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Bracelets for Rylee
Posted by ekrunch in Fishy Fishy Fishy, Personal on July 20, 2010
It is with great sadness that I write this post. Jon and Melissa Simmons (Owners of Boston Aqua Farms) daughter was recently diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and is undergoing treatment. Jon and Missy have been friends of mine for the better part of a decade and they need all of the support we can give them right now.
The treatment plan is 2 years long and the bills are very high, The family has to travel about an hour to Boston twice a week for checkups and to receive treatments. To help pay the growing list of bills, Missy is making bracelets to sell to anyone that is willing to buy them. These are simple beaded bracelets but they are made with love and care and hope for Rylee’s future.
Please join with me in supporting them! Click here to donate or to buy a bracelet. Bracelets For Rylee
LikePure Genius
I was up at 2 AM this morning (after being up all day of course) and was considering going into my office to write some code. I’m in the middle of a huge software development project and not sleeping much. Then I decided I should jot down any ideas I had and evaluate them in the morning? Why you ask?
Only 2 things come out of working that late after you’ve been up all day.
1) Pure Genius
2) Complete Stupidity disguised as Pure Genius that you spend the next 4 days removing and rebuilding anyway.
And now T-Shirt Hell is going to get some of my money.
A friend of mine sent me this earlier and I thought I would share it for everyone to enjoy. Mine will be on order soon! 
I hope I don't black out, because this is awesome!
I got hit by a car today!
I just wanted to give a shout out to all of the people who don’t look to their right when making a right hand turn! I was out riding my bike this morning and went to cross in front of a car at a stop sign. She had stopped and there was a pack of cars coming. I stopped and stared for a second, she inched up and then stopped again. I assumed she was going to wait for the cars so I went … and then so did she! Mistake : Never assume the other guy is paying attention!
The good news is I walked away clean. I was clipped into my pedals so when her car hit me, I just fell over onto her hood and the bike held me up. I left a righteous “Ed Print” in her hood before I slid down and hit my elbow on the pavement. I got some pretty good road rash from that one. 
The bike survived with just a minor hit as well, I had to get the wheel trued up and change the tube, but I was able to ride the bike home so not having to walk the mile carrying the bike was a plus!
Funny how you react when this stuff happens. Everything happened in slow motion and I thought to myself “I can’t believe i’m actually getting hit by a car!”
Anyway, the moral of this story, look to your left AND YOUR RIGHT when you’re turning… there could be a biker there. 
10 points
One day, he’s going to get tired of the abuse… until then, enjoy.
(11:26:05 PM) Chris: in RTSes i generally have the same basic approach all the time
(11:26:15 PM) Ed: Yeah, suck ass and die a lot.
(11:26:19 PM) Chris: hahahahahahahahah
(11:26:39 PM) Chris: very nice
(11:26:40 PM) Chris: 10 points
(11:26:41 PM) Chris: lol
Some Motivation Required – More madness from the guys at shirt.woot
I love shirt.woot.com. I must seeing as I keep giving them my money. Behold … “Some Motivation Required”.
Exercise - Some motivation required
Click the image to see a larger version or click here to get one for yourself.
Pirate Exercise
A special thanks to my best friend Mister House for sending me a late night text message telling me to head over to Woot and check out the shirts. I had to have this one to go with my Scurvy and my Penguin shirts. Check this thing out…
Pirate Exercises
If you’d like one of your own, check out the forum post here.
Linksys WRT610N and IPv6
Posted by ekrunch in Personal, Rants, Technology, Useful Information on February 2, 2009
Thanks to the shoddy job that Linksys did with the WRT300N, I grudgingly purchased a new Linksys WRT610N. What a pleasant surprise! Finally another decent product from Linksys. Not that i’ve ever expected much from the bargain networking gear, but the WRT300N was very, very bad. Several of the features didn’t work consistently, new firmware was no where in sight, and the 802.11n was abysmal. The WRT300N made me regret ever upgrading from the WRT54GS, which was one of the best routers on the market and still is in the 802.11g game.
Fortunately the new WRT610N solves most of those problems. The simultaneous 2.4/5ghz radios make life really nice and performance is good. I’m now able to run all of my 802.11n gear on 5ghz while 802.11g stays on 2.4ghz. Each radio can also be restricted accordingly. Very handy. Well done Linksys. The updated features of the firmware are always welcome as well. More granular control over the system for those who need it definitely helps. And then there are those surprise features that we get from time to time.
I’ve recently started running IPv6 on my home network for the enhanced features that are offered. Things that were extensions in v4 are part of the standard in v6 and can make life nice, especially in high throughput situations. Imagine my surprise when I was updating my Ubuntu box and noticed that the WINE mirrors’ IP address was a v6 one! So apparently, the WRT610N does IPv6, it just doesn’t tell you! This is some scary stuff folks, imagine that modern operating systems come with IPv6 enabled and people go and buy this router, not knowing that their doors are now open via a whole new protocol. Granted, most home users will never know, but I seriously wonder if the firewall in the 610N has v6 support.
Let’s hope that Linksys is one step ahead of us here or a lot of users are about to get their horizons broadened when the hackers start coming in via IPv6. 
For those who are unfamiliar with IPv6 and would like to know more, Ars Technica has a nice primer. Read more here.
The end of 2008 … 40+ lbs less of me!
2008 turned out to be a decent year after all. I somehow managed to survive a round of lay offs at work, my fish tanks are doing alright, i’ve just about managed to get a new job, and I lost over 40 lbs! For those of you who don’t know, I moved to Chicago in 2003 and have steadily gained weight since doing it. In 2007, I quit smoking after roughly a decade of doing so. That made the weight problems even worse! I was up to over 230 lbs and was definitely overweight for someone my size. I should weigh around 180 or so depending on muscle tone. That’s about what I weighed when I left Louisiana and i’m proud to say that i’m now within 10 lbs of that again! I weighed in yesterday morning at 189.
Anyway, here’s a picture of me from yesterday standing in front of my new 275g tank stand at Sho Tank.
It's still me. Just a lot less of me!
No really, it’s your fault.
When I was 18, I started smoking. Who’s fault was that? Was it the evil tobacco companies for selling and advertising their products? No. It was my fault. I was hanging out in bars with people who smoked and was trying to fit in. Sounds like it was my fault for hanging out with those people.
When I was 19, I flunked out of college. Who’s fault was that? Was it because my professors didn’t like me and had something against me? What is because I was a minority or something like that? No. It was my fault. I didn’t go to class enough. Sounds like it was my fault for not doing what I should have been.
When I was 20, I lost my job at IBM. Who’s fault was that? Was it mine because my boss was picking on me? No, it was because I wasn’t as dilligent as I should have been with my duties. I was slacking. I was young and stupid and not doing my work to the expected levels. It had nothing to do with capable, I was very capable. I was just lazy and arrogant. Sounds like it was my fault for not doing my work.
These are three examples that I felt were relvant to the current situation with my beloved country. I can’t believe how much blame everyone puts on everyone but themselves. It’s always someone else’s fault. Do I think that you should always blame yourself? No. But most of the people in my generation and the next are whiney children who got whatever they wanted and now life is starting to kick in. Life isn’t easy, nothing is free. Work for what you want and achieve it. Stop blaming everyone else for your failure. Get over and get on with life. And please, please stop teaching this garbage mentality to your children. Overly sheltering and giving them everything they want only hurts them more. Haven’t you seen enough spoiled kid movies to know that this happens?
Oh, and stop looking to other people for help. Stop reading self help books. The problem is you, deal with it, fix it. Stop whining about how you can’t and how you have to changle slowly, etc, etc, etc.. all of these are just excuses. Toughen up, it’s not that hard to have a decent life in this country if you truly stop and appreciate all of the gifts we are given as US citizen.
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