Looking up at the azure sky, the primate watched for signs of a storm. The summer had offered a bountiful supply of roots, fruits and vegetables, but now it was time for the fall hunts to resume. The flame had gone out several weeks before, making game difficult or impossible to eat. [...]
Scratching an imaginary itch, the blogger tried to make sense of the data displayed on screen. The last five weeks had seen traffic to their main website more than double, thanks in part to the SEO work they had put into each of the thousand-plus blog articles that had been written since college. [...]
10.27.08 | Internet, Online Crime | Jason
According to recently declassified records dating back to the Cold War, two American F 86-D Saber attack jets were scrambled to confront an unidentified flying object in UK airspace during the spring of 1957. One of the pilots, Milton Torres, was only seconds away from firing a salvo consisting of two dozen rockets at the [...]
The gentle sound of children laughing and playing in the nearby park wafted over a cool autumn breeze. Summer was now over and the cold clutches of winter would soon be upon the city. Sitting by the window, the ex-athlete looked at the scene with distaste.
One year ago, on a day much like [...]
How many things have I written on here? This was the thought as the young writer continued to look through the seemingly endless groups of files on the mobile computer. Though only an amateur blogger, the enthusiast loved to keep a copy of everything they had written, in the event they would need to [...]
Happy Birthday to you,
It’s amazing how you grew.
Happy Birthday,
(It’s a work day),
But Happy Birthday to you!
Two years ago today, Jason’s Random Thoughts was officially born. Though it was originally put together on a simple Synology DS-106j NAS device sitting atop my refrigerator, this blog has been the stepping stone to re-shaping my online identity. In [...]
As the old saying goes; when it rains, it pours. This was the case for me yesterday when it came to the application I use to read the 60+ RSS feeds that I’m subscribed to. I use an application on my HP iPaq called Egress, and it’s perfect for me because I can download updated [...]
10.17.08 | Internet, Technology, Windows Mobile | Jason
An interesting phenomenon has been occurring the last few months and I, for one, am not happy to see it happening. After a few months of relative peacefulness, my server is starting to face an inundation of spam. There have only been a few services that I’ve signed up for since my last [...]
10.16.08 | Internet, Online Crime | Jason
Another year has passed since the last Blog Action Day recognizing {something} and, in that time, we’ve seen very little progress towards a solution. While this might make Blog Action Day seem more like Blogger Inaction Day, it shouldn’t stop us from raising awareness and recording the current state of affairs for future posterity. Who [...]
Last week I was having a rather heated discussion with someone, let’s call him Kenji, at the local coffee house regarding online bullying. He had been rather adamant that people under the age of 17 should not be permitted to join chat rooms or have blogs, in the event that they’re bullied to the point [...]
10.13.08 | Health, Internet, Online Crime | Jason
An interesting thing happened today: I spoke to a real rocket scientist. While this isn’t the first time I’ve had the opportunity to speak to a real-life superhero, it is the first time I’ve had the luxury of doing so in Japan. In the hour and a half that we were together, we [...]
10.11.08 | Home, Science, Technology | Jason
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