Itzoe.net

No, this isn't the megapost I promised, but just a teaser while I'm working on it. This came from Accuweather.com yesterday evening, right before a spate of torrential downpour came rushing in. A co-worker branded it "Attention, retards," but I thought I'd be a little kinder with my title.   Read More →

I've been sitting on several posts for a couple weeks now because I've frankly been too lazy to sit and write anything. Instead of flooding the site with a bunch of small posts, I'm going to roll them all into one biggie. I expect to post it some time in the next couple of days.   Read More →

It's with perhaps a bit of irony that my Internet reading today went from Starfleet vessels to the possibility of finding life on Mars. One makes the argument for space exploration and colonization, and the other, for some, against.   Read More →

When I was a kid, my dad was pretty big on the yard when it came to my grandfather. Not a holiday went by that my grandfather didn't drive through the grass and my dad didn't fume and fuss. The irony is that my grandfather was no different with his yard, and not a visit there went by where the grandchildren (and son-in-laws) weren't put to work doing anything from picking up sticks to mowing, trimming and raking.   Read More →

I did my civic duty this morning and voted in Indiana's primary. And you know what? It feels pretty good.   Read More →

Now this is why I created this section, for those wacky times when something utterly ridiculous happens completely out of the blue. For instance, I was building the lion enclosure, and noticed this kid running haphazardly through it.   Read More →

I've written before how much I enjoyed Pan's Labyrinth, so it was with not a small amount of glee that I saw the upcoming Hobbit films are going to be directed by Pan's Guillermo del Toro. And Ian McKellan will be reprising his role as Gandalf.   Read More →

Taking a rare moment to actually play a game, I spent a little time this afternoon with Zoo Tycoon 2 and the Bloggersville City Zoo. The latest addition: hippos.   Read More →

Our fish died a couple weeks back. And by fish I don't be a fish, I mean all the fish.   Read More →

It's been a tumultuous week or two, but after two hosts, two sites, a domain and an IP, several database iterations and some code tweaks, Itzoe.net has finally come home to roost. I'm proud to say, the site is now official.   Read More →