A Fire TV in an Apple Household

A few months back I picked up an Amazon Fire TV. I’ve had an Apple-centric household for many years and have been a strong supporter of the Apple ecosystem, but a couple of things changed that caused me to evaluate the Fire TV. First, iTunes is where all my media lived. This used to be great. Everything … Continue reading A Fire TV in an Apple Household

Rock, Scissors, Fire

It seems like all engineers like to name things in clever ways along a common theme.  Most often, this manifests itself in the names of computers.  All of the servers in a given server room or individual rack might get named after Simpsons characters, the seven dwarves, the seven deadly sins, the nine greek muses, … Continue reading Rock, Scissors, Fire

Portland Fire?

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The tree, the tree, the tree is on fire.

Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal.  To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2005/12/Our hotel caught fire last night–specifically, the oversized fake tree in the lobby. We were greeted by a 3am wakeup call … Continue reading The tree, the tree, the tree is on fire.

FIRE!FIRE!FIRE!

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Pick Sures

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Fire!Fire!Fire! Crappuccino!

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Fire!Fire!Fire!

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Kids, do not try this at home

Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal.  To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2003/07/Today was a little bit of a strange day. It started with a quick run to the bank. There was an … Continue reading Kids, do not try this at home