This documentary-style comedy came via Netflix recommendation. I'm not sure I can pass the favor. It's a light romance comedy in the form of a documentary narrated by David Hyde Pierce (Niles from NBC's Fraiser). It has the obligatory misinterpreta… more »

This 23-30 loss seals the Vikings fate as improbable Wild Card team. The game started with a bang. We'd been at the wife's grandmother's house for the annual winter holiday dinner and gift-exchange gathering, and left with the crowd at just about kick… more »

Ok, not really "for Jesus," but I thought it sounded funny. I took some time off to do some of the long put-off holiday shopping. While not really defined in or out of religion, we're celebrating Christmas with the family. The gift-giving and dinner-e… more »

The new script works well, and resulted in only three database backup files getting sent yesterday! Now I think I've got to look at backing up other important data. Right now I keep CVS copies of most of the individual configuration files (Apache, Tom… more »

This and other servers I control run MySQL for various purposes, and like the good administrator I am, I regularly store back-ups for disaster recovery. MySQL 4, the version I run, has a utility called mysqldump which will take a snapshot of a databas… more »

I thought I already logged that I'd seen this movie, but it isn't here, so either I'm mistaken, or I deleted it, or I never saved it. Curious. Jude Law plays Alfie, the title character, in this remake of a 1966 movie of the same title staring Michael… more »

Saw the movie in a theatre last night. Pretty good. Unless you're new to America, or pre-teen, you should know who King Kong is. Even if you haven't seen either the original (1933) or first re-make (1976), you've certainly seen images of the giant ape… more »