I realize that I don't really write in here anymore, but with Christmas only 8 days away, I figured this would be a good time to take a look back on the year ( Read more... )

(Yes, we're okay. We weren't in it when it got hit ( Read more... )

I just received an email to tell me that Comcast High-Speed Internet has doubled my upload speeds at no additional cost! Considering Comcast terminated my Internet access without giving me a valid reason, or any chance whatsoever to defend myself or get to the bottom of the supposed high bandwidth I was wrongfully accused of using, they've got a ( Read more... )

One of the top emailed stories on Boston.com today:

Ban proposed for dog rental service in BostonGood! I don't want that crap in my city. Look, I'm no animal rights activist, but I have enough sense in me to know that something is a really bad freakin' idea. You want to rent something like a movie or a car? Fine. Go for it. Hell, even if you want ( Read more... )

So I just saw Wall-e this weekend, and I thought it was amazing. It's a very tough call, but I said I would put this as my favorite Pixar film yet. That sparked a little debate with some people, so I'm making a bit of an open forum to see what you people think. The thing is, all of the Pixar movies were great. It's like trying to rank your 10 ( Read more... )

I don't get it. I haven't looked for a new job since January of '06, but I've now gotten calls/emails from three different job recruiters in the past three days. You can read my previous post for the first one, but today I got an email from Michael from Advanced Software Systems Inc. (Assyst Inc) in Sterling, VA about a full-time opening for a ( Read more... )

So shortly after noon today, one of my coworkers answered the phone, took a message, and hung up. He told me someone named Chris Lawrence was asking for me, but it sounded like SPAM, so he thought it'd be better to take a message. Chris Lawrence didn't leave a number. He said that we've been trading emails back and forth, and that I would know who ( Read more... )

So apparently my computer at work was sending tons of UDP packets out of port 21224. After a bit of investigating, I found that the source was a little program called DNA that was installed with BitTorrent. Now it makes me wonder if that had something to do with Comcast thinking I was eating up a boatload of bandwidth, especially since they ( Read more... )

Just posting this little nugget for the sake of anyone searching the Interwebs for an answer to the same problem I was having. I recently switched from a crappy Internet service provider to Verizon DSL. Verizon sent me an all-in-one DSL Modem/Wireless Router (a Westell P-327W), which in my opinion is actually nicer than having to have both a modem ( Read more... )

I went into Dunkins this morning because I was in the mood for a bagel and an iced coffee (mmm...) and REM's "Everybody Hurts" was on the radio. It really is a great song, and I know it's about being strong and making it through, but it's still a fairly depressing song to hear first thing in the morning. And I left after it got to the uplifting " ( Read more... )