My father was an employee of Bell telephone before the breakup, and then worked for AT&T. He witnessed the transition from analog to digital switches and knew what was coming. I have memories of my dad bringing home an AT&T rack server that they were discarding. He taught me all about SCI and raid arrays. He gave…

My dad was a major computer nerd and taught me the following about computers and electronics.

I did something similar, though in my case it was slicing my thumb to the bone and bleeding profusely all over the sink. Now that I think about it, this has been a bad year for kitchen accidents for me.

A few months back I was browning Italian sausages for dinner. I was making home made spaghetti sauce, and the sausages are a big part of the recipe. My wife has this terrible habit of getting into the kitchen and being precisely where I need to be, or trying to hug me while i hold hot or sharp shit that could kill…