I was very busy this weekend, because it was Otakon, and I was working the convention again. Let me offer a brief recap:

I was again in the Lines team of Spec Ops. This year, I was the team second (for second-in-command). That ended up working out well, I think.

( Thursday evening was pretty easy. )

I've been setting up new servers at work, and we're finally getting some good hardware with disaster recovery options, chiefly RAID. The more important servers (mail server, file server) get hardware RAID, while the ones with lower performance requirements just get software RAID. Recently, I've been setting up some of the lower performance ( Read more... )

New post on my blog:

DVD Video to Matroska Video, Losslessly

Obama did it! He's now got enough delegates to take the Democratic Party nomination for President. He's the first black person to run for President as the nominee of a major party, and on top of that I really like him.

Now, onward to November!

And, while I'm at it, I was impressed by an ad that aired in Puerto Rico. "Soy Barack Obama, y ( Read more... )

New post on my blog:

Auto-locking My Computer When I Walk Away

New post on my blog:

New Site Hosting

In honor of the upcoming primary in Pennsylvania, I just wanted to mention this article about Obama: What Obama really stands for.

Selected excerpts:

Though still best known for his 2002 objections to the looming war in Iraq, Obama is no peacenik. He might not have made his Iraq views known so early had he not attended an anti-war rally in ( Read more... )

Life is busy, mostly with wedding planning. I still have photos to put up on Flickr (and I need to label the ones there already), but I haven't found the time. Memes take less time, though ( Read more... )

New post on my blog:

Java Reflection

It's primary election day in Maryland, DC, and Virginia. Find your polling place (MD only; DC and VA people are left to their own devices) and vote ( for Obama)!