Author: Jesse

Spam Karma Delivers Payback 3

Spam Karma Delivers Payback

Since the move to the new server, I've been rather disappointed with how Akismet, the spam filtering plugin, had been performing. It had taken up a nasty habit of flagging almost all legit comments as spam leading me to have...

The New Indicator of Marxist Tendencies 9

The New Indicator of Marxist Tendencies

Last night, I asked Shauna for a sip of her Cherry Pepsi. She obliged and I remarked that, while it's good, I like Cherry Coke better. According to her, this means I'm a communist. That flavor you're now tasting is...

To sell out or not to sell out. This is the question. 11

To sell out or not to sell out. This is the question.

I got an e-mail yesterday from someone asking to place an advertisement on our website. They were offering $25 to display the ad for a not-yet-discussed length of time. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about that either. I'm...

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger 1

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

Welcome to the upgraded website! We're now running off of the fine folks at SliceHost (who, by-the-by, rock) on a fresh upgrade of WordPress 2.1.3. All of the plugins are up-to-date, but please let us know if something seems horrendously...

I'm totally addicted to this game. 2

I'm totally addicted to this game.

Chick Chick Boom is about the most addictive thing to hit the Internet since Bejeweled, I kid you not. I'm totally not surprised that Nintendo was involved on this one. Go try it out for yourself.

Proof That We Can Garden 3

Proof That We Can Garden

This is despite Annabelle managing to destroy both the plastic tarp protecting them from yesterdays snow AND about half of the fence around the planter. Hardy indeed.

Actually, I *can* believe it's not butter. 4

Actually, I *can* believe it's not butter.

Please, don't ask me why we bought this. I think we must've been on a high from buying too many Lean Cuisines and indulging on cheese made from 2% milk. After a bender like that, trying out a Fat Free...

Moving Delays 0

Moving Delays

Server migration. The words strike fear of the unknown in the hearts of the non-technical and fear of the known into the hearts of geeks like me. So far, I've only moved mail services and one of the websites to...

Babies and Puppies: A Dangerously Cute Combination 8

Babies and Puppies: A Dangerously Cute Combination

We took these during Conference in April. You can check out more in the new photo album. Why don't you go take a look?

Sprinkler Woes 1

Sprinkler Woes

Yesterday afternoon, I set out with a shovel to find out which one of the irrigation pipes it was that had decided to go plooie. It only took having the irrigation lines on for about five minutes before it became...