Musings of a technophile

I have a table at my company that is replicated from a live database server to a server that is used for reporting. The live server is in one location while the reporting server is located in the building where I work, and they are connected via a point-to-point T1 line. The problem is that the table that is replicated is now over 60GB, so if replication breaks and I… Continue reading

I finally beat Zelda last night. Even though the game came out three years ago, I didn’t get a Wii until recently, so this was my first chance to hack away at the game, and what a beautiful game it is. I’m a big fan of the Super Nintendo Zelda and the Nintendo 64 Zelda, so obviously I was expecting this game to be just as good – and I… Continue reading

A short history by ElementZero:

Once upon a time, long long ago, there was a man. This man had to work, and needed to do so for many hours each do in order to complete his tasks. Luckily, that man could work from the confines of his own home in order to work comfortably.

Eventually, the man got older, and had children. The children grew from newborns, to infants, to toddlers. At… Continue reading