Category Archives: General

Things that aren’t cool enough to get their own category.

Tomatoes are Delicious

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Jay

I just updated my router (Linksys WRT54GL) with the Tomato Firmware. Here are my initial observations: The upgrade was much faster and easier than I was anticipating. After writing down some settings I had with the default firmware, I flashed … Continue reading →

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Google Earth: Memphis in 3D

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Jay

This is the view from my office taken with my G1: This is the view from my office according to Google’s new 3D buildings in Downtown Memphis: Have I ever mentioned that technology is freaking amazing?

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California Trip

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Jay

Janna and I (and Janna’s mom) spent last week in California hanging out with our niece and nephews while their parents were out of town.  We had a lot of fun, and did neat things, like going to Death Valley, … Continue reading →

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Vote For Someone Else (.com)

Posted on September 12, 2008 by Jay

Ever since it was pretty clear that Ron Paul would not be the Republican nominee, I’ve planned on voting for someone who is not John McCain or Barack Obama.  I’ve learned enough over the past year and a half to … Continue reading →

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We’re Moving!

Posted on June 16, 2008 by Jay

It is absolutely amazing how fast things can happen.  Only a few weeks ago Janna and I decided to start the process of relocating to the Memphis area.  We put our house on the market and started to casually look … Continue reading →

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Big News

Posted on March 19, 2008 by Jay

For anyone who may not have heard, I have accepted a position with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, TN, and will be starting On April 7. I’m pretty excited about it, I’ll be working with a very talented … Continue reading →

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Lighting Up Lady Liberty

Posted on October 10, 2007 by Jay

The last week of August, Dr. Ron Paul’s presidential campaign set a goal to raise half a million dollars before the end of the month and the third quarter. After about 3 days, that goal was reached and double to … Continue reading →

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Ron Paul

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Jay

I’m not trying to jump on the Ron Paul web traffic wave… No really, I promise. Ron Paul caught my attention after the last Republican debate. I started reading up on him and watching videos of some of his speeches. … Continue reading →

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Your Chance to Stop REAL ID

Posted on May 8, 2007 by Jay

For the two next hours and a little bit (until 5 PM Eastern, 5/8/07), the Department of Homeland Security is accepting comments from the public about REAL ID. The Privacy Coalition has a page detailing how you can contact them … Continue reading →

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Using vim as a pager (in gentoo)

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Jay

Wondering what the “vim-pager” use flag on app-editors/vim did, I gave it a shot. Turns out it gives you 2 extra commands: vimpager and vimmanpager. So adding export MANPAGER=/usr/bin/vimmanpager to your login script of choice (.bashrc works just fine), man … Continue reading →

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