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Firefox Memory Usage
Posted 7 years ago.
Sorry for the Debbie Downer post, but I have to say something about th ...
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Politics
Posted 8 years ago.
Tip: Whoever becomes your president/senator/representative/governor/mayor, the sun will still rise. You will still get up in th ...
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The New Web Stack
Posted 8 years ago.
Just tossing this out there as it's pretty new and exciting for me. Most folks who know what's going on here won't get any ...
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Sugar Purge
Posted 8 years ago.
Background As I've stated in other posts, I'm a fan of the Naturally Sl ...
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The Punished Fixer
Posted 8 years ago.
I'm what I like to call a "fixer." I'm someone that (incorrectly) thinks they can fix nearly anything (given the right too ...
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ASUS For the Win
Posted 8 years ago.
I've recently started modernizing some of my ...
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2015
Posted 8 years ago.
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Runner vs. runner
Posted 9 years ago.
Caution: This is a post where I complain about things, and it may only be funny to about 1/100 people. And, since the stats sug ...
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Metallic Linings
Posted 9 years ago.
People born without the innate ability to make rational decisions regarding their environment (i.e. "common sense") are good for ...
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Loneliness
Posted 9 years ago.
The problem with being a person bereft of social currency is that I don't think I'd like spending time with the type of person t ...
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2014
Posted 9 years ago.
Wow! I need to update this thing a bit more often. It's been super-busy. I started writing this article in Janu ...
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Run
Posted 10 years ago.
After a six-year break, I've returned to running. It started last fall, and has somehow persisted through the relatively chilly ...
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Hand Version 1.1
Posted 11 years ago.
Since my last post, I found out my hand was slightly more broken than originally assumed. I was given the option to have a meta ...
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Hand
Posted 11 years ago.
as a software engineer, i value the fact that i have quick, long hands. but, when one of them breaks, it pretty much slows ever ...
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Can't Wait
Posted 11 years ago.
I don't normally get excited about operating systems (unless they're my own creations). But, this is some pretty awesome news: ...
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Ahead of the Blerch
Posted 11 years ago.
Before my most excellent son, William, was born, I trained for, and raced a couple sprint-distance triathlons. They were a lot ...
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Flash No More
Posted 11 years ago.
I guess I've just had a big string of annoying application issues recently, and now with Adobe Flash updating, I'm reminded of j ...
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Reverse Aging
Posted 12 years ago.
I need to write more. So, today, I'm posting an article on how I'm reverse aging.* I first noticed this a few years ago when ...
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On the Other Side
Posted 13 years ago.
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American Business
Posted 13 years ago.
If you happen to be a person who knows me well enough to get me to talk about ...
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Third Grade
Posted 13 years ago.
Recently, I had the opportunity to visit an elementary school in Overland Park and speak to their third graders about engineerin ...
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Take a Chance
Posted 13 years ago.
Life has been busy lately, and I've been neglecting my writing practice. So, here's an article about life as a new engineer in ...
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Just the Four of Us
Posted 13 years ago.
There are crazy times in life. Times that go by so fast, you barely remember what happened. All you know is that it h ...
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The New Job
Posted 14 years ago.
It's been a while since I updated this, but things are starting to settle back down into normalcy. The last time I updated the ...
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Job Quest: The Final Chapter
Posted 14 years ago.
If you've read this blog before (a statistical improbability), you might remember a somewhat pessimistic post a couple weeks ago ...
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Pedestrians Unite!
Posted 14 years ago.
Okay, so I'm a pedestrian. I walk far more than I drive. I used to be like everyone else: driving to every destination farther ...
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Touring the Classics
Posted 14 years ago.
The Black Hills is a fantastic travel destination. Taking your out-of-town visitors hiking and climbing in the Hills can be a r ...
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Job Quest
Posted 14 years ago.
Caution: This post might be a bit of a downer. But, since Google Analytics says almost no one reads my web site anyway, that's ...
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Safety on the Rocks
Posted 14 years ago.
If you climb, I'm sure you've been asked why you climb. The immediate assumption of many flat-landers is that climbing ...
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Intro to Climbing
Posted 14 years ago.
Are you a double-black-diamond skier? Perhaps you enjoy paddling through Class V rapids? A lot of outdoor activities that requ ...
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South Dakota: World Class Climbing
Posted 14 years ago.
Two years ago, I was asked by the Rapid City Journal to write a weekly column about rock climbing--specifically climbing in the ...
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Updates
Posted 14 years ago.
The spring has been busy so far, so here are a couple quick updates while I have a few minutes... First, I'm kinda proud of the ...
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Couldn't Sleep
Posted 15 years ago.
Last night, I had one of those nights where I just lie awake, my mind buzzing. Not that that's entirely bad. From doing a litt ...
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FreeBSD Part 3
Posted 15 years ago.
Now, I need to install the desktop applications that will make the laptop useful. I should probably go over a few basic require ...
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FreeBSD Part 2
Posted 15 years ago.
Okay, it's Monday, and I haven't been babysitting any compilers lately, so it's time to make some progress on my laptop. In par ...
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FreeBSD Part 1
Posted 15 years ago.
To start this short series of articles, I'll give you some tips on what to expect if you decide to attempt this for yourself. F ...
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FreeBSD 7.2 on a Dell I1100
Posted 15 years ago.
I have an old tank of a laptop. It's a Dell Inspiron I1100. I've put it through some rough travel, lots of time on the couch w ...
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1337 Online Gaming
Posted 15 years ago.
I've played my share of online games. I used to play World of Warcraft and other MMOs. Right now, I'm enjoying just messing ar ...
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Newegg Fail
Posted 15 years ago.
If you haven't guessed, I'm a bit of a technical person. I enjoy having the freedom to choose my desktop operating system, my p ...
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My Car Hole
Posted 15 years ago.
This probably won't be the last time I post stuff about my car ...
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Comments
Posted 15 years ago.
Commenting is now available on all news items, and a few web pages! I welcome your comments/observations/etc. ...
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SE Asia's Future on the Web
Posted 15 years ago.
As a network and server administrator, I've run into a lot of disruptive people on ...
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Now with RSS Goodness
Posted 15 years ago.
The news is now hooked up to a handy RSS feed for those of you who like that sort of thing. Maybe I'll make one of those cool R ...
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PlanetZac.com Begins
Posted 15 years ago.
This is a completely uninteresting story unless you're me... Some time around 1999, I started working for an ISP in Rapid City, ...
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