest versions of Intel and AMD systems can handles Windows along with Linux. My plan … Continue reading

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seriously?

Bomb threat at St. Edward’s University here in Austin. Then someone tried to burn my office building down (burnt popcorn).

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The Shooting at Virginia Tech

The country is in shock today as one (or possibly two) shootings occurred today on the campus of Virginia Tech. As some of you know, I am an alumnus of VA Tech. This sort of thing shouldn’t happen anywhere, but … Continue reading

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Shootings at Virginia Tech

At least twenty confirmed killed and classes canceled. Holy Carp. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/16/vtech.shooting/index.html Update: I just got a ping from a local TV station asking to do an interview on camera. I’m passing. This thing is scary huge.

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website woes

So I deleted an unused directory and my web server stopped web serving. Ooops. Fixed now. On Friday I tried to donate to the Lone Star Chapter of the MS150 Bike Tours. One of my fellow 42 players is doing … Continue reading

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Linux Firewall Config

You have read that one of the packages for Linux that I really like is FireHol. I still use it and it works really well. I have recently made two changes to my config that people might find handy. First … Continue reading

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Pre-paid Credit Cards for Poker Sites?

Does anyone know if pre-paid credit cards still work for Poker Sites? I am thinking of reloading for a hundred or two, but with Neteller not accepting transfers I will need another method. NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship is tonight. I … Continue reading

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