http://www.murphybytes.com Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:18:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was having coffee with Pieter Hintjens talking about a bunch of crazy ideas fueled by caffeine and lack of sleep when I decided I need to become a defense contractor and build weapons. If you know me you probably scoff at the idea that I actually have ... http://www.murphybytes.com/2008/11/16/regime-change-the-right-way/ Last Tuesday night I went up to Manhattan to visit my friend Dmitri. Later when I was taking the train back to Princeton Junction they announced that Obama won the presidential election. The train erupted in applause and cheering. I don't know that there were any ... http://www.murphybytes.com/2008/11/09/historic-moment/ If there is are lines of people waiting for something I'm going to pick the slowest one no matter what. It doesn't matter if it's waiting to check out at the grocery store or waiting to go through security at the airport, if there is a line I'm going ... http://www.murphybytes.com/2008/10/31/slow-line/ I've been spending some time in Iowa the state where I grew up. I was driving to the airport in Des Moines taking back roads feeling nostalgic. All of the corn is dry and ready to harvest the ditches and gullies of gray dead grass hiding deer and ... http://www.murphybytes.com/2008/10/27/late-fall-in-iowa/ I grew up in a town that would be the cultural equivalent of Wonder Bread so one of the things I like about my job is that is that I get to know people from all over the world.   I was talking to one of my Chinese friends today ... http://www.murphybytes.com/2008/10/20/idioms-and-customs/ I hate Linux. I hate Free BSD more than I hate Linux. I hate Mac OSX more than I hate Free BSD. I hate Solaris more than I hate Mac OSX. I hate Windows more than I hate Solaris. I hate AIX most of all. http://www.murphybytes.com/2008/09/24/hate/ I got a new guitar as a gift, a very nice Fender DG-24. A long time ago before I got married I used to play quite a bit and I'd been thinking about picking up the habit again. It's kind of funny my fingers remember what to ... http://www.murphybytes.com/2008/09/20/sore-fingers/ I went to a party at a CSA farm last weekend. I knew about one person there so I was uncomfortable as hell. The premise of the party was fairly interesting, everybody brought food and helped dig sweet potatoes. Here are some of the potatoes. Here are ... http://www.murphybytes.com/2008/09/17/sweet-potato-party/ I basically get paid to think about stuff. Here's an article from Ars Technica that cites a study that indicates that heavy mental effort leads to much bigger meals. So now I have an excuse. http://www.murphybytes.com/2008/09/05/why-im-fat/ Yep. No more long hair. Chopped it all off. No reason. Quit bugging me about it. http://www.murphybytes.com/2008/08/25/wheres-your-hair/