I've been researching one of those “odd project bits” that has been stuck in my head over the past few days. But, instead of filling up a notepad full of notes and sleeping on it, I decided to make a blog post about it instead.

Recently, I had an opportunity to become a part of a closed beta test for Atmosphir. Atmosphir is a new, multi-platform game for Windows, Mac, or Linux computers which allows you to have control over a little clever fellow in a world full of platforms to jump to, things to climb up, and all sorts [...]

Like all really interesting ideas I come up with and want to follow up on, this one happened last thing on a Sunday night when I'm at my sleepiest. Basic tenet is that transmitting credit card information across the internet for offsite processing is a huge security concern. The fix is, don't send it at [...]

Earlier today, I was searching today for some article or advice on how best to provide security and courtesy at the same time. I was somewhat startled to find that virtually no one – no one – is writing about the topic. In a security-conscious world, we seem to have forgotten that ultimately, security serves [...]

Went out to this store this afternoon to pick up daughter's graduation present. As things ended up, a new 1.83 GHz Intel Mac Mini managed to tag on the ride back home. After some futzing with a fire wire cable, and hitting the “migrate from my old mac” bit during setup, I ended up with [...]