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Why are digital certificates so difficult? What I want: A root certificate from which to create a signing certificate A signing certificate A certificate to put on a device to validate code signed with the signing certificate To be able to do all this with openssl or the Java keytool With the Java keytool I […]

Before reading Joseph Ellis’ “His Excellency George Washington” I think the most I knew was that he was the first president (two terms), he was the general in the revolutionary war, he had a wife named Martha, and he had false teeth. American history classes never talk about his except to acknowledge he was there […]

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift – I can’t recall the last time I’ve seen so many cheesy cliches strung together. This movie was fantastic and is easily the best of the three Fast and Furious movies. More racing and less half-assed cop story to get in the way. Elizabethtown – It started off […]

I haven’t posted and house updates in awhile because I haven’t really known what to post. Mostly we’re waiting for some last few things. In the bathroom I painted the trim behind the “floating cabinets” and the bathroom pocket door. Now we just await the glass that will allow us to shower without spraying the […]

Morning dose of fun

As of this morning I weigh 220.8 pounds. According to a website that uses the Navy’s method of calculating body fat I’m at 27%. Time to turn that around. I’ve read that the Navy’s method is at least and generally more accurate than other body fat measurement techniques that can be easily done.

I think I’m going to consolidate my movie posts to Tuesday. Nacho Libre – Nachooooooooooooooooooo! It’s fun. It’s rediculous. It seems like it wanders aimlessly from time to time like every idea was thrown in and not enough of them were taken out again, but I don’t care. It was fun! Scary Movie 3 – […]

If the dryer’s heat is working but things aren’t getting dry it’s because exhaust air isn’t working. I knew that already. That’s bad because it can start fires, but that didn’t happen here and I knew that too. The likely culprit was the flex hose (knew that) but amazingly there was very little in there. […]

Waiting… – This movie wanted to be Clerks, it even says so in the credits. It has the same problem for me that Road Trip had. The characters themselves were fun but their interaction fell flat. There were a few good scenes but mostly it was a lot of not caring. Wallace & Gromit in […]

They weren’t forgettable, I was just forgetful. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – This goes high on the list of good adaptations of books to movies. The look was great, the characters came out very well, and nothing was left out. One thing I would have added was a […]