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November 1, 2017
Hacked Feed - Have You Ever Been Hacked?
This is the first of two (so far) “Hacked Feed” recordings. I asked hackers who visited the Dallas Hacker’s Association meetup if they had ever been hacked, and how it felt if they had. I love...
ReadOctober 8, 2017
Horizontal v Vertical Scaling
Horizontal scaling = Adding more houses 🏠 🏠 🏠 (More servers or machines) Vertical scaling = Adding more rooms 🛏️ 🛏️ 🛏️ to existing houses (More resources like CPU or RAM to...
ReadMarch 3, 2010
What is Worse, Energy-wise?
I've long wondered about the "real" energy cost of materials. For instance, a couple of years ago, my father bought a solar panel to power his RV while camping. According to the literature that came...
ReadMay 3, 2009
Not D.F.L.
I played my 3rd Disc Golf Tournament yesterday. I had a lot of fun even though I shot +24 for 36 holes. That's pretty average overall, but not way out of line for me. I'm not a great disc golfer, and...
ReadOctober 21, 2008
In Which I Learned to Putt
Here's several phrases I've uttered: In response to a close-in clang: "Oh, it's going to be one of those days!" In response to a great, but not quite drop-in, drive: "Oh great, now I have to make a...
ReadJuly 25, 2008
The First Time I Ever Folfed
In the summer of 1990, fresh out of high school and before college, I worked for TW Services in Yellowstone National Park. I worked at Lake Lodge, on Lake Yellowstone. I have always thought that if I...
ReadMay 15, 2007
NPR Shortlist - Star Wars Uncredited Characters
In 2007, Transom put out a call for Shortlists for a new NPR show called Weekend America (which has since been discontinued). This was the first one played, which I thought was pretty cool. See...
ReadJanuary 2, 2007
Andy and Dirk
I wrote “Andy & Dirk” for a Third Coast Festival contest years ago, but it had to be under three minutes long so I never submitted it. It had to start with “To begin with, they never got...
ReadJuly 4, 2004
4th of July Fireworks
By the time I came up with 4th of July Fireworks, I had done a couple of audio diaries and thought I’d give this a shot. It was really fun, because a) It’s the 4th of July and b) it involved...
ReadMay 7, 2004
Mother’s Day Diary
When Mother’s Day rolled around in 2004, I thought ‘hey, I should write one of those diaries for it.’ This is the result. It’s not a reflection of my relationship with my then-wife, but I...
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