Things To Do, Star Wars To Talk About

We spent the day at the Renaissance Festival yesterday. Unfortunately, got a nasty headache halfway through the day. Once I got home, I popped two aspirin and took a two hour nap and luckily got rid of it. So, now it's Sunday morning and I have a slew of things to do today: Catalog some comics, clean the fish tank, get a haircut, wash the car, do some grocery shopping, bake some cookies for Cari, help Cari with some paperwork, work on this site, and get back to working on the Nexus project. I sit here, though, typing away with my full cup of coffee next to me - the one that says "to boldly go" in Latin. So, since I'm procrastinating a little, let's talk about something I like... With Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens coming up later this year, Marvel started releasing new comics and the...

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Firewall Update

A couple of days ago I implemented a new firewall that seems to be working out quite well. By "new", I mean "new to me". It's actually an old WatchGuard Firebox X700 that I cracked open and upgraded some of the hardware, then wiped the factory OS and replaced it with pfSense. So far, I couldn't be happier. It allows me some expandability and gives me some great tools I've always wanted on the network. As for this site, I'm going to be investigating new blogging plug-ins, as the default Journal system just isn't cutting it for me. I mean, it works, but it's lacking a lot of features.

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The Beginning… Again

This is it. I've finally gotten around to putting this site online again after it being dark for three years. There's an offline archive of old blog entries, pictures, and custom data I'm going to try to get back up here over time. I don't want the rebuild of the site to be work, so it's going back together slowly. Until then, I'll be blogging here whenever it occurs to me to do so. You can follow me on Twitter as well. Either way, feel free to contact me with suggestions for the site.

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