A quick post from the road, because I’m sure this is valuable to folks out there. There is a min-width emulation for IE floating around that involves the use of an expression() call that only IE supports. I am using min-width in the next version of an application to ensure the data doesn’t get […]

What should have been an easy download and install turned out to be a ./configure nightmare. Here’s what’s necessary to compile the RC (and likely the final) on RH9. Using YUM against Fedoralegacy.org did not resolve a key dependency of readline on termcap-devel.

Make sure the -devel versions of the following packages are installed: […]

Crikey, someone actually reads this.
Last night was my high school reunion in beautiful Redding, California and a very long time friend of mine mentioned something she had read on my website. I actually asked her, “what website?”
Clearly this blog is not my top priority.
The high school reunion is worth talking about in its own […]

I’ve just returned from a brutal weekend of little sleep, smoky casinos and pricey limo rides in Las Vegas celebrating an upcoming marriage in the form of a bachelor party. Even as I slow down, sweet, precious Red Bull keeps me awake until 5:30 in the morning.
This weekend was something of a personal celebration […]

I use a spam filtering package called DSPAM for server-side spam filtering. It’s a Bayesian package that is incredibly accurate. This morning while reviewing my quarantine, the spam count ticked over 100,000. This is since July 21st last year meaning I average a little more than 11,000 spams per month or 370 […]

Is anyone else sick of the Google IPO hype? It’s been about 48 hours since Google filed their S-1 with the SEC and already Yahoo and Ask Jeeves have shed about 10-12% of their stock price. Can anyone tell me what’s changed? Did Google’s $1 billion in revenue double last night? […]

I bought a motorcycle last Thursday. It’s a 1992 Ninja 500, pretty small, but still fast enough to be scary. I took the motorcycle safety program about a month and a half ago and found a bike reasonably priced on Craigslist for sale.
Traded some emails, negotiated, got a cashier’s check, paid, took delivery.
I’ve […]

In the last few weeks I’ve been getting my car (1992 Spec Miata) prepared for the 2005 season which opens at Laguna Seca on April 2nd. There is an endless list of things to do and buy in order to be competitive and prepared. From making sure you have your tires shaved to […]

My very first “real” job was after my senior year of high school working at a Houseboat resort on Lake Shasta near Redding, CA. The owner of the resort was the father of a kid in my class and I spent my summer harvesting ice, taking out trash and being a general gopher.
Fast forward […]

While being rented and raced by a potential buyer this weekend, my M3 racecar was hit in the passenger A-pillar and totaled at Sears Point. The carnage is displayed here.
Luckily no one was hurt and in the end, that’s what matters. We can replace the car, but body parts are harder to come […]