Archive for September, 2008

movies, video

Jericho - Season 1.

I love the web-based revolution currently occurring to television. Why? Not only the freedom to watch what I want on my schedule but also the possibility that what I want to watch will be shown. It seems that my television viewing tastes are far enough outside of mainstream that a number of my favorite shows [...]

household, productivity, technology

Apple iPhone.

My Cingular 8125 was on its last legs. I’d never been particularly impressed with the device but now it would randomnly reboot during calls - you just can’t have that. So as I prepared to leave Collages.net Inc. for the unpredictable world of the entrepreneur, I needed a new phone. I had a contract with [...]

technology, web

VPSLand - Windows/Linux VPS Hosting Review.

I run a number of hobby sites - like this one. But unlike this one, many of my older hobby sites run on Windows. I’ve been using WebSecureStores (a shared host) and am fairly happy with them - but they seem to have stopped all activity on the feature enhancement front - going even so [...]

household

CatGenie - Automatic Litterbox?

UPDATE: I’m fairly satisfied with my CatGenie now and can recommend it. Nora from CatGenie contacted me and sent out a new hopper and a new robotic arm. Another CSR sent me a replacement processing unit. With these new items in place, and after having corrected the issue that my plumber had hooked up the [...]

learning, movies

One Man’s Hero (Movie).

The first historical period I became fascinated with was the War for Texan Independence, and specifically the Battle for the Alamo. I was introduced to this battle via Disney’s Davy Crockett film and would continue my interest by reading a variety of books on the subject and seeing the various films produced concerning the battle [...]

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