Slicing It Up

Though there were a few bumps along the way, I’m happy to say that MoocowProductions is now being hosted off SliceHost. As mentioned previously, I opted to get a SliceHost account so that I could have a chance to fix up my current physical server and, in particular, move away …

Why use a polarizer?

Not so long ago I had my first negative Amazon experience in trying to purchase a circular polarizer. I ended up buying it from Adorama and though it took a bit longer to get to my front-door, it was actually what I ordered (imagine that). Namely, a 62mm Hoya Circular …

RenFest, 2008

It was actually three weeks ago, but we made our yearly trip to Magnolio for the Texas Renaissance Festival. This year was a year of a few firsts. It was the first time Brandon and Amy went, the first time Corey and I camped (instead of staying in a hotel), …

Wall-E

For a fairly long time, I have found myself brutally critical of Disney. There’s multiple reasons behind it but the biggest, by far, is what I like to call The Disney Formula. Not sure what that is? All one needs to do is watch most popular Disney animated movies over …

Partitions, Day 2

I got some really awesome feedback from Giuseppe (the Data Charmer) in my preivous post and it gave me a few ideas I thought I would share. One of the really nice things he did in his article about partitioning was to test partitions with the ARCHIVE engine. His results …