Opinionated techie Articles - Brought to you by JoeUserhttp://draginol.joeuser.com/rss/articles© 2006 - 2010 Stardock Corporation. All rights reserved.Brad' site where he mouths off about technology, politics, religion, world affairs, and all sorts of politically incorrect topics.en-usTue, 09 Feb 2010 08:15:15 -0500Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:15:15 -0500http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.htmlStardock Rss Generator v1.0, Andrew Powellinfo@stardock.comapowell@stardock.comDraginolhttp://draginol.joeuser.com/article/375343
As a kook, I’ve been into alternative power sources for a very long time.  Before being “green” became fashionable and dumb people started parroting what “the wise scientists [who happen to want grants] say” mantra, the kooks of the world have known an ugly truth about energy: Fossil fuels aren’t going away any time soon no matter what.

If you look at the chart above, which I scanned from the December issue of Home Power Magazine (a magazine dedicated to alternative energy so ha...]]>http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/375343http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/375343Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:15:16 -05002010-02-09T13:15:16The politics of energyDraginolhttp://draginol.joeuser.com/article/375288
I won’t bore you with the books that weren’t good, below are the ones I highly recommend:

The Little Black Book of Violence: What Every Young Man Needs to Know About Fighting Gridlock: Why We're Stuck in Traffic and What to Do About It The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology Transcend: Nine Steps to Living Well Fore...]]>http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/375288http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/375288Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:15:16 -05002010-02-09T13:15:16Brad’s bookshelf: February 2010Draginolhttp://draginol.joeuser.com/article/375275
Ego isn’t the same as pride. Pride is the enemy. It is the destroyer. Pride is what makes people go against their own best interests.]]>http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/375275http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/375275Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:15:16 -05002010-02-09T13:15:16Pride is the enemy of successDraginolhttp://draginol.joeuser.com/article/374874
If you’re not familiar with Neowin, check it out. It’s a great pl...]]>http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/374874http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/374874Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:15:16 -05002010-02-09T13:15:16Pretty happy with how Neowin’s ignition project came outDraginolhttp://draginol.joeuser.com/article/374873
I started at 180 and this week I weighed in at 175.8 pounds.  I’m definitely not an over-achiever.

I find it easier to lower my calories than I do exercising.  When I get home from work, I’m tired. I don’t want to work out. And I’m too lazy to get up early enough to go running.  I do manage to get some working out in during the week but no where near what I had planned to do.

Probably the best thing I’ve done is stop drin...]]>http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/374873http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/374873Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:15:16 -05002010-02-09T13:15:16The diet continuesDraginolhttp://draginol.joeuser.com/article/374244
I can’t find Gran Turino on Zune (xbox360) or comcast so I’ll just go without it.  I’m just that damn lazy now.]]>http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/374244http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/374244Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:15:16 -05002010-02-09T13:15:16Just too lazyDraginolhttp://draginol.joeuser.com/article/374078
healthcare “reform”]]>http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/374078http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/374078Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:15:16 -05002010-02-09T13:15:16Why is it that everything with the word “reform” in it isn’t?Draginolhttp://draginol.joeuser.com/article/373956
You get a real idea of the bankruptcy of the political left through the dishonesty and pettiness of its advocates.

 

http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=9585338]]>http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/373956http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/373956Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:15:16 -05002010-02-09T13:15:16Watching liberals and conservatives debateDraginolhttp://draginol.joeuser.com/article/373524
What is the best way to have a civil online community? There are lots of opinions on this.  My position has always been to eliminate toxic users as quickly as possible. Ban them.

Debating a topic: Good. Personalizing the debate: Getting onto thin ice.  Attacking people in the debate: Over the line.

Over on Neowin.net, we’ve been trying to find ways to clean up the forums. News comments and forum posts there are pretty rough and much of that is, I believe, because ...]]>http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/373524http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/373524Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:15:16 -05002010-02-09T13:15:16How to have a civil online communityDraginolhttp://draginol.joeuser.com/article/373520
 

We all need to make money, that's a given in this modern day and age. The issue greens have with "capitalism" is that it is done almost completely devoid of conscience and consideration for the long term outcomes. ("This asthma medicine may help control your asthma symptoms that have not been brought under control by existing medications.... this medication may increase your risk of death from asthma.") ...]]>http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/373520http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/373520Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:15:16 -05002010-02-09T13:15:16The dogma of being greenDraginolhttp://draginol.joeuser.com/article/373492
2009…ugh.

For our family, 2009 was awful.  My wife’s closest friend since childhood died of cancer. It is something that we are still coming to terms with. Few people have close friends from the time they’re small children all the way through their adult lives consistently. 

And professionally 2009 was rough. Demigod’s launch was a very difficult time.  When it came out, the network libraries we had licensed just didn’t...]]>http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/373492http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/373492Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:15:16 -05002010-02-09T13:15:16This year should be a good yearDraginolhttp://draginol.joeuser.com/article/373393 ]]>http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/373393http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/373393Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:15:16 -05002010-02-09T13:15:16Heh, funny TSA fake adDraginolhttp://draginol.joeuser.com/article/373122
Whether this be the game industry, business, or PC software development, I increasingly will find some guy on a forum who will smugly try to tell me how much smarter than they are than I am.

Now, maybe they are smarter than I am. But strangely, what I suspect is more likely is that t...]]>http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/373122http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/373122Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:15:16 -05002010-02-09T13:15:16If I flame you, do I become you?Draginolhttp://draginol.joeuser.com/article/373120
]]>http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/373120http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/373120Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:15:16 -05002010-02-09T13:15:16We’re back..Draginolhttp://draginol.joeuser.com/article/373033
And I gained weight.  My ideal weight is 165lbs.  I’m now 180lbs.

My goal is to get to 170lbs in 10 weeks.

180 179 178 177 176 175 174 173 172 170 Each Monday I’ll weigh myself to see how I’m doing and update this post to display my shame (or progress).

Since it’s a pretty modest diet, here’s the basic plan:

Get 10,000 steps at least 5 days a week. Elim...]]>http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/373033http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/373033Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:15:16 -05002010-02-09T13:15:16Brad’s 10 pounds in 10 weeks diet