Dark Side of the Carton

I get asked on a pretty regular basis what kind of software I use to do my job or make my life easier. I decided to go ahead and type up a list of everything I use. Crimson Editor – A powerful source code editor for Windows. It features syntax highlighting for most major languages, […]

We are about to leave for Austin for the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 Launch event. I should never see my clock say 5:anything…

Lauren and I ventured out this weekend to catch an early showing of the new Harry Potter. I have to say that the HP movies never cease to impress me. I liked the dark overtones of this one and I think Ralph Fiennes did an amazing job as Voldemort. Movie Thunder has a review online.

An open source update to the popular but heavily underpowered Microsoft Paint program is now available. Paint.net is apparently a much needed improvement over the bundled version of the software. Ars Technica has a short little review of the program.

Although storage space is no longer the premium it once was, physical backups and external media have been slow to catch up. While recordable DVDs may be fine for backing up a single workstation, large servers are still forced to rely on swappable drives and tape backups. But holographic disc technology could be changing all […]

Browser security is something that all the developers think they can master on their own. What they fail to realize is that a unified set of security guidelines would help the users/consumers of their products. That being said, it is great news that they have agreed to implement a set of security measures across all […]

Being back at work after having a 4 day weekend is always tough, but here I am. We spent Thanksgiving at my Mom’s house this year. In the past we would go to both parent’s houses and just eat until we felt like we were going to die. Instead we are going to alternate from […]

Bram Cohen, the guy who invented BitTorrent, just signed a deal with the evil people at the MPAA. I can’t say that I blame him. He could get blamed for massive amounts of piracy. This releases his liability as far as they are concerned. Most of us would sell out a bunch of random Internet-ites […]

My son is quite familiar with most of the classic Star Wars characters. He has the entire set of Hasbro Jedi Force action figures. At 19 months he can name Chewbacca, Yoda, Han, Luke, and Vader. Last night we put on Episode III and I gotta say that it was highly enjoyable to watch his […]

Apparently after one guy robbed a store at gunpoint another set of thieves beat a kid up after he walked out with his brand new Xbox 360 last night. People can be so dumb. Source: in-forum