“You know what truth is? It’s some crazy thing my neighbor believes. If I want to make friends with him, I ask him what he believes. He tells me, and I say, “Yeah, yeah – ain’t it the truth?”

  • Some random thoughts on programming

    Since this post actually got read by people I made a follow up to clarify some of what I was saying. Thanks internet for helping me realize how bad I am at making my point. As I near the end of my third decade programming, I keep finding myself coming back to pondering the same…

  • Obsession

    Sometimes when I am feeling a little obsessed with something. I wonder where I stand on some kind of scale relative to other people. Today I wonder, what FedEx package has had the most hits on its tracking page.

  • Nimbulist

    I finally actually finished an iPhone app and put it in the store. Its pretty simple but solves a problem I actually had. I am a big user of Evernote and but thier iPhone client is pretty clunky for editing todo lists. Nimbulist (app store link) lets you do this quickly with what I think…

  • Getting Auto updates to work in recent WordPress

    If you are in this hell: Connection Information: To preform the requested action… This guy is your friend: Direct plugin auto-update on WordPress 2.8 Quick version: define(‘FS_METHOD’, ‘direct’);

  • Bike ride photo…

    Saw this on a ride recently. What exactly is GOD charging these days for Freedom?

  • Something I learned yesterday

    If you stop to ask directions from people carrying shotguns (in this case security people walking along the road),  they may ask you for a ride if they do, Its probably going to end up that you have people with shotguns in the back seat of your car for a while. For me at least…

  • The best part of travel

    Starts after the plane lands. just starting an 11 day trip to el Salvador with optional side trip to Guatemala. Writing this using the neighbors’ wifi from my friends house here in auachapan. Flights we all good and I’m looking forward to heading to sonsonate tomorrow. Hopefully there will be better photos then too. Btw.…

  • Heading south

    Heading back to El Salvador for 11 days tomorrow. Been looking forward to this trip for a while. I hope to post some updates here.

  • Changing fortunes

    Nothing new here. But the visuals are pretty striking to me: The 1990s The 2000s

  • I have a Meritline Problem

    Its just so hard to resist when you can buy a laser and have it shipped to you from around the world for 0.89. Every day these temptations enter my inbox. How can I be expected to resist? I don’t even know what it means by Banknote checking…