Jay Little

So over the last few weeks I’ve been dividing my time between Divinity: Original Sin and Horizon Zero Dawn.

Over my years as a software developer I have on occasion stopped and asked myself, “What exactly is the point?”

This morning I felt like writing a piece about a subject that is very near and dear to my heart: Net Neutrality.

I recently discovered that a virtual Windows server I was running had been hacked.

This morning I want to talk about something that isn’t quite so serious.

Yesterday was a red letter day for me.

The other day I got asked by my boss’ boss to share the “secret sauce” behind my productivity at work.

The day has finally come.

As many of you know, I self identify as a retro and an indie gamer.

Anybody who knows me professionally, knows that I despise Microsofts Internet Explorer web browser.

So as some of you know, I tend to get a new laptop every 12 to 18 months.

Over the last few weeks, the public has been subjected to an array of Grand Juries deciding not to indict cops accused of homicide.

I just finished reading an article detailing an idea for modernizing the US Postal System and I have some thoughts that I’d like to share.

As any of my readers know, ethics is a topic that is very near and dear to my heart when it comes to software development.

So if you haven’t been living under a rock, you’ve probably noticed that over the last few weeks the internet has been awash with people jumping on the “ALS Ice Bucket Challenge” train.

Let’s face the facts, most of the people coming to this site either already support Net Neutrality or they have no idea what that term means and are now supremely annoyed that accessing my resume is such a pain in the ass.

Those of you who know me reasonably well, know that I enjoy tinkering with old software.

So as some of you undoubtedly know, last January I decided to start working for myself.

So as most of you know, the health insurance exchanges for ACA (Affordable Care Act) went live on October 1st, 2013.

Well this has certainly been a long time coming.

Within the last 24 hours, we have learned that NSA has successfully circumvented the most popular forms of encryption in use on the Internet today.

As anybody who has read my resume knows, I used to work at a company called Benefitfocus.

Well for what it’s worth here is my own personal Windows 8 experience.

For those of you not familiar with my resume, let me sum it up for you: I’ve been designing, developing, deploying and supporting software for 13 years.

Subject: In regards to your “Computer Hacking” story To whom it does concern, To start I would like to say: I’ve been a fan of PBS for years and for the most part I appreciate the dedication and the impartiality of the PBS News Hour staff.

So apparently there is an election where I live in Greer today.

Wow.

Well, the day has finally come.

Hmmmm… it’s been awhile hasn’t it?

So this weekend brings news that our wonderful government is planning on bailing out yet another bank.

Today the US Congress rejected the Financial Bailout Plan as put forward by the Bush Administration.

So ever since Tuesday, I’ve had some rough stomach problems.

So I was doing a bit of surfing from my new server (see my previous post) and I happened to check out South Park Studios for an list of current South Park episodes, and I got this tasteful tidbit for my trouble: Now that is some funny shit.

So it has finally happened.

Let’s start this post with a bit of background information: For starters, in late 2006, I purchased a Tivo Series 2 DVR and replaced my Cable Company’s PVR with it.

So it seems that I’m not the only retro-gamer out there wishing for more of the good old days of gaming.

So of course I’m still gaming.

Yeah it’s been awhile.

That title pretty much sums up the state of my website, does it not?

I finally bought a house.

I have finally decided that I will no longer purchase any Apple products from this point forward due to the continuing issues that I have experienced with my iBook over the last three years.

The wife and I went through a scary yet thought provoking experience earlier this evening.

As some of you may know… Annette and I never actually got to go on a honeymoon when we got married.

Okay well maybe I wasn’t rated number one - but I was pretty darn close - let me tell you.

Thats right.

A friend of mine Bruce who works at Cornell University in New York - just gave me one of their own DEC Alphastation 250 4/266 boxes to play with.

There is a lot of stuff that geeks care about that don’t really interest the rest of the populace.

I recently became aware of a rather startling fact that most people are likely not aware of.

Well after months of planning and years of dreaming it has finally happened… I have built the dream machine.

As some of my loyal readers (whom I could probably count on a single hand) may remember - I switched my Linux box over to Gentoo a few months back.