Interesting discussion going on over at Slashdot today with the link here.  In general, some IT analyst is claiming that IT failures are costing companies 6.2 trillion a year in GDP.  For those of you keeping score at home, that’s just under ten percent of total world GDP.  As usual, most of the IT people [...]

I know Christmas is next week, but for me it starts this weekend as I travel home to visit my family.  It being “the holidays” and that I’m often asked to pitch in cooking, posts here might be a bit sparse over the next couple of weeks.  Not that I wouldn’t love to set aside [...]

Found this. Be prepared to be assaulted by an onslaught of cute! Clicky. UPDATE:  Man, I should have just surfed away from the site.  Definitely now before it eats all of my time.  But here’s another funny bit from the site.  Not cute, just funny.

Occasionally when I a fellow geek gets a new computer, there is the natural tug of curiosity which is sometimes accompanied by curiosity’s vulgar companion, jealousy.  Envious feelings can be especially strong when what they have is significantly better than what you have. When said fellow geek actually builds a PC that is better than [...]

New Star Trek Online trailer out on the Game Trailers website. I’m encouraged by the fact that you actually see some form of gameplay other than combat. Not that I don’t like combat oriented games, but if I want a Star Trek experience, I want it to be more than just a shoot-em-up fest. Clicky [...]

This is going to be a post about Twitter.  I know some of my friends are virulently anti-Twitter, but I’m asking that you bear through this and go with what I’m saying. I joined Twitter on a lark.  I knew people were joining up and had felt you couldn’t really say a hell of a [...]

Quick post from my iPhone. Today, like all of my recent past Saturdays, was busy. Too busy, but not so much so that I don’t mention something. Got to try some fantastic beers while at our friends, Kat and Scott. Though we couldn’t stay long, I tried a “pepper” beer and also one that spent [...]

We have a new member of the growing family and I find her absolutely cute!  Please welcome…Starla! I found out earlier this week that the application we put in for a dog was accepted.  I really wasn’t expecting this at all as we were originally told that someone had put in an application before us [...]

Super busy day today. Absolutely no chance to do more than these few lines.  As the title says, tomorrow will be the reveal of the secret.  To keep you from bitching too much from waiting too long, here’s a song  I like with an appropriate Christmasy feel.

Not much to say right now. My iPhone WordPress app is bugging out and I have limited internet access anyway. However, I do want to point out a couple of clarifications on yesterday’s post which I’ll get to when I return to the friendly Midwest.

Let me just come right out and say that the U Street Cafe has matured and is a boon for the street.  They make a very tasty latté now where in the past there was a bit of inconsistency in how they made it, most of the time resembling more of a Café au lait [...]

Want to know what a pretty good day looks like? Wake up in the morning at an indeterminate time, not too early, not too late, just because you wanted to wake up. Get a latte and four of the finest pastries ever to grace your lips and consume slowly while having a nice chat with [...]

Not much going on today.  I have some things that I’m trying to get ready at home (cleaning, cooking, boring stuff) which has eaten a good chunk of my day already.  Picture this, I just got my latte for the day.  Clearly, my entire schedule is off. In addition to this, I’m not entirely sure [...]