Your Neighborhood Starbucks

December 2nd, 2008

Over the summer, I relocated to a farming community in southwest Virginia.  Around the middle of August, the Starbucks that’d been under construction finally opened, to much rejoicing.  I’ve spent many a dollar and hour in that store, enjoying a lovely beverage and the fast internet.
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, we drank up all the ground [...]

Offline ain’t that bad

September 5th, 2008

I’m in the process of moving to some farmland in Virginia.  It’s out in the boonies.
How far in the boonies?  No cable.  No DSL.  GSM is sketchy.
Thankfully, I’ve moved my personal development to Git as noted previously, which works wonderously.  With no TCP in the air, I can still commit, and push my complete history [...]