http://andy.hillhome.org/blog Andrew Hill's Blog. Politics, technology, all the usual stuff Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:07:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As you can tell, I've undertaken some drastic measures in changing the appearance of this site.  Unfortunately, I suffered a couple hacks recently, which have caused me to take a hard look at hardening the whole web site, and various aspects of WordPress specifically.  The theme I had been using ... http://andy.hillhome.org/blog/2008/06/17/site-makeover/ Sen. Joseph Lieberman makes far too much sense in an opinion piece in today's Wall Street Journal.  Meanwhile, the kook lefties at Daily Kos react predictably, using lines like "true diplomacy comes from using the velvet glove." http://andy.hillhome.org/blog/2008/05/21/democrats-and-our-enemies/ I previously posted pictures to Flickr, but am long overdue in posting the GPS tracks from the trip.  You can click on each one for a larger version. In case you're just joining us, this was a 4 day snowmobiling trip to Michigan's upper peninsula, with my brother Mike and two ... http://andy.hillhome.org/blog/2008/03/06/the-great-snowmobile-trip-of-2008/ I've been severely neglecting this site the past several months with everything going on.  Moving is about my least favorite thing on earth, and as if that wasn't enough, I resigned from Novell at the end of December to take a job at fast-growing virtualization giant VMware.  Leaving Novell was ... http://andy.hillhome.org/blog/2008/02/07/goodbye-novell-hello-vmware/ Check this out: http://andy.hillhome.org/blog/2007/10/24/forget-that-last-one/ Just tested the cable modem speed at the new house - brand new subdivision, new infrastructure, etc. Much faster than the old house: Should be sufficient... http://andy.hillhome.org/blog/2007/10/21/broadband-speed/ This is priceless: John Boehner calls Immigration Bill a "Piece Of Shit" http://andy.hillhome.org/blog/2007/05/23/finally-straight-talk-from-a-politician/ News outlets have been ratcheting up coverage of the scheduled emergence of Brood XIII in Northern Illinois. So far, I have not seen (or heard) any in our area. Apparently this evening (Monday May 21) and tomorrow are the expected times for mass emergence. It's pretty interesting that this ... http://andy.hillhome.org/blog/2007/05/21/brood-xiii/ In getting our house ready to put on the market, my wife and I were recently wondering why it is that smoke detectors always turn yellow after a few years. As always, Google came to the rescue with an answer, albeit not having anything to do with smoke detectors. So, ... http://andy.hillhome.org/blog/2007/05/19/yellow-plastic/ Personally, this new deal looks like a terrible idea. What I've found particularly interesting is the interesting mix of people from both parties that also don't like it. As you would expect, most Republican presidential candidates are against the deal, even though President Bush is ostensibly for it. It shocks ... http://andy.hillhome.org/blog/2007/05/18/immigration-deal-scorecard/