Fire Tsunami

I tried to update the firmware on my Linksys router…

I don’t know what i did wrong… but really, I don’t feel quite so bad after getting this message- maybe that was their intention all along?

It looks like the future of “Knowledge management” at my workplace is Microsoft SharePoint.  It would also appear that they want me to get it upgraded and configured- and learn its inner secrets and black magik.  Now, I like a good Hadoken just as much as the next guy, but I’ve never been much a [...]

Since I finished my BS degree in Computer Science, I am feeling like I need to go back.  Problem is, I don’t know what to study.  I have some thoughts, of course.
Math: I’d really like to get a math degree and really strengthen my mathematical abilities… but math has always been a love-hate relationship for [...]

I’ve been using Java almost exclusively for the past year- save for an occasional PHP script to try some idea out or something.  Needless to say, it has gone to my head- I actually LIKE Java nowadays.
To Java’s credit, though, there are some things to like about it these days.
JVisualVM
It’s about time a decent profiler [...]

Site go boom… a long time ago, actually.  I could have fixed it, but meh, no one probably even noticed anyway…

I never write on this blog, and when I do, not many people comment.  I’m OK with that.  However, I just moderated over 200 spam comments, and not a single legit one.  I’m NOT OK with that.  I’m closing the flood gates and requiring users be registered and logged in in order to comment.  I [...]

Glancing at my previous post, I got to thinking about how, no matter where it originates, programming APIs seem to always come in English… or in some cases the developers’ best attempt at English. Now, I’m not complaining- just thinking about how many software people there are out there for whom English is not [...]

… despite my best efforts to smile and play the M$ masochist.. I have to confess that the whole ordeal has been, shall we say, less than Peachy Dumplings. …