Cookies

Yet another obligation that will delay my working on this website… About a year ago I designed a website for a local woman who sells cookies. She’s been rather fed up with the hosting that she had (which I unfortunately had also been using at the time) and...

The Cockroach in the Machine

Some things that you find are just too cool. While reading the latest issue of “Make Magazine” (from O’Reilly Press), I saw an article about a cockroach powered robot. The cockroach has no brain, but is basically controlled a bunch of nerve cells...

New Shoes

I tried a new pair of shoes for this evening’s workout, the Asics DS-Trainer X. The jury is still out a little on whether I like them. We ran a Baxter Woods workout, which is basically a 600 meter down hill trail followed by two sharp turns and a 200 meter...

Faulty Assumptions

The problem with assumptions is that they are not always correct. Something to always bear in mind no matter what you are doing, but something to especially bear in mind when dealing with humans and money. After all, what use is money without humans? I was asked to...

Database Planning

Getting the new roommate moved in is just about set. We have for the most part got the furniture and boxes of junk that we don’t want to keep in the apartment but aren’t ready to throw out yet in storage, and should be done with 1 or 2 more runs over...