December 2008
Coming up tonight: a Serious look at 2008 →
2008 was Serious Business. I’ll be taking a look back at what 2008 did and take a stab, with the assistance of the infamous Dragon Dagger, at what 2009 might possibly bring (though I will likely…
Serious Business Hiatus Is OVAH! →
Yes, I’m bringing Serious Business back tonight for the first time in three months. While the plan is to do another show next Tuesday, I can’t guarantee that Tuesdays will be the permanent night…
Rude Awakening: The Cold Returns (Briefly) →
We’ve been enjoying a period of record warmth here in Charleston, but that is in the process of coming to a very abrupt end. A cold front is pushing through this evening; once the clouds break,…
Graduation, in multimedia →
Today was a damn good day. While I was only able to have a limited number of guests, I was still able to invite my friends from all over the world thanks to things…
A new day has come →
Today is the culmination of a six-year journey which started with expectations (of graduating by 2006 with a computer science major) that were completely different from what ended up happening…
Benefits of living in the South, part 2 →
Benefits of Living in the South, originally uploaded by Jared W. Smith.
The College of Charleston IT department had its annual Holiday Party at Wild Dunes today. The temperatures,…
Quake, Rattle, and Roll →
Charleston got an unusual wakeup call this morning: A 3.6 magnitude earthquake just a few miles from Goose Creek and Summerville. There is, indeed, a fault line in Summerville (making us…
Benefits of living in the South: 70s in December →
It’s definitely not going to feel very Decemberish this week, that’s for sure. Over the next couple days, we’ll be mired in occasional showers as a trough of low pressure is dropping in. This should…
arms race (all is fair)
the peace I sought for which I fought finally obtained was subsequently shattered by a singing dagger summoning weakness and shame and sounding a call to arms
regroup! retool! reload!
forced to action not by proaction but in reaction not by choice but by necessity the line in the sand washing away with the tide
and so it’s time time to face this fight my formerly futile fight for that...
Time to go fight traffic.
Also, thanks to everyone who responded to the web-safe question. Was really curious, and got about the response I expected. :)
I don’t remember the last time I was home before 6 PM.
Studying may be preempted by meteorological intervention — fairly potent line of storms to the west getting closer to #CHS. Will watch it.
So “hmmm, I’m hungry” turned into “hey, I’ll take a NAP!” and now I’m here, 9:49 PM, somewhat rested but still hungry and nothing done.
WordPress 2.7 is available, and I’m jumping in.
Favorite part about WordPress 2.7 so far: The dashboard shoves my drafts in my face, kind of like peer pressure for me to get them done. :)
This is one of those times where I wish my blog were anonymous.
WordPress 2.7…engage! →
I’ve upgraded the site to run WordPress 2.7. The big deal about WordPress 2.7 is the new administration section, and wow — it’s a great improvement (if a bit gray — there are color schemes, if I…
Changing up music. Blue Stone’s piano ballad was putting me to sleep.
Anybody still using Web-safe colors exclusively in their Web designs?