Author Archives: britoman

Review: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith My rating: 4 of 5 stars Wow, just wow. Having read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, I was already familiar with what Seth Grahame-Smith could do with a novel. This was entirely different, … Continue reading

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thoughts

busy day. total insanity at work as usual. this project is moving forward at 1000mph and it isn’t making any stops along the way. Found this interesting today. This is the exact counter-intuitiveness one comes to expect with the telecoms … Continue reading

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air quality action day

What the hell am I supposed to do about this? I’m on weather.com earlier today and I see this “Air Quality” warning, so I click it. The warning reads; THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION HAS DECLARED AN AIR QUALITY … Continue reading

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on airlines & baggage

As anyone who has ever flown in, once seen, or thought about an airplane, I feel as though it is my patriotic duty to add my inflation adjusted $0.02 into the mix. In-case you have been hiding under a rock … Continue reading

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sway

Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior by Ori Brafman My rating: 4 of 5 stars The authors main premise is that we as humans are fundamentally flawed in our abilities to make rational decisions due to various factors in … Continue reading

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a lesson in changes

So I just spent the past ten hours diagnosing a problem with my mac mini’s ability to connect to my wireless network. Earlier today, out of nowhere (or so I thought) my mac was no longer able to connect to … Continue reading

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life, death and taxes

Wow, the government is really fast at pulling money right out of your bank account when you owe them. I guess times are tough… Speaking of taxes, I just finished completing the paper forms for my seventh and final state. … Continue reading

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