2011 was a good year. Highlights – Moved across the country – Purchased first house – Became an uncle – Started a new job role (same company) – Eurotrip I didn’t really make any resolutions for 2012. I want to get in better shape, read more, save more, etc… but those are things I want [...]
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Updated Resume
August 21 11
I did some routine maintenance on my resume to reflect the cross-country move and position change from a few months back. I’m still with the same company and have no plans for that to change anytime soon; just making sure my docs are current. http://www.brendangates.com/resume.pdf
My Dog Is a Jerk
September 19 10
My dog barks at diesel engines. It’s a tendency he picked up by associating that noise with our doorbell, thanks to somewhat frequent visits by our UPS man. He also does this throaty growl thing when he hears voices outside, sees a runner pass by on our sidewalk, or a dog/horse/Nissan commercial is on TV. [...]
Juggalo Miracles (NSFW)
April 11 10
Insane Clown Posse has a new song called Miracles. And like most ICP songs, it’s a ridiculous obscenity laden tirade. Many of the “miracles” in the song are not actually miracles, just scientific events that Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope don’t understand. So to help them and their legions of Juggalo followers, Dan O’Brien [...]
WordPress RSS
March 20 10
I noticed that my RSS feed was only showing snippets of my posts, not the full text. A quick check of the Settings –> Reading section confirms that I’m set to output full text. And my Feedburner options are also set to output full text. So what gives? Google had the answer as usual. There [...]
It’s been an up and down kind of week…
January 25 10
On Tuesday I had a car accident. I was rear-ended while waiting to make a left turn on my street. My headache from the accident is gone now, but close to $3000 in damage lingers on the back end of my Prius. The other insurance company is picking up the tab, so that’s good, but [...]
The Google phone cometh
January 5 10
As expected, Google announced today that they would start shipping their Nexus One, the latest in a string of ever advancing Android based smartphones. You can get it unlocked for $529, or with T-Mo service for $179. Verizon and Vodaphone are also listed as options, but greyed out with “Spring 2010″ off to the right. [...]
Nobody eats ice cream in a bag
January 2 10
There is a TV channel I watch called Current TV. Think of it as like a YouTube for TV, since everything they play is created and submitted by viewers. Unlike YouTube, though, there is an approval process so only the better made or funnier submissions get on the air. A while back they showed a [...]
Darude
December 21 09
This is a pretty cheeseball techno song, but what they did to this house is nothing short of fantastic.