http://www.techfreak.net/wp The sometimes updated blog of Brendon. Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:55:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So I've had occasion recently to send out some slightly large .zip files to friends. The problem with doing this is, often the attachments end up too large for some mail server in the mix. The typical way these days around the problem is to use some sort ... http://www.techfreak.net/wp/archives/2008/03/29/343/ So this is a bit of old news. I was going back through the files on my camera I haven't pulled off in a few months, and found some pics of my eye when it got infected a couple months back. I don't know why I'd think to ... http://www.techfreak.net/wp/archives/2008/03/24/341/ I was just browsing the automattic.com How We Work page and ran across this tidbit: Everyone who joins, regardless of position, does support for their first three weeks. Now, I'd probably kinda-hate doing that, but it seems like a possibly great idea for keeping good customer service at the heart of a ... http://www.techfreak.net/wp/archives/2008/03/19/339/ Been very busy with work lately. Here's some things I'm up to. Reading Design Patterns in Ruby by Russ Olsen Settling into the Systems Engineering groups at work. I transferred from IT to Engineering a few months back, it's shaping up well for me at this point. Playing with the new ... http://www.techfreak.net/wp/archives/2008/03/08/333/ I went back to jiu-jitsu class last night, having not gone in over a week or so due to the business trip. I thought I would just get mangled. Well, the second guy up for me, my friend Diego, did pretty much toy with me. He was ... http://www.techfreak.net/wp/archives/2006/10/18/323/ Last night a few co-workers and I hopped over to the Pleasanton Regal theater to catch a flick. We saw "The Illusionist", which fortunately, turned out to be pretty good. Good, but not great. I say "fortunately" because I managed to confuse the film with "The Prestige", ... http://www.techfreak.net/wp/archives/2006/10/16/322/ Just about to pull out of here to head for Pleasanton with William. I'm looking forward to seeing my grandmother for a brief time tomorrow, but worried about the lack of sleep we face this weekend. It will be nice to get out somewhere new though. If ... http://www.techfreak.net/wp/archives/2006/10/12/321/ I'm excited because I just discovered that one of my favorite bands, Calexico, released a live session EP on iTunes recently. Their music is awesome, I'd describe it as an eclectic blend of rock and spaghetti western music, with surf and southwest sounds slapped on top. Much of ... http://www.techfreak.net/wp/archives/2006/10/10/320/ Well, it's a half road trip, as it's for business. I volunteered to go up next weekend with my co-worker William to Pleasanton, CA (it's near SF) to help move our server room up there. It's about an hour away from my grandmother's place, which I haven't had ... http://www.techfreak.net/wp/archives/2006/10/06/319/ So earlier I'd mentioned that my goal was to get my BJJ blue belt in the next year. Well, that goal has unceremoniously come and gone. I haven't had a belt since I've gone back to class, as I couldn't find my old ones. Well yesterday morning, ... http://www.techfreak.net/wp/archives/2006/10/03/318/