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I'm a 27 year old geek and dad. I have a B.S. in Computer Science and I work with web technologies and databases on a daily basis. My geekiness extends into computers, photography, sound, video games, music, movies, politics and economics.
Author Archives: Andrew
Make VigLink Work with AdBlock Plus and Other Ad Blocking Software
Most ad blocking software like AdBlock Plus rely on blacklists to decide what to filter out. Big ad providers get blocked explicitly and others by common URL patterns. This all relies on the URL of the resources being retrieved by … Continue reading
Finished F. A. Hayek’s “The Road to Serfdom”
I started reading The Road to Serfdom last year and finally finished it last week. It initially didn’t seem to have much relevance to today as it was written almost 70 years ago and published right after WWII, but it … Continue reading
Amazon Closed My Associates Account, Now What? Help for Affiliates in California
Californians can use VigLink to keep participating in Amazon Associates Gov. Brown signed the Internet Sales tax law and Amazon promptly dropped tens of thousands of Associates in a heartbeat. The state still doesn’t get their sales tax and now … Continue reading
Nikon D5100 DSLR – What’s New and Impressions
Nikon announced the D5100 and the stereo ME-1 microphone this week. So far I like what I’m seeing. In my previous comparison of the D3100 and D5000 I found it hard to recommend the D5000. The D5100 ups the ante … Continue reading
Humans vs Aliens vs Zombies
Had a vivid dream this week that went something like this: Earth is at war with an alien planet on the far side of the galaxy. Neither of us have the technology to actually transport living troops to each others … Continue reading