by Jim Stitzel | Jun 25, 2007 | General
So, very early this past Friday morning, a major thunderstorm rolls through my area. A very loud SNAP wakes me just in time to notice the power die throughout the house for about 5 seconds. Now, since we have horses, whenever one of these thunder-busters rolls...
by Jim Stitzel | Jun 21, 2007 | General
Ok, this bugs the tar out of me, especially since I’ve seen a _lot_ of writers, both for books and for TV, who get this wrong. Schizophrenia is _NOT_ the same thing as multiple personalities. Schizophrenia involves delusions and hallucinations, among other...
by Jim Stitzel | Jun 19, 2007 | General
You may have noticed that periodically my site goes down due to a CPU Exceeded error from my server. It’s been a constant annoyance the last two or three weeks, and research into the problem has not revealed the specific cause. It may well be that I’m...
by Jim Stitzel | Jun 19, 2007 | General
Innovation is, I believe, born of three things: necessity and imagination. By and large, it is the _need_ to be able to do something that you cannot currently do that breeds an innovative idea, a way to accomplish something new or to do something else in a completely...
by Jim Stitzel | Jun 14, 2007 | General
As promised, here’s another of my review write-ups for the Halo 3 Beta – this one on Gametypes. *Slayer* in H3 was…. slayer, albeit much more enjoyable. With more balanced weapons and a chaingun on the ‘Hog that just kicks butt, this gametype...
by Jim Stitzel | Jun 13, 2007 | General
I am a WordPress god! Ok, not really, but I _am_ enjoying the fact that I can now manipulate a WP theme pretty easily. It’s true – the more you use CSS, the more you play around with web design, the better you get at it. I host a number of different...