Author: Kevin Lawver

It’s a strange day. I’ve

It’s a strange day. I’ve been reading about the demise of a company I once respected, and a love story I’ve watched from afar (so far that I’ve only exchanged e-mails, but wow, it’s been a hell of a story – one I hope they never make into a movie because I don’t think anyone […]

Realizations

I’m thinking about moving my site to Hub.org. They provide AOLserver + Postgres hosting at reasonable prices, and well, I’ve realized that I want to start doing more with this site, and my current host just won’t allow me to do it. I’m not sure of the timing of everything, but expect to hear more […]

Just a helpful hint to

He’s a Convert!!

My son is being brainwashed. He’s a member of the pint-sized Blue Army, and there isn’t much I can do about it. I am weak before its power. I have surrendered him to power greater than my own. He wears his almighty “Teve-schurt” all the time, and waits impatiently when it needs to be washed. […]

Anathema to Geek

What is a geek’s polar opposite? Who makes it impossible to be perfectly geeky? Managers. They’re not all bad. They don’t all make geek lives miserable. But, there are some who seem to thrive on impossible and arbitrary deadlines, insisting that they know how to do something the “right” way even though they’re not the […]

Blogger Insider This round’s questions

This round’s questions are from Derek at WebJunkiesPalace. Good questions… Ok so this is a little one sided, but I have to ask… why AOL? I mean I know that they are advertised as #1, but that seems by volume sales only(ribbing just a bit). That’s an excellent question, and I honestly don’t have an […]

Speaking of geekgasm…. If you’re

Geekgasm

Why do we geeks get so excited by technology? Why do we go into convulsions of joy when we build something that works? It’s art, baby. I’ve figured it out. Writing code is an artform. Writing good code (where good is defined by each individual geek, unfortunately) is the equivalent of Waterlilies by Van Gogh. […]

It’s pretty. It’s not a

I just realized today that