So a good friend of mine was let go from our company today. If any of you needs a smart UNIX/Linux admin with mad Python and Java skillz, please let me know. He wrote our monitoring system from scratch and it is frankly the most intuitive and easy-to-use monitoring system I've ever worked with EVER. He's also a funny guy with a good heart.

To add to the list of Things That Are Awesome: Let Me Google That For You.

Came across thiss on a random tour of the internet: Someone who makes and sells beards.

( in which something is Lost and Found again )

( in which our heroes Travel and Arrive, and what they Find There )

So I went to Washington DC with my father and sons over Spring Break. I'll put up a write-up in the next few days (soon as I get my head above water at work, I expect). Meantime, however, pictures can be found here. You'll need a login to get in. They kind of got put up in Random Order, so enjoy that.

Just saw The Watchmen, and it's nothing like I remember from when I was a kid...

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OK, I know that I'd like to punch this guy in the face, but I'm not sure why. Is it his latent anti-Semitism? His desire to co-opt a culture for personal gain? or does he just richly deserve a punchin'? Help me out, loyal readers!

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Saw this yesterday, and it felt the need to share it:

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And now that you've watched that, you likely have Águas de Março stuck in your head like I do. So here's the original:

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