Losing Streak
In the first ten years with my license, I did not have one accident. In the two years I have lived in Massachusetts, specifically in the last year, I have had two.
The death of Megan the Honda Civic is already documented, and now I fear that Calliope the Mazda 3 and I have hit a [...]
Scalped!
At first I was all excited about Live Nation… someone was competing with Ticketmaster! This had to be a good thing! There was no way it could go horribly wrong!
Then I tried to buy some tickets to see Los Campesinos in February. $7.00 surcharge on $14.00 tickets.
50% markup.
50% markup!
Unbelievable.
UPDATE
I worked the math, and it was [...]
Maybe It’s a Regional Thing?
Why are the only Beastie Boys songs I ever hear on the radio here in eastern Massachusetts “Sabotage“, “She’s Crafty“, “Fight for Your Right to Party“, “No Sleep Till Brooklyn” or “Intergalactic“? 20 god damned years putting out records, something like 15 radio singles, and these are the ones I hear over and over again [...]
Career Oppurtunities (the ones that never knock)
One day, thought not any time soon, and probably not before they go big or the next big industry shift happens, I want to work for a web hosting company like The Engine Yard, Media Temple or Linode; These are web hosting companies that get it.
Different from the “extremely questionable” web host I once worked [...]
Apache Admin Notes: Raw Performance Numbers
In late December I started looking at alternative web servers, having hit a point where I actually asked aloud (though to no one in particular) why I still use Apache for any http or php needs that may arise.
I sat down, installed nginx (nginx 0.6.33) from the EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) repositories and [...]