Today is a significant day for me for a couple of reasons. Professionally, today marks three years since we released GlassFish 3 and Java EE 6. Most of you probably don’t care much about that. Today also marks another three year anniversary of a more personal nature. It was today in 2009 that my dad …
I recently ordered an item from an online store, a multiport, wireless router. I was pretty excited about getting it, so I was closely watching the tracking status on UPS’ site. Upon checking the status, I saw that it was delivered. Surprised as I’d been home all morning but pleased, I looked outside to find…nothing. …
I have a bunch of random, sometimes half-baked thoughts rattling around that space between my ears. Rather than taking the time to write a separate entry for each of them, I'm just going to dump my thoughts here in one big, meandering post. I have very little sympathy for the Occupy Wall Street crowd. They …
Probably everyone who follows Oklahoma collegiate sports has probably heard that former Voice of the Sooners Bob Barry, Sr. passed away today. I really don’t have anything to add to the memories and thoughts of Bob. I will say I always enjoyed listening to him call the games. His enthusiasm and love for the game …
A little over a month ago or so (I’m not curious enough to check), I mused about the possibility of complete abandoning Twitter, or, at the very least, making write-only, meaning I might post to it, but not read it. After posting that, I went at least a month without ever looking at my twitter …
The new TV season is upon us, so, while I watch source compile, I thought I’d put some thoughts “to paper.”
I’ve been rewatching Lost on Netflix. The first time around, I loved the show. Yes, at times it was frustrating, with the seemingly meandering story and the THOUSANDS of unanswered questions, but I like sci-fi/fantasty/out-there shows, so I enjoyed it nonetheless. As much as I loved it the first time through, it has been SO …
I like Jim Geraghty’s take on the current no-tax-hike impasse in Congress: I suspect the default of a lot of conservatives is that they might, someday, be willing to entertain the notion of tax increases if they genuinely believed that lawmakers had made a sustained effort to trim the fat from the federal budget. When …
My mom sent me this story. You may have already seen it — it may not even be true — but I hadn’t seen it, and it makes me laugh every. single. time. So, here you go: Our teacher asked us what our favorite animal was, and I said, “Fried chicken.” She said I wasn’t …
A week or two ago, a professional colleague (for lack of a better word 🙂 asked me what I think is a pretty good question, “I can’t tell if it’s professionally wise or socially irresponsible to stay silent about my political views. @jasondlee thoughts?” It’s a tough question, I think, so here’s my rambling answer. …