Who is Adrian Hannah?
Adrian was a poor college kid living in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan trying to make a living as a System Administrator. Now he's a struggling new hire at a software firm in New York, but he's still trying to make a living as a system administrator.
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Music to Quit Your Job To
Today is my last day at my current job and I wanted to be in the right frame of mind when I left, so I came up with a playlist that I feel is very apropos for this auspicious occasion. I … Continue reading
Natural Language Parsing
The latest obstacle I ran into was language parsing. I don’t want Cortana to be commanded by a rigid set of strict commands. The more natural of language it can understand, the better. What I came up with was using … Continue reading
The Tug of War of Net Neutrality
Net Neutrality… everybody knows it, everybody has an opinion about it. Except me apparently. For a long time I’ve been sitting on the proverbial fence about Net Neutrality. Here’s why: Pro Net Neutrality According to people on this side of … Continue reading
New Post on The Armageddon Blog
I wrote a post on “The Armageddon Blog” about how to cope with solitude. Here’s an excerpt: So, civilization is in shambles, anarchy is the order of the day, you’re fleeing whatever catastrophe zone you were in when disaster struck. … Continue reading
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New Post at The Armageddon Blog
I wrote a new article at The Armageddon Blog about mulligan stew. Here’s an excerpt: Mulligan stew goes by many names: irish stew, hotch-potch, hot pot, burgoo. This recipe is believed to have first originated in the early 20th century … Continue reading
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I recently wrote a new post on The Armageddon Blog about what makes The Armageddon Blog different. Here’s an excerpt: If you’ve read any of my previous articles, you will have noticed that they are all focused around surviving in … Continue reading
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I’m Blue in the Face
Last night I got another (my third actually) wedding invitation for a wedding this summer, and it smacked me in the head like a shovel that I’ve been waiting on baited breath to hear back about jobs for far too … Continue reading
Bad Music for Friday 9-Jul-2010
For me, Bad Music Friday is more about reminiscing about the terrible music we used to like and are slightly embarrassed to admit that we liked it. Thanks to a conversation in the “What’s the Rumpus?” IRC channel (irc://whatstherumpuspodcast.com:6664#rumpus) this … Continue reading
A Choice of Languages
Until recently, the Cortana Project has been based in C++. I had decided to do this because I figured speed needed to be a priority at some point, but ultimately because I haven’t done anything in C/C++ lately and I … Continue reading
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New Post on “The Armageddon Blog”
I recently wrote an article on “The Armageddon Blog” on how to make torches. Here is an excerpt: In an end of the world/limited supplies situation, it can be a benefit to know how to make a torch. A torch … Continue reading
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