For some bizarre reason, the thought at the top of my head last night at bedtime was… “I wonder if sometimes… open source developers deliberately code bugs or withhold fixes for financial gain?”
If you don’t follow what I mean, here’s where I was: often times, large corporations or benefactors will offer a code fix bounty [...]

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Vermyndax on September 18th, 2009

Here’s a picture taken at Bridge Street in Huntsville, AL.  This is the “kids fountain,” a little square where water squirts from jets in the ground.  On a hot summer day it looks to be pretty fun.
But take note of what’s strung across the top of the kid’s fountain – and better yet, note how [...]

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Vermyndax on February 2nd, 2009

This morning I had planned to get up, grab some coffee and enjoy more lynda.com courses on Final Cut Pro.
Instead I found myself cleaning up a coffeemaker that decided to explode grounds and liquid all over the kitchen.
Now it’s time for work and I have no coffee.  Not to mention no time for coursework.
Why do [...]

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Vermyndax on January 14th, 2009

I don’t want this to sound too harsh, but sometimes I get tagged by these Internet memes and it just grates on my nerves until they’re raw.
What I mean to say is, of course, I’m flattered that my friends thought about me enough to actually want to know random facts about me and include me [...]

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Vermyndax on December 31st, 2008

So just in case you are wondering if I’m conscious of the New Year… yes, I am.  Believe it or not
I have just three resolutions this year and they’re quite personal.  I’ll share them with you, intrepid reader, since you can keep a secret.

Do better at maintaining my temper, blood pressure and sanity.
Sleep [...]

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Vermyndax on December 24th, 2008

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One of the fortunes I’ve had this year was to finally obtain a “real” TV set to replace the small dinky tube I’ve had since I moved out of my house.  In case you’re wondering, that’s about 19 years ago.
I had promised myself that once I obtained a home theater-type of setup, I [...]

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Vermyndax on December 16th, 2008

I’ve not had much in the way of time this month. I’ve not had much time to do much of anything productive, let alone write here. I’ve actually spent the few writing moments that I have had on some projects invisible to the casual Galaxycow reader. Perhaps, if luck shall have it, [...]

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Vermyndax on November 22nd, 2008

A while back, Tony challenged me to the Flickr photo-a-day thing. I intended to do it, but never really got the time.
I’m thinking that as the holidays approach and work continues to wind down for the holidays (we passed our decision points, which is good, so we’re not in Powerpoint hell anymore), I might [...]

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Vermyndax on October 26th, 2008

What a wily month.
Not only did I have a new baby girl… I quit my job, signed on for a new job, got coaxed back to the old job, started the old job again and completely fell off the wagon with the gym.  Now here it is a month later and I’ve been working from [...]

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Vermyndax on September 8th, 2008

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As the parent of two children (soon to be three) and knowing the types of films that I would produce if I could – a question came to my mind while doing the dishes tonight.
Earlier I had been engaged in working on a script for an online short that I think will [...]

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