Cubicle geek by day, proud husband and father by choice. Back in Arkansas after nearly 10 years in Texas.
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Back in my high school days in the 1980s, despite my mullet I listened to a variety of music. My hairstyle just happened to fit one of those types–cranked out by what many call “black t-shirt” bands. A friend of my brother once called it “that long-haired shit.” A friend who was into the modern… (read more)
I haven’t finished reading a book in at least a year, and I blame most of that on the drastic change in my lunch hour. I never was a fast reader, instead poring over the words at pretty much the same pace one might speak them aloud. I always had a book going, and finished… (read more)
Every few years, I try Linux again. I like the idea of a free OS, and the last time I installed it I ran it on my laptop for two years. It served me well until I used the recovery disks to put Windows Vista back on it and sell it cheap to a friend… (read more)
The school my son attends touted SmartMusic as a great way for children to learn their instruments. I can see it helping him in some ways, but I do have some reservations about it. That is for another time. Right now, I’m here to help anyone else seeing this error: UnknownNetworkError (99) loading https://account.makemusic.com/OpenId/Provider: Connection… (read more)
Chris, Ever since we were–what, 7?–I have known that your birthday was either September 9 or 11. Then that thing happened, and the date was forever solidified in my brain. It isn’t 9 or 11, it’s 9-11. Numbers aside, I’m glad we’re still friends, and lately I’m realizing how much our friendship shaped who I… (read more)