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Off for the week(end) to spend some time in Vegas with the most wonderful woman in the world! More details (and pictures) to come.

Well, the time had come to finally get rid of the beast known as the 96 Cougar XR7. The V8 was fun, and the car was fast when I needed it to be, but I was getting concerned with its health going into the winter months, and it apparently wasn’t pimp enough for some people.
I [...]

Just a quick note. The server is finished moving.

Hey everybody! The server is moving to a new location tomorrow and I need everyone to change their DNS settings. Your current nameserver settings are probably set to:
NS1.NEWTOW.ORG
NS2.NEWTOW.ORG
They NEED to be changed to:
NS1.MUCHTALL.COMNS1.NEWTOW.ORG
ASAP!!!!
Let me know if you need help with this. Here is the change status if each domain I am aware of:

alsgameshack.com
chipvalhousing.com
ckmenterprises.com
deadlypeons.com
h2ostreet.com
kc2422.com
newtncomputn.com
newtn.org
newtnwireless.com
newtow.org
schrofelan.com
shukoski.com
(UNMOVED : MOVED)

No, Linuxwhore.com isn’t gone. It’s still right here, however I’m going by a new domain name: MuchTall. Among other reasons, I decided I needed a more unique name. As of this date, the only result that MuchTall gets on Google is some site that randomly happened to squish much and tall together in their search [...]

I need to learn how to negotiate…
Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts
Hmm.

It’s been years since I conceived the idea, and then the idea was forgotten. Or rather more likely, dropped due to lack of interest, or motivation. I had the idea for a web-based family history site where family data could be updated frequently, high-res photos could be posted, and stories could be added as recalled. [...]

It occurred to me recently just how far I’ve come along the lines of IT knowledge. Years ago I experienced the frustration of not understanding the operation of computer hardware or software and wishing I knew more. I just kept plugging away and time after time, a new idea would be revealed to me like [...]

Just a quick commentary to help keep my site from getting too stale (too late).
I recently re-committed myself to mental and physical restraint in one area of my life. Since I’ve been struggling to quit this addiction for over a decade, I’ve needed to look to others for help, and to other methods of helping [...]

I just thought I’d take a moment now to say I kick arse. If you knew how much I rock right now, you’d faint. My geek skills are so white hot, you’d get burned just watching me work from a distance.

More details to come. I have to sleep :-)
Ok, so here’s the deal. Due to [...]

I thought I’d let everybody know that on February 1st, I will be moving in with my cousin Chris in St. Paul. This will cut down on my commuting costs (~$300/mo), and will allow me to start building a new social network.

I’ll make it quick, because I’m running on about 33 hours without sleep.
Just yesterday I took employment with American Summit Corp. / Wealth Spring Mortgage as their chief computer guy. It’s a pretty wide ranging position, so I’m not really sure of the title at the moment. I’m basically going to be handing nearly everything [...]

Well, I’ve been considering this for some time now, and I’m not sure how I’m going to approch this when I actually implement it. I’m thinking of changing the name of Linuxwhore.com. It’ll still be accessible by that name, but for reasons of presentability, I think that I need to go by one of my [...]

Just was thinking about stuff that I want after I get a job, so I thought I’d make a list. Something to keep me motivated, beyond the usual annoyance of not having a decent income.

A New PC. Integrity, my workstation, will turn into my MythTV server.
Liquid-cooling equiptment. My current box is way noisy.
DVD-+RW DL Drive. [...]

For several years now, I’ve been looking for a good open-source router distribution. Smoothwall comes close, but it’s a little simplistic for a good Cisco router replacement. Now, I don’t know why I’ve not heard of it up until now, but here’s what sounds like a good option: XORP. I downloaded the LiveCD and I [...]

Fedora Core 3 is out. Yay. http://linuxwhore.com/heidelberg-binary-i386/

w00t! Gaim has hit 1.0! Hmm. I don’t feel any different? :-)
Anyhow, as usual, there appears to be some odd aversion to developers releasing Fedora-compatible RPMs. Maybe I’m missing something, but it’s really quite simple (rpmbuild –rebuild gaim-1.0.0-0.src.rpm). But in the words of Bubba, “I feel your pain”. I hate compiling too. So rejoice! Gaim [...]

Whoohoo! I finally got an Orkut accout! Hopefully this leads to a Gmail invite. If you know me and would like an invite (sorry if I missed you), let me know.
Update 8/29: Uh… WTF? I tried to log in to my Orkut account today, and I get “login failed: invalid password”. I’m certain I’ve got [...]

It’s official, I’ve moved. I’ve moved back to my hometown, Plum City, and will be staying with my parents until I find a new job. If you wish to contact me, you can still call my cellphone, otherwise you can try my parent’s land-line at 715-647-3178.
I still plan to come back around for LAN parties, [...]

Gentoo: Linux for those who just can’t seem to waste enough time.
Just reading through the Fedora Core 2 test 1 release announcment thread on Slashdot. Seems that every other thread is about how much fun it is to compile all your packages for i686 and gain minimal speed increases after waiting hours for it to [...]