Aug 06
I finally made one. I’ve spent enough time laughing at other lolcats already online it was bound to happen sooner or later.
That’s my wife’s favorite cat, Conan, hanging out in an Optimus Prime box.
Jul 16
Jen and Seth made me the best birthday cake I’ve ever received last night. Yes, yesterday was my birthday, and it was largely uneventful but this made the whole night great.
Apr 04
Things this funny just don’t happen in Lansing all that often, especially at my all time favorite pet store.
On Thursday afternoon security cameras at Preuss Animal House, in Lansing’s Old Town, recorded what store officials believe was a customer reaching into a glass case, withdrawing a snake, and stuffing it where the sun doesn’t shine.
You can read the full article at the LSJ’s web site.
Apr 04
Growing up, I was labeled a “bright” kid by my teachers and family. But I always had one big problem: If I didn’t understand something I would get really frustrated. As in, suppress the urge to go outside and break a two by four in half frustrated. Most classwork came so easily to me that I was not very prepared for the times when I didn’t fully comprehend something right away.
I haven’t felt that way very much since leaving school for the working world, but CIDR notation is making me feel that way again for the first time in a long time. CIDR notation is basically a way of describing IP ranges and also figuring out their broadcast and subnet masks. I’ve spent a few hours today trying to figure this out and all I’ve accomplished so far is a battle to keep myself from going outside to find that old friend the two by four.
In case you’re wondering, no, I’ve never actually broken a two by four in half out of frustration. It sure SOUNDS like a fun way to work it out though.
Here’s my real problem: The best way I can wrap my head around something is to know WHY it exists in the first place. What is it there for? What is the purpose? I understand how IP addresses work in the basic sense, which is why the complicated CIDR setup seems completely pointless to me. All IPs, unless you’re inside a network using NAT, are unique. So it really seems to me like someone created this entire system as a lazy way of distributing IP ranges. How hard is it to say, for example, 69.200.100.10 - 69.200.100.15? Why does there need to be this huge complex system?
Bueller?
All I’m getting so far is “it works this way because this other part means or does such and such” but what I need to know is WHY it’s necessary for that “such and such” to be happening in the first place.
Considering DNS is supposed to have roots in math, statements like this one drive me crazy:
indicating prefix length with a suffix
It’s either a prefix or a suffix, not both. This reminds me of my psychology classes where they tried to describe behavioral tendencies using mathematic formulas, and when I asked the professor about solving such a formula I was basically told you couldn’t.
Update: Many, many thanks to Mike Neir for giving me an explanation that, while it doesn’t make me feel like an expert, has at least answered my initial “big picture” questions and has set me on the path to really understanding it. Thanks Mike, you rule.
Mar 26
So I’m giving Twitter another chance. For those of you who have never used it or seen it Twitter is basically a messaging system. Think of Facebook’s status indicator and build an entire service around it.
You can check out my twitter profile below.
Oct 06
Warning: If you want to avoid the kind of bowel clearing magnitude one normally finds in South American prisons I highly suggest you avoid eating pizza from the Saginaw/Oakland Little Caesars in Lansing.
Jen, Seth and I are all experiencing… unpleasantness today.
We’ll just leave it at that.
Sep 27
After spending a long time thinking about old friends and such who were probably using the newer web 2.0 social networking sites, I finally caved this morning and signed up for facebook.
So yeah, there it is.
Aug 23
I’m not a huge concert fan. I’d rather sit down and enjoy it so some venues are cool, others I’m just exhausted by the time a show is over (I still tease Jen about the abuse our bodies and ears took at the Pharcyde concert a few years back).
According to their email list Guster has an East Lansing show scheduled for September 30th. Speaking as someone who is both on said list and has watched for a loooong time as the closest show was at Interlochen, this is a rare occasion.
*Insert old timey suspense music* “Will Jay brave crowds of drunk MSU students to see Guster perform?”
I guess we’ll see… I’m thinking about it.
So far tickets are TBA for both time, exact location, and price.
UPDATE: Tickets are $25 and go on sale on 9/7/07. Show will be held at the MSU Auditorium.
Jun 21
Jason and Jenny…
Through the years…Jenny…one thing has remained constant…the fact that we’ve always been there for one another..I know you remember how awful I was to your past ‘boyfriends’…and with good reason…in retrospect…but in the end..I love you…with all my heart…
Jay…the rest of this post is for you…
I couldn’t be prouder…or more humbled…that in some part of her mind…Jen took some part of what I tried to teach her…what Mom tried to teach her…and chose someone like you…it was all her…I’m not trying to take credit for steering her at all…but I like to believe…she listened..and took a lil bit of our advice…and suddenly there you were…
I couldn’t be prouder…or more pleased…that she chose to share herself with you…give herself to you…and go through the sacrament of marriage…let alone childbirth…with you…and noone else…
Jay…I’m honoured…I can’t put it any other way…
Thank You..
Love, Seth
Jun 20
Aidan Cullum Allen
Born at 12:43am Wednesday June 20th
9 pounds, 14.6 ounces
22 inches from tip to toes
I’m sure Jay will follow up with more, but those are the pertinent stats as quick as we could get them to you.
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