Entries from January 2006

Monday, January 16th, 2006

I can relate

So I read this Blog entry today, and man do I know how this guy feels. If you work in the technology field, check this article out!
While I invariably have to solve desktop problems at some client sites, I am primarily a server guy. Most of the servers I supervise don’t even have [...]

Tuesday, January 10th, 2006

Affligem Dubbel Abbey Ale

Further justification that purchasing beer you can’t pronounce is a good idea! Alyssa and I randomly stopped at a swanky grocery store on the way back from SFSU today. The place had a decent beer selection, so I picked up a few bottles.
I’ve had good experience with abbey ales in the past (Chimay [...]

Wednesday, January 4th, 2006

Horray for Rabid Teachers

This is a response to a blog post located here. I randomly came across this article, which includes a rather bad recording of one of my teachers at SFSU this next semester.
I must say, it’s rather discouraging. The guy seems to be a rather rabidly liberal, believing that the sole reason why U.S. [...]

Wednesday, January 4th, 2006

Christmas ‘n Stuff

So over the holiday break there was some major drama at my place. I don’t really want to publicize it online, but let’s just say it was a big scare for me and I didn’t really get a lot of time to digest it.
Anyhow, I’m doing much better now, and I just kinda wish [...]

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006

The IKEA Welfare State

I found this article today, which talks about how the relatively poor in European countries use IKEA stores as an alternative to welfare.
Obviously some are blatantly exploiting the free services of IKEA, such as parents who drop off their children at the store’s day care facility, and then take off to run errands elsewhere. [...]