I live in Pittsburgh, part of the rules for being a resident there is being a Steelers fan. I was born during their Super Bowl era, so from a young age I was brought up to cheer for them. Its something I’ve stuck with for a long time, and Sundays are still […]

Years ago I had read a condensed version of Moby Dick and really enjoyed the story. It was maybe a hundred pages long so I figured some bits were cut out or modified, kinda like what happens with movie adaptations of a book. I recently picked up a copy of the unabridged version […]

Since I’m working on a sort of web application now, I’m seeing a bit more of the intricacies of web page programming. The mixture of languages isn’t something I’ve ever had to do before, at least not on this scale.
When working on a desktop application its very simple, each piece is written in […]

Over the weekend we got into a ridiculously long game of Munchkin, it started around 8PM, and at 2AM it still wasn’t over. We had six players in the game, and I think all of them were on the verge of winning; but no one could seal the deal. Normally when a game […]

I got tired of the old look and design the site had. Xoops is a great too for building a site; but its more designed for a large scale project. It was definitely overkill for what I had intended for this page. The extra administrative features were starting to get in the […]