When the alternative becomes mainstream…

It always diminishes the lure, creativity, and “special”ness of whatever it was.
Whether we are talking about case-mods, wardriving, “going green” or in the case of what irked me, body modification, it all tends to be the same.
Once the sheeple get involved and it is mundane, then everyone is an expert, every dumbass who has some [...]

A little bit fresher

Since we were moving the employee co-located servers to a new vlan I decided to do a reinstall on the server. I don’t care much about Gentoo anymore, and Ubuntu server was nice and shiny. I tried reinstalling only to find that one of the procs died on the server and the harddrive was full [...]

Was it worth it?

Well, I haven’t had to pay for it yet - student loan payback doesn’t kick in for another few months.
The last two months out of school have flown by. Yesterday I got my diploma in the mail.

Aw yeah - Summa Cum Laude bitches! Wasn’t even sure if they designated honors at WIU…
Still don’t feel like [...]

Of gates and Portals

So I gave my final presentation last night in class and all I have left is to finish up my final paper and exam - them I am done done done with my BS in IT.
Since I’m in wind-down-and-don’t-give-a-crap mode I’ve been playing a few games as well.
First off I’ve been playing Magic: the Gathering [...]

The home stretch

It’s been quite a summer, and quite awhile since I posted.
Since the last time I went to Comic-Con in San Diego, then Defcon15. Had a much better time than I expected, and after a rocky start, was able to talk to and meet a whole bunch of really cool people.
School is still progressing nicely. I [...]

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