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Avios Adventures

I had a chance to to head out to California on business and, in keeping with tradition, decided it would be fun to bring the family. Work will pay for my flight, the hotel, and rental car, however it is up to me to get flights for the family. Its precisely for moments like this…

September 13, 2015
Ubiquitous Encryption with GPG

Because its easy, and because it provides so many benefits, i now try to use encryption everywhere. GPG is my tool of choice; i actually don’t even know what other options there are. Here are some things I have found to be useful: Password management. I use the pass application for this. After installing gpg, i just…

September 10, 2015
Back When I Read PC Mag

I just found a comment I sent to PC magazine in 1998. It was like a trip back in time. Way back then, I used linux and worked on computers a lot. Now, almost 17 years later, I use linux and work on computers a lot. What a difference 17 years makes!

August 31, 2015
Builtin Bookshelves

Last winter or so we decided to build bookshelves. After much pondering we decided to make them built into the wall and have a window seat. Here’s what we came up with (we never really got a good picture of it before leaving to the EC): Since this was my first woodworking project there…

August 30, 2015
Return of Blog

Here it is, my first post of the new blog! My nephew inspired the thought that led me to bring back the blog. I told him he could easily setup something on my website if he wants to learn web programming. Then I realized that for me to share the website, I’d have to figure…

August 30, 2015
Hot Dog Vivian Park

This was a nerd get together. The only rules: eat a couple dogs before going on to lesser things (E.g. smores). The other rule: bring your wife and kids, unless your Carson. Carson was exempt. Here we have an assortment of pictures of the Hot Dog BBQ: http://www.oakenweld.com/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=35

June 15, 2008
Photo Stitching

As the owner of a brand spanking new Canon SD1000, I unpackaged the included software and found a nifty tool called PhotoStitch. The camera itself only provides a special function which assists you in providing overlap between successive images of a panorama. The magic of the stitchery is in the desktop software. PhotoStitch does a…

May 27, 2008
A Matter of Definition

As someone who grew up mainly in the 90s, many of the societal norms I learned can be attributed to one of two main sources: Cool (e.g., Saved by the Bell and The Fresh Prince) and Uncool (e.g., Full House) TV shows. Although many positive social changes have been introduced over the last half century,…

May 14, 2008
Almost 2 Years With MacBook Pro

I have been wanting to write a bit about my experience as a computer scientist who switched to Mac about 2 years ago. I bought a MacBook Pro after talking with a coworker at the INL. As most people, I had a bunch of misconceptions about the Macs shortcomings. Most of all, I knew macs used…

April 28, 2008
First Podcast

This is my version of Cristofori’s Dream by David Lanz. I created this using garage band, making each note individually. Conclusion: the real version, played by a human (such as David Lanz) has much more emotion and character to it.

April 21, 2008

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