I did it! I finally got myself sick of fast food and I mean literally sick. I’ve been trying to eat healthier over the past couple of months and that means less or no fast food.
I’ve been pretty good about it and only eating at decent places when going out. You know, places that serve [...]

I use virtualization a lot. I have many Xen images at home for testing and I ran VMware Fusion on my Mac for running Linux and other operating systems. Being cheap, I had the “stolen” version.
I found out about an app called VirtualBox. It runs under Linux, Windows, and Mac and actually runs pretty quickly. [...]

At the start of this month I wrote about getting rid of some excess stuff I had around here. I was turned on to this by another blogger and a Time Magazine article. You can read the original post here.
I tossed my bed but only because it was super old and not really worth selling. [...]

Congress is looking into regulating oil speculation which is the cause for the sudden increase in price per barrel. I’ve read that experts believe oil shouldn’t be more than $60 U.S. even though it’s close to $140 right now. This is because demand in the U.S. is actually down probably because of the poor economy [...]

I interviewed three weeks ago for a position that I’m just now getting the offer for. That seems like a really long time. I was certain that I didn’t get it after a few days had gone by.
The question now is do I take it? I’m still unsure about the whole thing and am taking [...]

I received an email back from Seed magazine. They were very nice and admitted the error. Here’s the reply.
Thank you for your interest in and your email to Seed.
The information regarding the possible diversion of U.S. funds to the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran was reported in a February 6 letter and February 7 [...]

I’m becoming very skeptical about what I read. I’ve just read an article in SEED magazine which stated the U.S. funded Iranian nuclear development via a Russian proxy setup by the IPP in order to prevent nuclear proliferation.
Of course I was really intrigued because that’s a pretty huge goof if it were true. The article [...]

I can’t stand being in an office. Everyone’s such a fucking pussy. People look at you crazy if you raise your voice or use profanity.
If you fuck up, I’ll say “you fucked up”. Don’t try to come back with some retort about how I’m somehow wrong. If I’m your superior, I’m always right even if [...]

A dude in McCain’s camp admitted that a recent terror attack would help the campaign. I’m actually in agreement with that statement but it’s still fucked up.
It’s not really fucked up that Mr. Black had the idea because his job is to put McCain’s ass in the oval office but it’s fucked up that this [...]

People who suggest that global warming isn’t true or isn’t caused by pollution are complete dolts. They may in fact be correct but are still wrong. Here’s why.
Pollution is bad. Even if it didn’t raise the global temperature by a fraction of a degree, it’s still bad. Hell, even if it had no negative ecological [...]

I’ve stumbled on a page with some really “great” quotes from different experts who thought they could predict the future. Here are a couple of gems

The Internet will catastrophically collapse in 1996. - Robert Metcalfe, internet inventor
Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. - Lord Kelvin
All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can [...]

In Mexico we have a word for sushi: Bait.
- Jose Simon

It’s an election year so there’s much to blog about. Turning on the news, I’m hit with a ton of coverage on both sides of the fence. Generally, I find it all shit. A politician is trained to say anything and everything to get themselves elected. They pander their asses off to get the votes [...]

Why don’t people learn from their mistakes? I’ve just read 3 articles explaining how McCain will drop out of the race and let someone else be the Republican nominee. The reasoning for this is that he doesn’t have a chance against Obama since the polls show Obama winning.
First, polls are shit. The polls also said [...]

I was reading the monthly Crypto-Gram newsletter from Bruce Schneier and found this sentence to be hilarious. Here it is in context
I already blogged this once: an airplane-seat camera system that tries to detect terrorists before they leap up and do whatever they were planning on doing. Amazingly enough, the EU is “testing” this [...]

The worst thing about getting older is all the responsibility and decision making. The real shitty part is that all the decent jobs come with responsibility.
One of my favorites jobs was being a janitor at a grocery store. It was super simple and it took almost no effort. Of course I made just above minimum [...]

I grew up in Jersey which is pretty much a shit hole. It really does have a smell to it and there are some pretty gritty areas. Here in Austin, Texas, even the “bad” parts are actually kinda nice in comparison.
I found a map that displays the percentage of income people spend on gas across [...]

One who makes no mistakes never makes anything.
- Unknown

I found this Time article about other people getting rid of all their excess stuff just like I am. My place looks weird now that I have 1500 square feet of next to nothing but it’s really easier to not have to worry about your things all the time.
If you have a nice couch, you [...]

Where is our government when we really need them? Traders on Wall Street are artificially jacking up the price for crude oil even when demand is fairly low for the summer months. These things need more regulation to prevent this sort of thing.
According to this article Saudi Arabia wants to is looking to put a [...]

I thought this was pretty funny. I tried to contact Time Warner support this morning and found the contact page missing the phone number. Looks like the person in charge of the site forgot to actually enter the phone number.
Here’s the actual page

Pulled over last night for speeding on my bike. I was only doing six miles an hour over the speed limit which is sorta ridiculous but the irony is that I was doing 120 in a 60 just five minutes before being pulled over for doing 46 in a 40.
Only a warning though. Guess these [...]

I’m sick of my stuff. I have too much of it. I threw out my bed, sold my television, and I’m getting rid of my books and excess clothing tomorrow. This stuff will be replaced with tranquil empty space (they’ll be pictures).
I’m tired of the cyclical nature of money and work. I work all week [...]

I’m tired of posting things to sell on Craigslist, getting a ton of emails and then getting stood up. If you’re unsure, don’t reply!