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Monthly Archives: May 2006

virtually speaking

Monday, May 22, 2006

I’ve gotten very interested in virtualization technology recently. There’s a high probability I will be working with VMware this summer, and several of my websites (including this one) run on a virtual private server provided by Tektonic, running CentOS 3 through Virtuozzo. Virtualization is a fascinating concept. Instead of needing gobs of physical servers, by [...]

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on open-source

Friday, May 19, 2006

I am a huge fan of FLOSS: free/libre open-source software. My website runs on CentOS Linux, one of my home machines runs Kubuntu (you Gnome users are lost), I use emacs (down you vi fiends!), Anti-Vir, Crimson Editor, Firefox, Apache, PHP, BitTorrent, Python, WordPress, and so many more I can’t count them all. I have [...]

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do not attack iran – and see what happens

Saturday, May 13, 2006

The International Herald Tribune had an editorial recently on Iran and the current United States’ administration’s use of preemptive strikes. [original story] In general, I would say that it is wrong to start wars. However, the IHT article seems to go along well with the post I wrote about nuclear proliferation and the dangers of [...]

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the strip club

Friday, May 12, 2006

Obviously I have too much free time in my head. Yesterday, while celebrating the end of my rather blasé database course, my friend Matt and I decided to go hit up Cook Out for milkshakes – and yes, I got my all-time favorite peanut butter mint – and it dawned on us, through some unknown [...]

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the good, the bad, and the ugly

Saturday, May 6, 2006

I have had many teachers through the course of my life, and expect to have many more as time goes on. But something I have been able to identify very quickly about every teacher I’ve ever had, are their strengths and weaknesses of teaching the topic at hand. My favorite college professor is Dale Bryant, [...]

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beware the fury of a patient man

Friday, May 5, 2006

John Dryden was right. A single, dedicated man is nearly impossible to stop. And one who waits a long time before exacting revenge is even harder – the target never knows that it’s coming. I took an introduction to terrorism class during the spring 2000 semester at Hudson Valley Community College. The class served as [...]

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government excess

Thursday, May 4, 2006

According to Wikipedia, either a senator or a representative to the United States House of Representatives is paid an annual salary of $165,200. This year, the United States Senate was scheduled to be out of session for over 5 months. Even assuming they worked an above-average number of hours each week (and we’ve all seen [...]

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a day without immigrants?

Tuesday, May 2, 2006

Yesterday was the self-proclaimed ‘Day Without Immigrants’ – in which many immigrants, especially of the hispanic and latin persuasion, marched to show support for immigration reform. I have met many immigrants, all of whom have come to this country legally, and they are all working hard to make a living for themselves, and to get [...]

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