http://david-s.net Words Sat, 27 May 2006 01:21:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Despite any rumors you may have heard or the fact I haven’t updated this site in exactly one year, I am still alive. So what have I been doing for the past year? One word, work. In the past year, I’ve been doing a whole lot of hard work, something Hillary ... http://david-s.net/archives/2006/05/25/still-alive-2/ Photos from Chicago Thursday, May 19, 2005 Flight is scheduled to leave Dulles at 5:15 pm Mother nature decides to dump rain and fog on Chicago Flight is delayed All inbound flights to O’Hare are stopped Flight is delayed We finally arrive at O’Hare at 10:45 pm Chicago time Take the El with Cheryl and Friends Friday, May 20, ... http://david-s.net/archives/2005/05/25/how-bout-them-cubbies/ In the rush that has been this past week, I forgot my Dad’s birthday, and now I feel really bad about it. It’s not entirely my fault since we celebrated Mother’s day, Mom’s bday and Dad’s bday all at once. That makes up for him getting presents a week and ... http://david-s.net/archives/2005/05/18/happy-belated-birthday-dad/ The fine people over at TextDrive run ModSecurity on their Apache servers. ModSecurity takes care of filtering out most evil comment spammers requests before they even have a chance to actually hit the applications running on the server (i.e. WordPress). This is all great, unless of course your mom tries ... http://david-s.net/archives/2005/05/11/when-mod_security-attacks/ There just so happens to be a Frank Lloyd Wright extravaganza in Chicago when I will be there, May 18-21. Too bad its a little out of my price range. I will be checking out the Robie House tour. Thursday, May 19 - Sunday, May 22, 2005 ... http://david-s.net/archives/2005/05/10/wright-stuff/ Happy Birthday Mom! Six syllables for a sixty year old. You might want to keep that one in mind for the crosswords. http://david-s.net/archives/2005/05/10/the-newest-member-of-the-sexagenarian-club/ That’s what I’d like to know. According to the IRS’s “Where’s My Refund?”: Your tax refund is scheduled to be mailed on April 29, 2005. If you do not receive the refund by May 27, 2005, please contact us again. We are unable to take any action until then. Can ... http://david-s.net/archives/2005/04/24/wheres-my-refund/ After over 2 years of pestering from my mom and I, my dad finally gave in and traded in the 11 year old barge for a more yacht like Acura RL. As you can see, its a beautiful car, and a blast to drive (although its still in the “break ... http://david-s.net/archives/2005/04/12/barge-be-gone/ BusinessWeek has an article on Cracking the Street’s New Math. It’s just a high level overview of how money managers are using computer algorithms to spread trades over a finite timeline. Reverse engineering these trades and algorithms gives you Pi. http://david-s.net/archives/2005/04/12/pi-becomes-reality/ So I’m driving to Potbelly after softball practice with Ms. “No Name” to get a yummy turkey sandwich, and as I’m driving along I notice what looks to be a very nice Mercedes CLK, then I notice the Kleemann badge, and I realize that its a CLK 55K S8. Wow, ... http://david-s.net/archives/2005/04/07/wipe-the-drool-off-your-lip-before-it-gets-on-the-benz/ It was bound to happen sooner or later. With Google’s acquisition of Keyhole late last year and their release of Google Maps almost two months, they’ve finally merged the two. You can now get satellite pictures of the Whitehouse, however some more “secure” areas are invisible to at certain higher ... http://david-s.net/archives/2005/04/05/google-goes-to-space/ I don’t travel 250,000,000,000 miles per year, so I don’t get free airline tickets or first class upgrades, but every once in a while I do get free stuff like some decent magazines. Yes, now these evil corporations have my address, but I’m sure they already have that and much, ... http://david-s.net/archives/2005/04/04/airline-miles-are-good-for-something/ I probably should have posted this a while ago, when I actually finished painting it, but I have completed my first canvas. The canvas is 24″x36″ and the design comes from the Fibonacci sequence where n = 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13. Enjoy. http://david-s.net/archives/2005/04/04/fibonacci-artwork/ In case anyone out there is shopping for my quarter birthday coming up, I need Clocky, a wandering alarm clock robot! In case you haven’t noticed, I enjoy sleep, and I don’t like it when the alarm clock goes off. I’ve already had to resort to putting my alarm clock ... http://david-s.net/archives/2005/04/04/i-need-clocky/ I’m not a fan of the whole politically correct movement, but this CNN story about the red ink teachers use to correct papers being “stressful”. Karwoski’s teachers grade papers by giving examples of better answers for those students who make mistakes. But that approach meant the kids often found ... http://david-s.net/archives/2005/04/04/politically-correct-ink/ I put my pictures from Vegas online. There’s only about 130 pictures, and I didn’t have time to adjust/correct any of them yet. Enjoy. http://david-s.net/archives/2005/03/14/vegas-pics/ Those of you who know me most likely know I’m not much of an early riser. So what does a nocturnal person do when they have to be up early? The answer of course is that if you never go to sleep, the end of the night is the beginning ... http://david-s.net/archives/2005/03/08/no-sleep-til-dulles/ At this time, I should be on board my least favorite airline, Delta, and heading toward my least favorite layover city, Atlanta. For a little background about why Delta is the worst airline on the face of the earth, see my notes for 2003-03-08 and 2003-03-15 on my trip to ... http://david-s.net/archives/2005/03/08/las-vegas-here-i-come/ Fellow PSU Alum Alex Valentine writes: Blogs are not a person2person tool. Posting on a blog is a person -> audience tool where the audience can choose to listen and chime back. I believe this is the epitome of why there is such a buzz about blogs, and defines the ... http://david-s.net/archives/2005/03/02/internal-blogs-the-next-revoloution/ One of my favorite weblogs to read is Rands In Repose. Rands has a bunch of hilarious (but mostly true) Vegas related posts such as How to Win at Low Limit Poker, and Rands Vegas System. This will be useful next week in Vegas. Also, don’t miss N.A.D.D., the management glossary ... http://david-s.net/archives/2005/03/02/more-vegas/