Archive for August, 2005

The Magic is Back

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

That’s right, Ervin "Magic" Johnson is back with the Milwaukee Bucks.  He has signed a one year deal.  Hopefully he’s still got something left in the tank.  Now, if we could get the Big Dog back, we could put the team back together.  Maybe the Spurs would take a few cases of Miller in a […]

Gluttony is a Deadly Sin

Sunday, August 28th, 2005

Recently, I’ve been hearing more about competitive eating.  Maybe I’m taking it too seriously, but this phenomenon kinda bothers me.  With all the health problems that we have in this country related to overeating and obesity, I find it a bit disturbing that we celebrate this type of gluttony.  Not to mention, all the people […]

I Have Seen the Light!

Saturday, August 27th, 2005

I have been touched by his noodly appendage.  I humbly worship the Flying Spaghetti Monster.   If you want to be saved, please convert.  Please visit the site of our prophet to learn about the one and only true faith.  Ramen.
tags: evolution, intelligent design, pastafarian, religion, flying spaghetti monster

War on Terror

Friday, August 19th, 2005

This post is in response to a comment left on one of my pictures on Flickr. It is one the pictures I took while attending a vigil in support of Cindy Sheehan. Here is the text of the comment: Iraq is a battle in the war on terror. Islamofascists are streaming into […]

What kind of extremist will you be?

Thursday, August 18th, 2005

Found this video about Cindy Sheehan, a bit melodramatic, but still pretty good. Check it out. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9738.htm
tags: cindy sheehan

Secure Passwords for Datasources in Spring

Friday, August 12th, 2005

Security requirements at my place of employment don’t allow for plain text passwords in any type of configuration files. So we are forced to store passwords encrypted and then decrypt them in every application that needs to create a database connection. This wasn’t an issue for applications that run in a container as […]