Category Archives: Random

If you are in any way involved in web development (or follow internet-related news), you have probably heard about the GoDaddy/SOPA saga. As a longtime (now former) GoDaddy customer, I have some thoughts I’d like to share. I will try … Continue reading →

It’s that time of year again… and although I probably need to lose a few pounds, I have a few other goals in mind for 2012.

Reflecting on how my professional goals have matured over the past few years, I can definitely see progress. Here’s hoping that 2012 brings more success! Continue reading →

A long time ago, I wrote a post titled 10 Albums That Inspire Great Software. It was one of my more popular posts at the time… and I wanted to follow up on the idea with a fresh post. Continue reading →

As a software developer, I love having extra monitors. I currently have three: my laptop screen, an external widescreen plugged into the VGA port, and a third plugged in via a USB-VGA adapter. The adapted I chose (and love, BTW) is the DisplayLink USB2VGAPro, and it works perfectly with both my Windows and Mac machines. Continue reading →

As a small business owner and freelance software developer, I can tell you with a great deal of certainty that the one administrative task that eats most of my non-billable time is invoicing. When I first started, I (like many … Continue reading →

In case you hadn’t heard, it snowed in Chicago this week. It snowed… then it snowed some more. In fact, we had so much snow that Lake County shut down every road and told residents not to leave their houses because, well, you’d basically die. Continue reading →

This past week I killed my iPod Touch. It drowned in my morning cup of coffee.

Needless to say, I followed the advice I read online to resuscitate my iPod but I couldn’t find a pulse. The screen was black and there were zero signs of life.

So as a last resort I decided to take it apart. Which is much harder than you would think. Continue reading →

Have you ever gotten an email from someone you didn’t know?

It’s called SPAM and I get a lot of it. I probably get more than most people because I run a business – which means I get a million calls and emails trying to sell me services or asking about “business proposals”. This is an expected result of advertising my name, address, phone number and email and I can’t be too mad about that.

But when did spammers start getting personal? Continue reading →

My wife and I recently decided to do a bit of remodeling in our house – nothing involving major construction, but it was an effort that focused on efficiently organizing our living space. As part of this process we decided to move/renovate our home office. Continue reading →