There’s ESL, and Then There’s Plain Ridiculous

March 5, 2010 on 3:06 pm | In Entertainment, Techspeak | 1 Comment

I’ll let this voicemail I received speak for itself, although, on second thought, someone else really should be doing the speaking… I had a similar message yesterday.

Commentary on FailPoint

March 4, 2010 on 7:25 pm | In Uncategorized | No Comments

This little gem is from my colleague. It clearly illustrates the present status of telecommunications in Vermont, and probably the rest of northern New England.

Shoulder Tension

March 1, 2010 on 9:50 pm | In Aikido, Health & Fitness, Personal | No Comments

Why do humans have a tendency to “get into our shoulders?” I’ve been pondering this for a while now. When I first started practicing aikido, my sensei told me that I was “very much in my head.” These days, I feel like I’ve settled down from being in my head to more “in my shoulders.” Continue reading Shoulder Tension…

On Aikido and Injuries

February 25, 2010 on 10:16 am | In Aikido, Health & Fitness | No Comments

If there’s one thing I’ve got experience with, it’s injuries. As always, I don’t claim to be an expert here, but with a broken clavicle, broken femur, sublexed patella, subluxed wrist bones, bursitis, and a psoas that can best be described as “too tight,” I definitely have some experience with training under less than optimal bodily conditions. Continue reading On Aikido and Injuries…

My Thoughts on Yahoo! Search as Default for Ubuntu’s Firefox

February 21, 2010 on 2:53 pm | In Internet, Linux, Techspeak, Ubuntu | Comments Off

Last month Canonical announced that they would switch the default search provider from Google to Yahoo! in the Firefox browser that ships with Ubuntu as of version 10.04. Continue reading My Thoughts on Yahoo! Search as Default for Ubuntu’s Firefox…

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