Do Pardon the Dust

It turns out that getting a blog back into shape after a two-year hiatus requires a little bit of patchwork. I’m busily fixing broken links, updating my blogroll, updating old pages, etc. so I sincerely apologize for anything and everything that is annoyingly broken over the next week or two.
In the meantime, consider the [...]

The Great and Historic Return of 2008

You know those nights where you roll around half-awake in bed, sleeplessly contemplating various unsettling aspects of your life and wondering how they all tie together?
Tonight was one of those nights.  I nodded off early, then spent a solid hour tossing and turning, feeling uncomfortable, and not just because of the ridiculous DC humidity.  When [...]

Success!

The transition is complete! Gridley finally came back online this morning, and after a few hours of finangling with SQL, you’d hardly know the difference. This site is as good as old.
That, however, may be a problem.
My hip urban existence is growing a little concerned here. I need something a little more [...]

Don’t Call it a Comeback

I’ve gone corporate.
For the past two years, this blog has been hosted by what one might call the kumbaya circle of servers. Gridley is Carleton’’s student-run Unix server, a sandbox for Carleton folks to build and destroy their own little Internet castles.
Like the harmonious existence it represents, Gridley is a beautiful idea with just a [...]

Crashing head-on into the real world

As I kick back and enjoy a nice cold beer after my first day of the real world, I think: what will become of this blog?
Surely it can’t just go away. After all, I’m not going away anytime soon. I may not be in college, but I am young. I am alive. [...]