Moar Speed
I had heard that Comcast’s introduction into the area of some greater DOCSIS 3 infrastructure might have a positive impact on my available bandwidth. Sure enough, I’m approaching 30 Mbs. Of course...
View ArticleMoar Speed? Moar Packet Loss
— 75.75.0.1 ping statistics — 203 packets transmitted, 148 packets received, 27.1% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 6.303/43.857/4017.386/327.895 ms I just wrote how much better my very fast...
View Article¿Comprende Mañana?
On the invitation of Sam’s soccer football coach from West City Soccer with whom we play “Family Futbol”, I have joined a Co-Rec soccer league with SOCA. If I’m not the oldest player on the team, I’m...
View ArticleSteam Cracked
I got a disturbing message on my Steam account, today: …intruders obtained access to a Steam database in addition to the forums. This database contained information including user names, hashed and...
View ArticleNothing but Everything
My mood has been low recently. But it’s been lifted this morning by song. I’m listening to my “Everything but the Girl” radio station on Pandora. As Carolyn put it, “Is it nothing but Everything But...
View ArticleCome not-shopping with me
Today ls “black Friday.” There are a lot of people out shopping today. I’m not one of them. However, I’m also not part of some ideological movement in opposition to shopping today. I just don’t like...
View ArticleStop SOPA
I’m opposed to most things that congress does. I find this one especially appalling. In light of abuses before they even granted themselves this power, this MUST be stopped.
View ArticleVP Operations
I started a new job last week. I’m the VP Operations for Perrone Robotics. There are many things that I’m responsible for. Internal IT and Network Infrastructure, Quality Assurance, Release Management...
View ArticleStill Runs
About 20 years ago, my grandfather “(Grand) Pop” died. I still remember packing up his model trains with my dad and some of the rest of the family. The specific bit of his legacy for me. They hadn’t...
View ArticleBig Ta Ta’s
Or “How to proofread a job posting”. I came across this posting on the python group I’m a member of on (in?) Linked In. The first typo, was a bit awkward, but I could see how it would happen during an...
View ArticleSummer 2013 Holiday, Day 1
Alas, there was no day 1 post, so this will have to suffice for both, at least for now. I wish I were more observant about the mundane, because in some important ways, I think it’s the mudane that...
View ArticleSummer 2013 Holiday, Day 2
Saturday, we awoke late after a mixed night’s sleep. We ate our breakfast procured from Waitrose the day before. Yogurt and blueberries for myself while Sam and Carolyn had Muffins with Bonne Mammon,...
View ArticleSummer Holiday 2013, Day 3
Sunday. We weren’t really sure what we wanted to do today, but we had talked about doing one of the “bus to bus” walks in Brighton where you could take a bus to one of the stops and then do a country...
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