Programming and politics

One of my favorite blogs to read is FIRE JOE MORGAN . There's always some funny and insightful rants against baseball talking heads (suc...

I was recently helping somebody who is taking "beginning Java" kind of class. It's interesting to see Java as a first language...

I used to be a big horse racing fan. I started going to the track while I was in college. Pasadena is home to Santa Anita race track, arguab...

It's about time for my first Super Bowl post. It's really pretty easy for me to make a pick. This is The Year of The Gator after al...

I was playing around with some of the new Blogger features. I was pleased to see you could add different widgets to your blog. I was very in...

Each weeknight, I drive home from work and usually talk on my cell phone with Crystal (on my Bluetooth headset.) Earlier this week Crystal a...

I was doing a little research on web APIs. Two of the better ones (or at least well known and used) out there are Flickr and Google's M...

If you've done much Java programming, you've probably used a Properties object at some point. It's been around since JDK 1.0. I...

I found Carnavas as an Amazon recommendation. I've had a pretty good history with Amazon recommendations. The Amazon review mentioned i...

It seems the collective shine has begun to fade on the iPhone. A lot of people are having the same questions same questions I had about i...

I wasn't surprised to see Mark McGwire not get into the Hall of Fame today. ESPN had already published the results of a poll they did am...

People have been conjecturing for years about Apple making a cell phone. Then they finally do it, and yet they were still able to blow away ...

What more can I say? I honestly feel bad for Ohio State. They are a great team that had a lot of bad luck and didn't know how to respond...

Pardon the crazy colors on the blog. I had to change them for today, since this is Gator Day. My kids and I are all donned in Gator gear. I ...

I've been a registered Democrat since I turned 18. I voted for Bill Clinton twice, Al Gore, and John Kerry. Still, I generally disagree ...

I had heard about using Google Docs to blog. This seemed like it could be promising, since Google Docs has a little nicer interface than ...

Yesterday's news that Nick Saban had left Miami for Alabama was not surprising. It was yet another disappointment in a season of the for...

The holidays are over, but hopefully we all have fond memories from the time we spent with our friends and families. The modern spin on this...

The season is over. The playoffs start next week, but first some thoughts about the 2006 regular season. Surprise Team : Obviously this has ...

Continue to lose weight . I should get down to my target weight of 185 lbs. this year. Run a half-marathon . Maybe the SF Marathon this summ...