Jay Little - Previous Posts
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| A Change in Direction | 2024/4/6 7:29 PM |
As some of you may have noticed, I have been rather quiet over the last few months. There are a lot of reasons for my silence. The more observant among you may have even noticed that content has disappeared and reappeared from this site several times ov
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| A Door to Door Con Gone Wrong | 2005/8/13 8:43 AM |
The wife and I went through a scary yet thought provoking experience earlier this evening. This email I sent to the prepetrator's company,
Chapel Sales Inc
ought to explain it:
To whom it does concern,
I am writing this email in an effort to relay an exp
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| A Farewell to Arms | 2022/12/6 3:57 PM |
There is no great way to put this without a certain segment of my readers recoiling in horror, so I'm just going to say it. I'm tired of fighting for things on the job. After over 20 years of professionally being combative when I thought the situation c
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| A Man Without a Web Browser | 2018/1/2 2:04 AM |
So those of you who know me personally know that I recently switched from Chromium to Firefox. I obviously haven't commented on that change here. Why? Well there is actually a really good reason for my silence and I'm going to tell you why.
The long an
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| A sign of a true geek: Major Uptime | 2003/10/20 12:53 PM |
There is a lot of stuff that geeks care about that don't really interest the rest of the populace. Somewhere within that laundry list of topics is one entitled, "Major Uptime". Most people turn off their computers every night. Most geeks do n
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| Accountability: The Missing Ingredient | 2014/12/4 4:46 PM |
Over the last few weeks, the public has been subjected to an array of Grand Juries deciding not to indict cops accused of homicide. Keep in mind that we aren't talking about the verdicts of trials here. We are talking about indictments. An indictment i
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| All Hail the Tech Magicians and their Cantrips | 2022/9/7 3:33 PM |
Before I launch into this month's diatribe I want to offer my readers a word of warning: I've been feeling very pessimistic about tech in general as of late and this piece will expose a large portion of that to my audience. If you are already depressed
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| An unexpected cache of stimpacks | 2008/1/9 6:11 PM |
So it seems that I'm not the only retro-gamer out there wishing for more of the good old days of gaming. One of my all time favorite RPG series, Fallout is typically revered as a pinnacle of the CRPG experience. That having been said, it appears that an
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| Android Fraking Sucks | 2018/8/11 2:25 PM |
So I've taken a bit of a break from writing over the last few weeks. Honestly while I kind of needed one, the reality is that I also didn't really have anything interesting to say. Nevertheless, I'm back and I've decided that I'd like to spend a few min
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| Anybody Remember Erik? | 2002/7/17 2:15 PM |
So does anybody remember Erik Jeffries, the lucky guy who got to post a story on my site because of some stupid superbowl bet that he won?
His Story
Anyway it seems that some member of his family managed to obtain a picture which resembles what he looked
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| Archaeology and Computing | 2014/2/4 8:02 PM |
Those of you who know me reasonably well, know that I enjoy tinkering with old software. As a developer I've always been fascinated with the evolution of software throughout the years. As a result I tend to collect old pieces of software. However 95% o
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| Avoiding the Mines in a Field of Tech Fads | 2018/6/29 1:54 PM |
Chances are that if you've worked in tech long enough, you can probably rattle off a list of tech fads you were forced to suffer through. But you know what my secret is? I have yet to fall for the siren song of any tech fad. But rather than just laughi
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| Bah Humbug: Keeping it Real on Christmas | 2019/12/25 12:57 AM |
So here I am sitting in an AirBnb on Christmas Eve in North Augusta on my laptop while Annette is watches Wheel of Fortune as she likes to do on weeknights. Inside I'm trying to mentally prepare myself for a full day of Christmas related events and visits
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| Benefitfocus has gone public! | 2013/9/18 8:56 PM |
Well this has certainly been a long time coming. It seems that Benefitfocus has finally gone public and
the share price is skyrocketing
. To my friends still there, I would like to say congratulations. Though I'm not sure why. Unless you are getting s
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| Benefitfocus, IPOs and Offshoring | 2013/4/1 3:28 PM |
As anybody who has read my resume knows, I used to work at a company called Benefitfocus. At some point I decided to move on. Now if you spend some time looking at Benefitfocus' website you will probably come away quizzically as according to the culture
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| Betting open for Presentation Engine release.... | 2003/6/30 5:51 PM |
Another week goes by and.... errrr... ummmm... the updated version of the Presentation Engine has yet to be released. Even though I know better, I like pretending that people out there actually care whether or not I release the engine driving this site.
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| Caveat Emptor - Nightdive Studios, System Shock and Crowdfunding Risk | 2023/5/31 3:14 PM |
Back in 2016, a younger and mildly more optimistic Jay heard about a Kickstarter Campaign for a remake of the classic title, System Shock. Young Jay had fond memories of the original and immediately pledged $30 to help turn the dream into reality. Expec
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| ChatGPT: Far More Hype Than Substance | 2023/2/13 9:50 PM |
Much text has been written in recent weeks on the topic of the ChatGPT chat bot, its forthcoming integration into Bing and how it will change the world as we know it. While the commentary has run the entire gamut of possible responses, most of it is defi
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| Check and Mate | 2018/4/15 9:01 PM |
So in an effort to diversify my hobbies a bit I've recently decided to spend some time getting to know Chess a bit better. While I have casually played Chess all of my life, the reality is that outside of knowing how the pieces move and the conditions un
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| Code Mode: A True Developers Drug of Choice | 2018/2/19 8:53 PM |
This week I wanted to chat about a syndrome that I have experienced a few times over the years as both an amateur and a professional developer. What syndrome am I referring to? One of my favorites: The syndrome of "Code Mode".
What is "Co
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