Make history.  It’s out.
Update:
Aw, yea!

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My uncle was staying with us this weekend so I got to hang out with my baby cousin, Connor (three years old).
The conversation goes:
“How high can you count?”
Connor: “8!”
“What’s your favorite number?”
Connor: “7 and 9!”
And then he had a mischievous smile on his face.

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I’m currently reading Why Smart People do Dumb Things.  The premise is pretty much what it sounds like.  It investigates how some smart people ended up making some bad decisions and how it all could have been prevented.  Granted, it’s not totally obvious sometimes when you don’t have a good idea or not making the [...]

I’ve replaced the commenting system on this blog with Disqus.  Please discuss and let me know what you think.

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I am in search of a good automated backup solution for my personal computer(s).  Previously, I’ve just uploaded important files I want to keep onto my slice or some web hosting site.  I also use a 250GB Western Digital External HD to backup pictures and mp3s.
But now, I want an online solution.  I want a [...]

Usually, if you are about to leave a job, it’s hard to stay motivated.   Other than tying up any loose ends, it’s probably not a good idea to start something you can’t finish.
As my final days with kajeet approached, I seem to be more productive than I think I was in awhile.  I really [...]

Today was my last day with kajeet.  For a year and a half, I’ve been a part of a rock star engineering team, experienced the start-up life, launched a number of services, and most importantly made some really good friends. It was cool to see our product on the shelves on Best Buy and hearing [...]

I was looking for where mysql.sock was since running rake db:bootstrap was complaining with “No such file or directory - /tmp/mysql.sock”. Rails looks for the mysql.sock file under /tmp/mysql.sock by default.  Ubuntu using an apt-get install of mysql puts the mysql.sock file at /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock.
I always forget where it is. So, I’m writing it down.
/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
You [...]

Engadget posted on an MIT group that is reinventing the Post-it note. Pretty cool use of RFID and ink recognition technology.
This could power SCRUM retrospectives!

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Something with my past two Ubuntu upgrades broke all the internal links on my blog running on Wordpress.
It turns out the upgrade process changed the name of the target link on the .htaccess symbolic link file under my Wordpress install directory.
After the install this is what was linked:
.htaccess -> /etc/wordpress/htaccess
Notice the missing “.” in .htaccess.
To [...]