Chris Russell's Web Log
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A running commentary on the people, places, events, and ideas that make it worth staying up late and getting up early.en2009-07-04T05:49:41chris@chrisrussell.nethourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00Last Blog Entry -- Moving to Live.com
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2006-08-03T16:43:20chris (mailto:chris@chrisrussell.net)GeneralThe b2 PHP scripting package that I've used to run this blog for the past several years is hopelessly out-of-date. Basically the only way I've been able to keep it up online and keep it secure from hackers is to systematically disable features (I could fix it but I haven't ...b2 PHP scripting package that I've used to run this blog for the past several years is hopelessly out-of-date. Basically the only way I've been able to keep it up online and keep it secure from hackers is to systematically disable features (I could fix it but I haven't got the time or motivation honestly).
With the recent launch of Microsoft's Windows Live Spaces, I've decided to abandon this blog in favor of a new Live Spaces-hosted blog. I plan to leave this blog in place until I have time to figure out how to extract the content from MySQL and take the PHP scripts offline for good.
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2006-07-30T23:18:54chris (mailto:chris@chrisrussell.net)General
Original Electronic Music (oem) Radio is a SHOUTcast stream that showcases experimental music contributed by electronic musicians.
>> visit the oem radio homepage and check it out.
Original Electronic Music (oem) Radio is a SHOUTcast stream that showcases experimental music contributed by electronic musicians.
]]>Microsoft Acquires SysInternals
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2006-07-19T01:54:51chris (mailto:chris@chrisrussell.net)GeneralSome interesting comments posted by PC World staff blogger Edward Albro about Microsoft's acquisition of Sysinternals.
> Microsoft Sucks Up Sysinternals (PCWorld.com)
It's too bad that Albro decided to lead with such an incindiary headline. Otherwise, it's a well-written and thought provoking editorial.
Sysinternals.
It's too bad that Albro decided to lead with such an incindiary headline. Otherwise, it's a well-written and thought provoking editorial.
]]>Stihl Cutting Trees
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2006-07-06T16:41:20chris (mailto:chris@chrisrussell.net)GeneralI've heard it said "never trust a software engineer with a soldering iron."
... Hell - forget the soldering iron. I got myself a new Stihl MS390 gas axe (that's a chainsaw in case you don't hang out at Gritty's in Freeport, Maine).
Welcome to the Pacific Northwest. Time to do a ...
... Hell - forget the soldering iron. I got myself a new Stihl MS390 gas axe (that's a chainsaw in case you don't hang out at Gritty's in Freeport, Maine).
Welcome to the Pacific Northwest. Time to do a little yard work.
]]>Common Errors in English
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2006-07-05T14:01:11chris (mailto:chris@chrisrussell.net)GeneralThe other day at work I made the mistake of using the phrase "begs the question" incorrectly. I was prompty corrected by a co-worker. To help me avoid such embarrassment in the future, I went looking for an explanation of "begging the question" and came across this great website:
> Common ...begging the question" and came across this great website:
]]>Humor: G4TV Star Trek Shorts
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2006-06-27T19:39:48chris (mailto:chris@chrisrussell.net)General
G4TV has posted the animated Star Trek doll shorts from their Star Trek 2.0 show on YouTube.com. These are hilarious:
Flash Videos:
Poolside
Coffee House
Cribs
Karaoke... Tune in and prosper!
G4TV has posted the animated Star Trek doll shorts from their Star Trek 2.0 show on YouTube.com. These are hilarious:
]]>18 Years in Software Tools, an Insider's View
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2006-06-20T16:53:51chris (mailto:chris@chrisrussell.net)GeneralPicked up this slashdot.org story while eating a salad at my desk earlier today:
Rico Mariani, an eighteen-year Microsoft veteran, speaks at the University of Waterloo Computer Science Club about his experiences at Microsoft, industry trends, etc.
It's an amusing and interesting talk. Download the video from the U Waterloo Computer Science ...slashdot.org story while eating a salad at my desk earlier today:
Rico Mariani, an eighteen-year Microsoft veteran, speaks at the University of Waterloo Computer Science Club about his experiences at Microsoft, industry trends, etc.
It's an amusing and interesting talk. Download the video from the U Waterloo Computer Science Club's media server.
]]>Coffee @ the P & G Speakeasy
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2006-06-18T13:40:45chris (mailto:chris@chrisrussell.net)GeneralI got back into Seattle late last night after spending a week back in Maine visiting with Vicki and the dogs, trying to get a few repair items completed, and generally trying to figure out what the hell-all-else needs to get done in order to get them out here in ...
So it's Sunday morning and I'm sitting in the P & G Speakeasy Cafe in Duvall drinking a quad-shot mocha and taking advantage of the free wireless and mellow B.B. King pumping out from behind the counter. This is a chilled little cafe and I think I'll be hanging out here a lot if for no other reason than they have broadband and I still need to drop some more trees before getting a satelite signal out at the house.
]]>PEPM'07
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2006-06-15T11:27:01chris (mailto:chris@chrisrussell.net)GeneralAn interesting conference early next year will be the ACM SIGPLAN 2007 Workshop on Partial Evaluation and Program Manipulation (PEPM'07). http://www.program-transformation.org/PEPM07
http://www.program-transformation.org/PEPM07
]]>Now in Washington State
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2006-05-07T12:34:48chris (mailto:chris@chrisrussell.net)GeneralI last posted from a dinner in Bozeman, Montana where dad and I were eating breakfast, gassing up the Mazda 6 wagon, scraping the bugs off the windshield, and considering how much more to drive. Well, we kept going... Finally made it into Spokane, WA in the middle of ...Bozeman, Montana where dad and I were eating breakfast, gassing up the Mazda 6 wagon, scraping the bugs off the windshield, and considering how much more to drive. Well, we kept going... Finally made it into Spokane, WA in the middle of the afternoon on Wednesday but decided to keep going... Eventually we checked into a hotel in Wenatchee, WA Thursday night after driving through some really beautiful country East of the Cascades along the Columbia River valley.
Thursday morning, I got up early took the car out for gas, a run through the car wash (which got some of the bugs off the car), hit the drive-through expresso bar and then blasted out on Route 90 West through North Bend, Snoqualmie, and then on to Issaquah where MS has provided me with short-term living accomodations (furnished apartment unit - one of seemingly endless units clustered on the hills of Issaquah).
Dropped dad at SEATAC Saturday morning @ 5:00 AM PDT for his flight back to Boston, went grocery shopping, and then slept all day Saturday until about 8:00 this morning. Today, paperwork: expense reports, mortgage papers, etc. All the stuff that makes life worth living
