I am not able to help troubleshoot this anymore, as I have switched over to VMWare Player; However, I am still maintaining this document. If you happen to discover anything about making it work, please post in the comments below … Continued
Updated: Aug 28 2012 Long ago (mid-90’s), there was a revolutionary 3-d first-person-shooter game called “Quake”, made by id Software, the same people that made DooM a few years before. Quake had this really cool feature where you could press … Continued
Free Lunch, by David Cay Johnston, is subtitled “How the wealthiest Americans enrich themselves at government expense (and stick you with the bill).” Yes, it’s one of THOSE books. I’ve read and watched a fair share of media concerning how … Continued
Stumbled across caffeineawareness.org by accident… weird site full of bizarre alarmist propaganda against the consumption of Caffeine. For example: “Consume 5 grams and you’re DEAD, and it’s perfectly legal!” is touted in an ad on the sidebar of the website. … Continued
A couple weeks ago, I mistyped a web address in my browser and I was taken to a page run by Comcast that displayed many ads related to the words in the URL I entered. This phenomenon was covered by … Continued
A week or so ago, Ryan Smith from SpendOnLife had stumbled across some posts I had written about dealing with Collectors. He asked if I’d be willing to mention him in this blog, and I offered to plug his website … Continued
Unless you abstain from network television, newspapers, AND the Internet, you have likely heard the phrase “follow me on twitter.” Maybe you’ve even set up a twitter account and made an update or two. But if you’re still part of … Continued
After John W’s skepticism, I decided to put my code where my mouth is — please see: /portfolio/monty-hall-simulator/ It has a simulator, demonstrating the superiority of switching, based on a sample size of 10,000 or less. Source code included. … Continued
Here it is! As promised yesterday, here is the recipe for Zucchini bread passed down through my family. I don’t know the origin of this particular recipe, so it might be from a cookbook, or someone else, or it could … Continued
Well, it’s been one month. I figured since I had blogged obsessively for the first week, it seemed only fair to see how things stand after the initial test-period. Before I get to the details, the general opinion I have … Continued