Author Archives: Brock Tice

Far Away

I wanted to share this XKCD comic with you because this is so familiar to me, living far away from Amanda and communicating mostly via the internet.

XKCD comic

I love that comic because he so gets the joys, trials, and tribulations of my generation of connected nerds.

So, I have been reading…

So, I have been reading Gödel, Escher, Bach lately, which deals a lot with self referential things, and on my way to the bike shop I saw a Charles Schwab billboard that said, “Want a stock tip? Don’t listen to stock tips.” So, the question is, should or should I not listen to the advice on the billboard?

Comment Spam Filter – My Apologies

I want to apologize if you’ve left a comment recently that never showed up. For some reason, I am not getting emails when new comments are posted lately. I am going to contact my web host to have this fixed. It has happened before.

I’ve moderated all of the comments that were in the moderation queue. Most were spam, but thanks to those of you who posted non-spam comments!

Mac OS X Professional

It has occurred to me over my several days of using Leopard at work that it looks a lot more professional than the older versions of Mac OS X. Everything is cleaner and sharper (with the exception of that ridiculous dock), less cartoony.

Contrast this with Windows, in which the default theme has become more and more overwrought and cartoony with each release.