Archive for June, 2003

Silly domain names still available

Published at June 30, 2003 in TechnoGeek. 1 Comment

Bear with me here, I know that some of these are a bit sophmoric, but my kids (11 and 8 years old) helped me out with these…
So, if you still think that you can make big $$$$ off the web, here are a few choice domain names still available….

www.poopstank.com
www.blowinstank.com
www.ieatmyboogers.com
www.ihavethebestdad.com <----my favorite...

St. Louis is a special place…

Published at June 24, 2003 in WTF - Daily Diary. Closed

“Mmmmm you can find me in St. Louie
Where the gun play ring all day (nanana)
Some got jobs and some sell yea’
Others just smoke and f*ck all day”

Nelly, “St. Louie”

Waverunners Therapy

Published at June 23, 2003 in Geek Therapy. Closed

I got to ride a waverunner this weekend, for the first time. I have a fresh perspective on life now.

New VJ Rig for me!

Published at June 3, 2003 in Geek Therapy. 0 Comments

Builidng on the sucess of the last Schwagstock, I will once again be doing the visuals for the next one, June 6 and 7 at Ozark Outdoors.
So, what’s an enterprising geek to do when confronted with a new gig?
Buy more gear, of course.
I finally bit the bullet and dented the credit card for a pair of these. No more scan converter! 7 lbs! It’s all in there, audio, video, onboard MPEG-4 decoder. I think I might be able to get the whole thing down to a single powerstrip. Now I can crossfade between two digital sources, I used to work from a tape and a computer, but now…oh buddy, lookout.

We mourn the passing of another great Geek in history

Published at June 1, 2003 in TechnoGeek. Closed

My heart was heavy on Friday, when I discovered that Dr. Edgar F. Codd passed away on April 18th.

Dr. E. F. Codd is recognized as the man who did the math to come up with the relational calculus. Just think this guy really made all the great web apps we use to day possible. Because these ideas govern the functioning of relational databases.

And what a geek too. He was like “Umm, I’m too geeky to build the thing, I’m gonna define the rules by which it will work, and prove it to a mathematica certainty.” Wow! That takes chutzpah! Yes, I can prove that you will be able to store and retrieve your data.

And this was all done in th 70’s. The big daddy relational systems were not available until the mid 80’s, and oracle didn’t come on the scene until after IBM’s DB software…

The real pity though, is that he never got any real financial remuneration from this! All that work, and no pay!

Anyway, the world is less of place after April 18th.