Category Archives: Misc

Damn Foreigners

Posted: 4:20 pm
August 10, 2007
Misc
1 Comment

Ironic that I would say that out loud but people have just been killing me all this week with their Out of Office responses. Particularly UK people. Here are a few samples. I will be out of office till September, … Continue reading →

The worst part of owning a business

Posted: 2:38 am
July 6, 2007
Misc
on The worst part of owning a business

They don’t teach you stuff like this in business school. The worst part of owning your own business is sitting in your office and realizing that you can’t quickly turn around and say “Fuck this, I quit.” One of those … Continue reading →

Truth in Caller ID Act of 2007

Posted: 5:26 am
June 30, 2007
Misc
2 Comments

We recently switched our Asterisk (now Trixbox) setup from POTS to SIP (and a backup IAX) providers and the first thing we did was to spoof the caller ID. By spoofing our phone number to that one assigned to the POTS … Continue reading →

VladCast takes a sick day

Posted: 11:31 am
June 24, 2007
Misc
1 Comment

No VladCast this week. Katie gave me a really bad virus, I’ve lost my voice and every time I try to talk I start caughing up flem while she sits in our living room watching Jacob Two-Two. So this is … Continue reading →

24 – Vlad Edition

Posted: 12:03 pm
June 13, 2007
Misc
on 24 – Vlad Edition

So how was your schedule yesterday? He’s mine. 0-3 AM Troubleshooting IAX and CID problems with Asterisk3-7 AM Sleep7-10 AM Driving from Orlando to Miami, confcall AhSay10 AM Client MeetingNoon Returning calls, approving ExchangeDefender patch1 PM Driving to Boca Raton, … Continue reading →

Crackdown Complete (spoiler)

Posted: 12:46 am
April 27, 2007
Misc, Vladville
2 Comments

Now I’m not in a habbit of discussing political stuff on this blog but this totally freaked me out today. As you may know, I’ve been playing Crackdown for the past three weeks. I think I’ve sinked well over 40 … Continue reading →

Florida Wins The NCAA Basketball Championship

Posted: 1:11 am
April 1, 2007
Misc
on Florida Wins The NCAA Basketball Championship

On behalf of Florida Gators everywhere please allow me to extend my condolences to the Ohio State fans on having their butts handed to them yet again by the mighty Florida Gators. Football, basketball, it doesn’t seem to matter.You’ve come … Continue reading →

Shuttle Discovery takes off

Posted: 10:34 pm
December 9, 2006
Misc
on Shuttle Discovery takes off

Shuttle Discovery took off roughly an hour ago. This was a spectacular event for two reasons: it is the first time I saw a night shuttle launch live and it is the first time a human being has ever seen a … Continue reading →

Good Morning Amerca, it’s Cyber Monday

Posted: 5:50 am
November 28, 2006
Deals, Misc
1 Comment

Today is Cyber Monday, not the biggest online sales day of the year. It’s not? Um.. Then why is it important? Cyber Monday is the opportunity for retailers to screw Americans that were too lazy to wake up at 1AM last Friday. … Continue reading →

It’s that time

Posted: 8:48 pm
September 2, 2006
Misc
6 Comments

It’s that time of the year folks, where all males in USA that actually went to college give up their Saturday afternoons to college football. I’m a proud alum of the University of Florida (2 degrees, what was I thinking) … Continue reading →