Monthly Archives: February 2009

Airline miles and credit card points, what a racket.

I don’t often use this medium as a bully pulpit to rant and rave about the idiocy I see around me, but this situation warrants it. I am in the midst of planning a vacation for my girlfriend and I. … Continue reading

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RAID array monitoring at home

Ever since I started using a simple RAID-1 setup at home, the only verification I had done to check on the status of the array was issuing some commands by hand on the command line.  I finally got around to … Continue reading

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wd-50, gastronomic A+

Last weekend I went down to Manhattan for the weekend with the Girlfriend, and had wanted to try a new resturant. Having combed OpenTable, Chowhound and Yelp, I was surprised to see an open reservation at wd-50 for Saturday night, … Continue reading

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